Unit F ~ECONOMY is devoted to the initialisation, the handling and the promotion of cooperations between designers and textile and processing companies, but also the acknowledgement of innovative and outstanding cooperations between designers and the Austrian economy. Its aim is to establish a network, that is enhancing existing ties and relations as well as making possible new contacts between business, trade, industry and the designers.

Additionally Unit F ~ECONOMY is to be contact, consultant and mediator for interests from the economy. Unit F ~ECONOMY supports the bringing together of Austrian creatives with innovative companies as well as the various projects with competent and continual care.

As an additional service in the department ~ECONOMY, Unit F b�ro f�r mode is supplying the possibility to conceptualise, take care of and realise unconventional concepts and marketing strategies for companies, because the successful cooperation between artistic work and clear economic marketing interests has not only proved to be possible, but also useful for both sides.

Education Austria
University of Applied Arts ViennaFashion Department at the Institute of Design
University of Arts, Linz / Upper Austria
Fashion Institute Vienna, Hetzendorf
Fashion School Graz / Styria
Fashion School Ebensee / Upper Austria
Adult Education Centre for the Arts Vienna -Lazarettgasse
Fashion School Vienna - Spengergasse
Fashion School Krems / Upper Austria
Fashion School Vienna - Michlbeuern

Fashion Institutions Austria
Modeforum Wien - Vienna Fashion Support
Austrian Institute for Fashion and Trend Development
Landesinnung Wien des Bekleidungsgewerbes
Association of the Austrian Textile Industry
Association of the Austrian Clothing Industry

Education international
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium
Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Lette-Verein (trade schools and technical colleges for photography, graphics and fashion design) Berlin, Germany
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design London, UK
Royal College of Art - School of Fashion and Textiles London, UK
Fabrica - Benetton Research and Development Communication Centre, Italy
Domus Academy Milan, Italy
University of Fine Arnhem, NetherlandsFashion Institute Arnhem
Fashion Institute of Technology New York, USA

catwalks
Federation Française de la Couture - Paris Fashion Week
London Fashion Week
Camera Nationale della Moda Italiana
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York

tradeshows
Premiere Vision - Le Salon, Paris
Carole de Bona, Paris
Workshop, Paris und New York
Premiere Classe - Le Salon international de l'Accessoires de Mode, Paris
Who's Next - Le Laboratoire des Nouvelles Tendences, Paris
40°, London

Festivals
Festival International des Arts de la Mode à Hyères, France
Gwand Fashion Festival, Luzern, Switzerland

Cultural Institutions Austria
Architekturzentrum Wien
basis wien
Bawag Foundation
Depot
Generali Foundation
k/haus Künstlerhaus Wien
Kunsthalle Wien
Kunsthaus Wien
Mumok
museum in progress
Museumsquartier
Sammlung Essl
Secession