STEINROHNER wins PREMIUM Young Designers Award

Congratulations to STEINROHNER for winning PREMIUM Young Designers Award womenswear category

Inna Stein and Carolina Rohner joined forces to create STEINROHNER after meeting at the Berlin Art School in Weißensee, Berlin. We discovered their work at the graduation show of Weißensee Academy  and in June 2014 they presented their collection during FASHIONCLASH Festival in Maastricht.
The designers have their roots in Russia and Switzerland but have chosen to make Berlin their home. Above all, they want their creations to elicit an emotional response in the wearer, to carry her away into a dream world and to give her courage to move away from everyday clothing. In their second collection, Fossilized, modern laser-cut technology goes hand in hand with the traditional art of knitwear. This allows the finalists to create an illusion in which the clothes appear to unfurl playfully into atmospheric silhouettes.

You can check out their winning womenswear collection in Hall 8 during PREMIUM Berlin fair.

Menswear winner is Guillem Rodriguez and Stiebich & Rieth is named Accessoiries winner.

In previous edition of the PREMIUM Young Designers Award various FASHIONCLASH designers where among winners, Franziska Michael and Tom Van Der Borght.

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STEINROHNER

Photographer: Christine Kreiselmaier

Today we introduce you to Inna and Caroline, the two lovely ladies behind the label STEINROHNER.

Hey Inna and Caroline! Please introduce yourself. Who are you? Where do you come from? What is your field of specialisation?

We are Inna Stein and Caroline Rohner our label is called STEINROHNER. We both graduated from the Art Academy Berlin Weissensee in 2013 with a Master’s Degree in Fashion Design.

Where are you based?

We are based in Berlin.

What inspires you in general?

We are inspired by old photography, movies and architecture, we both are open-minded for everything. All things can be inspiring; especially we are looking for structures in all kind of items.

What place or city do you find inspiring?

Inna: My favourite city is Istanbul, it has so many layers and different parts of the city. There is the contrast between old and new, rich and poor.  

Caroline: For me it is difficult to announce one specific place. I like the feeling of being somewhere new, to get to know a new place and be surprised.

What is it like to be a young designer in your city/country?

In Berlin it's still not too expensive to rent a studio, also you can find a big variation of shops for sewing and nice fabric stores. We have also the possibility to screen print and laser cut in our university.

What attracts you about the FASHIONCLASH platform?

We like the whole concept and also the designers, who are working very experimental and creative. We think it is something very special for the Netherlands.