ITS Contest 2026 - Quotes
Statements from our partners and institutions highlighting their support and contribution to ITS Contest 2026.
ITS Contest and ITS Arcademy are strategic assets for the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, which is why the regional administration’s support remains strong and unwavering.
Thanks to participation by young talents from every continent, the event successfully promotes our region’s image worldwide, celebrating its international spirit. We take great pride in the creative heritage preserved within the ITS Arcademy collection - an invaluable treasure for our territory - and we will continue to invest in creative initiatives that foster wellbeing and strengthen the cohesion of our community.
MASSIMILIANO FEDRIGA
General Manager of PromoTurismoFVG
ITS is an extraordinary creative laboratory that, for over twenty years, has discovered some of the most influential fashion talents of our time in the luxury industry.
The new generations have a fresh vision of fashion — for them, sustainability is innate and essential, and the bravery to explore new shapes, materials, and perspectives comes naturally. I look forward to discovering this year’s finalists and wish each of them to shine brightly and to always be guided by instinct.
RENZO ROSSO
Chairman and founder of OTB Group
It is indeed a great joy and an inexhaustible inspiration to be once again supporting ITS and Arcademy!
Every year, the thrill of discovering new talents, the emotion of sharing the young creatives’ dream, the curiosity to explore unprecedented languages through their eyes give us energy, push us to look forward and beyond, give us the gift of hope and make our hearts beat faster! Swatch & ITS – a love story that ticks.
CARLO GIORDANETTI
CEO Swatch Art Peace Hotel
The creative thinking of the new generations lights the future as a space of possibilities.
With EssilorLuxottica and ITS Contest, we aim to nurture this energy, where curiosity, experimentation and vision become tools for positive change. This is where the future of design begins: with those who dare to imagine it differently.
MATTEO BATTISTON
Chief Design Officer EssilorLuxottica