Listen up fashion industry! Thx @estherkute and @lishaddad 🙏🏼 Esther Kute is a published author and award-winning footwear, fashion, textile, acces- sories and industrial design practitioner changing the world one step at a time through Design, Manufacturing, Education and Mentorship. She was the first female, African, Black and youngest ever Designer to be appointed Product Development Manager in charge of Design at Bata Kenya; the largest footwear manufacturer and retailer in East Africa, becoming the youngest senior manager in Bata Kenya in 2017. She has a Bachelors of Arts in Design (Honors) from the University of Nairobi, footwear design training from Italian ARSUTORIA School - Shoe and bag Design University, Masters of Arts in Design, and is currently a doctoral researcher focusing on transdisciplinary design for her PhD. Her designs have featured in New York Fashion Week, Vogue Magazine amongst others. Esther is an educator teaching Design Courses at the Technical University of Kenya. Lis Haddad was born in Belo Horizonte, BRA and is a multidisciplinary artist researching the rela- tionship between body-territory and the artist in movement. Since 2017 she shares her time between Brazil, Asia and Europe working as an artist and teacher. Her works are shared in the form of exhibitions, performances, workshops, classes and lectures. Among her projects already developed and in development are: exhi- bition Over (the) Mine (Munich, 2022), resident artist at AIR-Munich, (2022), collaborator of the Exploring Visual Cultures Project, (2022), coordination of the jewelry department and founda- tion of Arch Academy of Art & Design, Jaipur-India (2017-2018); development and mentorship of the creative process lab Joia Expandida (2015- 2018), solo exhibition A pele é o mais profundo (Museu da Moda, Belo Horizonte 2016). #thxagain @mahallaberlin @almutcorneliahuefler