Digital Design Collaboration between New York?s FIT and Kornit Digital Continues Into Second Year

For the second consecutive year, Kornit Digital and the NY Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) are collaborating in a unique project that involves design and digital print to fabrics. This project is focused on encouraging students at the State University of New York to create their own original designs that relate to the concept of sustainable, local, short-run production. With each design printed on the Kornit Allegro roll-to-roll textile system using Kornit’s NeoPigment ink, the three overall winners of the challenge will have their fabrics replicated as fashion items that feature strong eco-awareness and demonstrate how it can be successfully incorporated in the reproduction of greener garments. The uniqueness of this project is that it enables designers to materialize their designs on any fabric on an immediate basis with no minimum yardage requirements, and at the highest industrial print quality and standards. By having their designs printed on the single-step Kornit Allegro industrial print solution which removes the requirement for pre- and post-treatment, students gain a strong insight into environmentally-friendly production methods that don’t compromise on design concepts and use of color. The Allegro is the only one-step printing process technology which is ideal for the trending on demand, close to market, short-run local production and sampling. Additionally, the students are able to appreciate the differences between digital and analogue production processes and how their work in the future can influence greener productivity with lower levels of energy consumption and waste creation. The Kornit Allegro incorporates the company’s NeoPigment inks and prints onto multiple fabric types with 100 percent sustainable results. Its integrated fixation process removes the need for pre-treatment, steaming or washing, making it a truly environmentally-friendly solution that meets the most rigorous environmental regulations, including OekoTex 100 standard and GOTS approval.