Why does Santoni Pioneer Program exist?
Textile has penetrated into every aspect of our world. But inside the textile world, there are still many communication barriers between different parts of the industry. This obstacle may exist between the various industries of the long industrial chain, or between different cultural backgrounds, or different views of various job duty. The origin vision of Santoni Pioneer Program is simple: To convene designers who are enthusiastic in knitting globally and provide a platform to communicate with yarn and knitting machine engineers to eliminate communication barriers and discover new applications.
Who have joined?
Starting from 2015, there have been 8 to 10 designers joining this program every year. Each designer has come with her/his own creative ideas and left with new discover on fabric or products.
The 1st SPP _2015
Camille Hardwick UK
Elise Perrotta UK
Karin rising Sweden
The 2nd SPP _2015
Cynthia McMullen USA
Suzanne Hengel Netherland
Patrick Byrne UK
The 3rd SPP_2016
Nanette Griep Netherland
Lynsey Gibson UK
Dea Tuns Denmark
Gilles Werbrouck Belgium
The 4th SPP _2016
Christine Overbeck German
Pauliina Varis Finland
Polina krichko Russia
Chen Zhi China
The 5th SPP_2017
Olga Willadsen Denmark
Georgie Brunmayr Australia
Krzysia Staniszewska Polish
Tuure Matilda Finland
Sonja Baier German
Jessica Leclere France
The 6th SPP_ 2017
Mira Jarvinen Finland
Ting Ting Wu Canada (Chinese)
Lea Mose Svendsen Denmark
Elizabeth Morrison USA
Sarah Jussila Finland
Fiona Nugent Ireland
The 7th SPP_2018
CÉLINE Bouaziz French
Arianna Ganda Italy
Eveliina Ronkainen Finland.
Bethan Juliff UK
The 8th SPP_2018
Alexis Mondragon USA
Amalie Geertsen Denmark
Goran Sidjimovski German
Tess Fan Taiwan China
SARA VIGNIS Italy
The 9th SPP _2019
Rebecca Marsden Ireland
Hsiang Ju Kung Taiwan China
Bettina Blomstedt Finland
Daniela Becker German
The 10th SPP_2019
Yaling Huang Taiwan China
Konstantin Laschkow German
Kimberly Floyd USA
Lauren Maun UK
The 11th SPP _2020
Min Xing China
Cedric Li China
Yijin Sun China
Ring Huang China
The 12th SPP _2020
Lune Zheng China
Yuanyang Zhou China
Lingxiao Luo China
Veronica Chung Hong Kong China