"As the fashion world accelerates towards a new horizon, the NEXT GEN exhibition emerges as a pinnacle of innovation and creativity within Berlin's vibrant landscape. Launched by PLATTE.Berlin on January 30th, 2026, as part of Berlin Fashion Week FW26/27, this platform seeks to amplify the voices of tomorrow's talent. Curated by the iconic mastermind Sven Marquardt, the NEXT GEN event runs until February 14th, transforming PLATTE Store into an immersive visual showroom where fashion and motion design intertwine."
"The collection is dedicated to a lived experience rather than a theme. It was shaped by observing long-term emotional strain, endurance and silent resilience within a close personal context. What interested me was not the event itself, but what such conditions leave behind in the body, in behaviour and in emotional architecture. Instead of telling a concrete story, I translated these impressions into an atmosphere."
"I work a lot with existing materials, deadstock and reworked textiles, and I prototype intensively before committing to final fabrics. The goal is to build pieces that justify their own existence."
NEXT GEN opened at PLATTE.Berlin on January 30, 2026 during Berlin Fashion Week FW26/27 and runs until February 14, transforming PLATTE Store into an immersive visual showroom that blends fashion and motion design. Curated by Sven Marquardt, the platform amplifies emerging talent and selected designers by an expert jury including Nan Li and Lisa Bergstrand. Timo Kurz's collection channels lived experience, focusing on long-term emotional strain, endurance and silent resilience translated into atmosphere rather than narrative. Kurz emphasizes sustainability through use of existing materials, deadstock and reworked textiles and intensive prototyping to create pieces that justify their existence.
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