The Designers' Nest Award is an independent, non-profit design competition, held in collaboration with the six leading Nordic design schools. The competition, which was founded by Jan Busch Carlsen in February 2005, was created with the aim of rewarding especially talented and promising design students with recognition in the established fashion world and providing them with professional support. The Designers' Nest Award fashion show takes place as part of Copenhagen Fashion Week.
The Communication Tube menswear collection was presented by Antonina Sedakova at Designers' Nest AW 2018 Edition. The designer was selected as one of the finalists representing the Faculty of Fashion at Aalto University of Fashion.
The jury consisted of Ane Ling Jørlen, Fashion Specialist, which included Glenn Martens, Creative Director of Y Projects, Lars Birresen Petersen, Chief Digital Officer of Visionarie Magazine, Sara Sozzani Maino, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Italia and Head of Vogue Talents . Marisol Pastori, Eyes on Talents Consultant.
The competition took place on 30th of January in 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.