A young designer who transformed a hearing aid into a wearable piece of art has won a competition run by British Vogue and BMW. Destiny Pinto, 22, from Crawley, is one of three winners of the Future Creators Design Competition, which is run by British Vogue and BMW. The competition, which aims to search for the next generation of fashion and jewellery design stars, invited aspiring designers, including students and recent graduates, to create a piece inspired by BMW’s Vision Neue Klasse vehicles.
The competition was judged by renowned fashion designer Simone Rocha, British Vogue fashion features director Julia Hobbs, and BMW senior colour and materials designer Charlotte Kanters. Destiny's designs included compression wear, prosthetics and ostomy bags (Image: Destiny Pinto) Destiny impressed judges with her entry, a hearing aid, inspired by the car’s grills, which was redesigned into a piece of gold jewellery using “auspex”, a bio-plastic material derived from potato starch. Julia Hobbs said: “It’s 2024 – we want a definition of luxury which embraces everybody and what she’s shown us is so intelligent, it’s inspired by her community and it’s pieces that look really incredible.
” Merging utility and style, Destiny’s designs included compression wear, prosthetics and ostomy bags, as well as hearing aids and amplifiers. The University of the Arts graduate was inspired by her own experience of a chronic condition, as well as those of friends. Destiny studie.
