DIANE LEVASSEUR / KNITWEAR & TEXTILE DESIGN
Diane Levasseur
Rue des Tanneurs 148 1000 Bruxelles dianelevasseurtextile@gmail.com Instagram @dianelevasseur +32487764377
Professional experience
2017 2019
2016 2016 2015 2015 2012
Knitwear designer freelance, Unisex knitwear developer for Ester Manas, Knitwear developer for Ataman, Knitted Accessories for Wavelength, Knitted jacquard development for Lieven de Boeck at Tilburg Textile Lab; fashion technical drawing for Jessie Lecomte, embellishment of rugs for Enki Bilal and Stéphane Plassier... Knitwear designer M/F for Sigi and Hilde Frunt, Antwerp Textile designer and assistant for Jessie Lecomte, Brussels Knitwear designer and textile designer for Christian Wijnants, Antwerp Collaboration with Jarilux, Belgium, jacquard weaving Knitwear design assistant for Le moine tricote, Paris
Education 2010-2016 2014-2015 2013 2009-2010
Masters and Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, La Cambre, ENSAV, Brussels. Accessories Workshop with Didier Vervaeren, Benoit Bethume and Marie France Vankueken. Semester abroad in Istanbul , Mimar Sinan university, Textile Design and Fashion. Ecole des Beaux Arts (Fine Arts School), Mulhouse, France.
Skills Techniques Software English French
Knitting on machine and by hand, drawing, embroidery, weaving, dyeing... Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Excel... Fluent Native
Awards and exhibitions 2018 2016 2016 2016
Exhibition Triennal «Coup de coeur» La Cambre Winner of the Award «Coup de coeur» La Cambre Collective exhibition «Etude», for Brussels Design September Nominated for the Young And MAD Award, Textile Design
contents Marguerite pre fall 2017 inpiration picture from my grand mother’s house
Marguerite pre fall 2017, 2016 industrial jacquard and crochet collar, pattern inspired by Marguerite’s house interior
Marguerite pre fall 2017, 2016 felted jacquard, crochet collar and industrial jacquard
Marguerite pre fall 2017, 2016 felted jacquard and crochet trimmings
Marguerite pre fall 2017, 2016 industrial jacquard and hand-dyed crochet collar
Marguerite pre fall 2017, 2016 ,knitted jacquard on hacked Brother machine
2018, raglan swearer knitted with handmade yarn, Bombers jacket knitted on Brother machine, inspired by longhair vintage rug
Marguerite pre fall 2017; 2016, jacquard on hacked Brother machine, knitted lace, indutrial jacquard, crochet collar with embroideries
Marguerite pre fall 2017, jacquard on hacked Brother machine, hand knitted jacquard, woven stitch and felt
Marguerite pre fall 2017, 2016 jacquard dress
2018 filmy mohair raglan jumper Imaginary landscape, markers, 50cmx72cm
Imaginary landscape, 2019, wool and mohair intarsia jumper, handmade
Tequila sunrise, 2017, collection of gradient hand dyed knitted scarves
Horror vacui, 2014, knit facade and inlay
My territories, drawing with colors pencils 12 x A4
Horror vacui, 2014, knitted pennants, 2m x 0.4m
Crochet and inlay, 2014
Tequila sunrise 2017, Gradient hand dyed knitted scarf 2018, gradient knitted dress on Brother machine and angora and mohair jumper
The fort blanket, 2015, installation, jacquard weaving at Jarilux Belgium, wool, 1m55 x 2m77
Soft and heterotopic architecture, 2015, jacquard, lace and inlay; 3m x 3m
Decorative trimmings vest 2018
Patterns for curtains inspired by moucharabieh and my erasmus in Istanbul, 2013, gouache drawing and digital printing on silk
Scarf and sweater, 2019, intarsia, developed for Ester Manas Fall/Winter 2019 collection, recycled wool
Knitted tassels, 2013
Swimming above Fuji-yama ennobling on rug with Enki Bilal for Manufacture Catry and StĂŠphane Plassier, 2017
Glitch, knitted samples made with upcycled yarns from vintage sweaters, 2012
Crochet vest, 2019, mohair and lurex
Horror vacui, 2013
Detail of mohair/angora raglan, tuck sweater 2018
Sky, pen drawing 50cm x 90cm and silkscreened tablecloth and handdye, 2012
Glitch, scarf made for Knitting Against Aids auctions, jacquard with fringes, 2m20 x 0.35m, 2013
Vest and sweaters from my own collection, 2018
Horror vacui, 2013 Sky, 2011, handmade shibori dye
2018 filmy mohair raglan jumper
Mille fleurs, 2019, pattern and drawings, japanese inks