2015 New Designers Press Pack

2015 New Designers Textiles Surface Design Craft

University of Huddersfield Press Pack

Eve Cavell BSc(Hons) Textile Design for Fashion & Interiors

Eve Cavell is a knitwear designer and illustrator. Cavell designs collections that explore the shape, structure and texture of knit, allowing for the exploration of new materials and methods; she finds inspiration in her illustrations allowing stories to be told through the abstract of knitted textile.

The ‘ Willkommen’ collection is inspired by a dark illustrative story conceived by the theatrical nightmare of historical entertainment. The augmented illustrations that exist somewhere between horror and humour allow for a surreal yet recognisable twist of humanity and nightmare that has been evolved into a collection of fabrics.

evecavell@hotmail.co.uk | www.evecavell.com

Nicola Costello BSc (Hons) Textile Design for Fashion & Interiors

Nicola Costello is a Woven Textile Designer specialising in dobby and hand woven design. Embracing the challenge of creating abstract representations of imagery through texture and colour is something that is constantly evolving throughout her work.

Fascinated by colour blending, texture and structural forms; the designer uses nature as the backdrop for her collection, taking inspiration from the hues and shapes of landscape features. Themed around the spirit of an Alpine winter, ‘ Les Deux Alpes’ widely explores the effects of snow on the undulating valleys and mountains. In developing and solidifying her individual design signature the designer explores the juxtaposition of both tradition and innovation in the creation of a varied developmental collection. With a strong interest in the contemporary use of woollen fibres it is important to the designer to utilise this fibre throughout her work.

costello_nc@outlook.com | nicolacostellodesign.com

Megan Dodds BA (Hons) Surface Design for Fashion & Interiors

A tea fuelled Designer, working within the realms of Surface Pattern, Illustration, Ceramics and most recently Lighting. Studying Surface Design has allowed Megan to further explore her illustrative style into different materials, creating not only functional yet inspiring patterns but also innovative product concepts.

Little Homes is a project inspired by the idea and narratives of home combined with the research of gender stereotypes and idea of gender neutrality in child’ s play.

Working alongside Fourdot, the project proposes a series of functional and inspiring lighting products for children and the home. Full of creativity, they’ re designed to encourage storytelling and fuel imaginative play, creating an interactive and sensory experience to intrigue your child’ s curiosity. Through the ability to pick and mix panels forming the light’ s faç ade, they can create unique combinations to discover their own little world.

megan_dodds@me.com | www.megandodds.co.uk

Rebekah Hutchinson BA (Hons) Surface Design for Fashion and Interiors

Rebekah is a surface designer who has a strong passion for creating bespoke wall coverings full of colour, texture and pattern. She uses layering techniques and her abstract style to create beautiful, striking designs that will introduce colour and excitement to public spaces.

Experimenting with different materials, Rebekah uses U.V printing to combine material and design, producing a collection of layered and textured surfaces for interiors.

Endless abstraction is a collection of bespoke wall coverings, which takes inspiration from our surrounding environment. Natural textures and crumbling weathered surfaces reveal layer after layer of different marks, patterns and colours forming the main design work.

Individual layering and careful placement makes each piece have it’ s own unique combination of abstract patterns blending into the surface showing the natural textures. The products are eye-catching and tactile in order to create an inviting atmosphere within their public space.

rebekah.hutch@gmail.com | www.rebekahhutch.wix.com/surfacedesigns

April Lyon BA (Hons) Textile Crafts

April Lyon is driven by the process of woven textiles and pushing the boudaries of weave through scale and structure, on and off the loom. Lyon creates unique woven fabrics inspired by nature and the world around us, aiming to bring this connection into the home.

Lyon travelled America living out of a rucksack and living within nature. This opened her eyes to how much we, as humans, rely on our everyday objects within our homes but also how out of contact we have become with nature and the land itself.

Woven Landscape is a bespoke interior collection inspired by nomadic living and traditions. Lyon allows reconnection with nature and the landscape through her woven fabrics. These connections are made through the material choices and the textures found within the cloth, which represent the colour and aesthetics of the rocky landscape of Monument Valley.

april.lyon2807@hotmail.com | www.april-lyon.co.uk

Melissa Martinson BA (Hons) Textile Crafts.

Melissa Martinson is driven by concept. Within her practice she experiments with hand constructed methods. By carrying out in-depth research, her aim is to tackle global issues whilst incorporating sustainable materials and techniques into her work. Working with disadvantaged communities, Martinson aims to design to give those in need a better lifestyle.

This collection, based on the A/W 16/17 OffBeat trend, aims to design handcrafted products that can be produced by HIV/AIDS sufferers in Malawi and sold in the UK Market.

This will enable them to continue to earn an income once they become debilitated. This project aims to give these people not only a chance of retained independence, but also a sense of community, whereby working as a group whilst crafting the products will allow them to socialise and share experiences with fellow sufferers. Sourcing local materials, the designer incorporates these with local techniques to create sustainability.

melissa_martinson@hotmail.co.uk | www.melissajanemartinson.com

Alice McBride BA (Hons) Surface Design for Fashion and Interiors.

Inspired by the relationship between nature and industrialism, the designer uses a fusion of gothic architecture and free living botanicals to create intricate patterns. Layers of soft strokes and harsh geometrics join together to create a unique wall panel to inspire a different view of the world.

The titled project ‘ In Strata’ meaning in layers; is a collection that is completely customisable for individual preference. This project is in collaboration with Daedalian Glass Studios to investigate layering with glass and final product development.

Alice McBride is a designer and image-maker looking for a challenging and exciting opportunity in the real world.

From studying on Surface Design, Alice has a passion for design and the ability to adapt to any style and material.

alice.mcbride.design@gmail.com | www.alice-mcbride-design.myfreesites.net

Amelia Pardoe BA (Hons) Textile Design For Fashion and Interiors

With an inimitable flair for print, fashion and graphics; Pardoe is an original individual whom maintains the enthusiasm and passion for both the creative arts and design by researching and exploring unique digital design concepts.

Active Aligned’ Luxe Apparel AW 16/17 is a collection

by Amelia Pardoe Design. Created from contemporary wearable art initially inspired by the distorted visual language of the glitched digital world. Robo sharp shapes, disrupted florals, and glitchy spots and stripes are expressed throughout. Maintaining an underlying sense of digital chaos. A bright, distinctive colour palette is mixed with essentially black and white monochrome elements. Contemporary and edgy the print collection is designed for unisex ready-to-wear active apparel clothing, creatively following the future mega trend ‘ Off Beat’ .

ameliapardoedesign@outlook.com | @ameliapardoedesign

Jessica Pool BA (Hons) Textiles with Surface Design

Pool's work is aimed at the surface and accessory design areas of textiles, as she is interested in pushing the boundaries of her craft to create one-off, unique, wearable designs. She takes a bespoke approach to commercial methods and is passionate about seeing how this can be applied and developed for industry.

Prostasia’ is a fashion artefact collection influenced by natural disasters across Greek islands. The burning of maps highlights the often overlooked effects left on the surface.

As fashion is one of the most influential forms of expression,‘ Prostasia’ is shaped around usually unused areas of the body to enhance the significance of hidden details, which influence and make up everything despite not always being clear.

Layers of digital processes and hard materials restrict body movement to portray elements of Grecian armour.

This highlights the message of protection and how it remains in tact whilst being broken down from within.

jessicapool@hotmail.co.uk | www.jessicapool.wix.com/textiledesign

Hannah Reuter BSc(Hons) Textile Design for Fashion & Interiors

Hannah creates bold individualistic print collections for fashion and interiors that are always more than meets the eye. Combining modern techniques with traditional processes, commercial design meets artistic integrity, in a distinctly playful and beguiling style.

The designer was inspired by the avant-garde artists of the Art Deco period, who pushed the boundaries of design in both decency and aesthetics. Art Decadence is a collection that channels this subversive attitude by exploring the moral and cultural decline of society. From pistols to popcorn, our excessive indulgences in pleasure and luxury are playfully narrated using the traditional artisan methods of the 20's. Quirks and irregularities of the hand-painting process are carefully preserved on the luxurious silk garments to maintain artistic integrity in a unique collection that blurs the boundaries between art and fashion.

hannahreuter@hotmail.com | www.hannahreuter.com

Kathryn Seymour BSC (Hons) Textile Design for Fashion and interiors

Seymour has always been fascinated by the process of decay, exploring abandoned buildings to capture the beauty of the forgotten. Her work tries to push the boundaries within knitted fabrics creating innovative materials.

Are we now consumed by the perfect, the controlled?

Entropy explores the beauty of decay and the unique aesthetics it creates.

Knitted vessels hold nature within representing the living process of decay and enables humans once again to connect with nature in an interior space. Each is hand crafted, appreciating the exquisiteness of what cannot be controlled.

kathrynannedesigns@gmail.com | @entropydesigns

“FINDING THE BEAUTY W I T H I N D E C A Y. ”

Hollie Ward BA (Hons) Textile Crafts

Hollie Ward is a weaver interested in slow production methods highlighting timeless design, well-made products and longevity. For this, she focuses on using natural materials and weaves her fabric on a small scale. Ward feels it is important to highlight British production and the availability of resources we have here. Ward uses these as inspiration for producing utilitarian, functional, long lasting fabrics with a blend of contemporary and traditional values for timeless style.

Inspired by small batch production highlighting timeless design and craftsmanship, ‘ Serge’ was driven by bringing the production of utilitarian, artisan selvedge denim to the UK. Ward was motivated to take denim back to its origins by weaving a collection of hard wearing fabric. In order to ensure provenance through materials, Ward used a blend of pre-consumer waste cotton and British wool sourced within the UK. The collection has been created through Ward hand weaving and using an industrial shuttle loom sourced in Huddersfield resulting in raw selvedge denim fabrics produced entirely in Yorkshire.

hollieward_@hotmail.com | www.hollieward.co.uk

Rachel Whichelow BSc(Hons) Textile Design for Fashion & Interiors

Rachel is a Printed Textile Designer with a passion for Home Accessories and Furnishing Fabrics. Having always been hugely inspired by the likes of William Morris and Louise Bourgeois, Rachel aims to achieve commercial prints with a rich research background and lifestyle influence.

The health and wellness market has boomed in to a $3.4 trillion industry and the term ‘ wellthness’ depicts the current trend whereby a ‘ clean’ lifestyle is heavily sought after. As consumer values and attitudes change to embrace this trend, a large focus on healthy living, nutrition and the outdoors has inspired the designer to develop this collection. Appreciate | Invigorate uses outdoor inspiration and a variety of fabrics and treatments to achieve a vibrant print collection. This aims to blur the line between indoor and outdoor textiles, as well as to bring positive colours and energy to those it surrounds.

rachelwhich@ntlworld.com | www.rachelwhichelow.co.uk

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