Textile Design at Norwich embraces creative play and iterative design practices for broad professional contexts including fashion, interiors, material research and innovation, health and the built environment. Our students explore weave, knit, stitch and print to investigate, resolve and communicate material outcomes.
Contemporary
solutions
The class of 2023 have undertaken briefs researching and developing contemporary textile design solutions in both traditional and forward-thinking contexts. Health and wellbeing, craft and material innovation, trends, branding and client profiling, and sustainability are considered.
Student awards
Our graduates of 2023 have entered national competitions throughout their studies, testing their design versatility, conceptual ability, and commercial awareness, with success in the Bradford Textile Society Awards, Blinds Direct competition and the Costume and Textile Association Awards.
Industry guests
Industry guests this year have included Embroiderer Liss Cooke from Hand and Lock, Daniel Peters founder of The (Fashion) Minority Report and community print designer Ellen Rock.
Alumni successes
Alumni from the course have gained employment across the creative sector, including Jaguar Land Rover, Warner Bros., Disney, Next, Bay and Brown, Biofabricate, IVO printers, Standfast & Barracks and Whitchurch Silk Mill, as well as setting up their own brands and working as freelance designers.
