Textile Design

Overview

The content and structure of the course supports you to explore, contextualise and deeply embed creative approaches to sustainable design into your research and practice. You will place yourself at the heart of debates around environmental and societal issues and the changing roles and responsibilities of the designer in relation to these.

The Textile Design degree at University of the Arts London (UAL) offers you an opportunity to explore a broad range of textile design contexts and possibilities in relation to your future ambition. You will look at how you can make a positive impact and help to shape the future of the industry through research and textile design practice.

• Circular design systems and product lifecycles
• Environmental processes and impacts of sourcing
• Production and use of materials
• Technical and scientific innovations
• Patterns of consumption and behavioural change
• New approaches to user-centred design
• Social impacts and ethical labour
• Community engagement and environmental issues
• Designer as activist

Careers and alumni

MA Textile Design graduates have gone on to careers as textiles practitioners and designer-makers either working with, or establishing their own, major and independent fashion labels.

Graduates have gone on to designing prints for Ralph Lauren in New York, working on sustainable craft design projects in India as well as in-house designer for Heritage Cashmere.

Other course alumni have gone on to freelance design work, interior product design or other industry related careers, while some go on to undertake further research.