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Textile Design students work on Live Project with Next Menswear

Textile Design students secure work placements with Next Menswear after working on a Live Project brief.

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    Textile Design students with Next judges

    Five second year Textile Design students have secured industry placements with Next after winning a live brief set by Next Menswear. The project provided the students with the opportunity to work on industry-led briefs to develop their understanding of designing for a market and gain a deeper technical understanding of their specialism.

    Students chose between different briefs offered by three industry specialists: Sanderson, Dulux, and Next (Menswear). Students with different specialisms (print, embroidery, and weave) were then allocated into teams so they could combine and collaborate across disciplines.

    In response to the brief, each team developed creative and innovative concepts to develop their understanding of market research; trends; contextual research; design responsibility; designing appropriately for a market, and effective design communication and presentation.

    A big congratulations to Team 14 Katie Haynes, Bea Watson, Anna Reed, Liv Endress-Roberts who won with their two collections ‘Psychedelic Dream' And 'Brutalist". They have all secured a placement at Next Menswear., Student Chaeyeon Kang also received a placement from a separate group for their outstanding work. Well done!

    Published on 16 February 2022
    • Subject area: Art and design
    • Category: School of Art & Design
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