Textiles programme

SCHOOL OF MATERIAL
Programme 2013/14

Textiles
Led by Professor Clare Johnston, the Textiles programme at the RCA offers world-class practice and research. Textiles students employ traditional and innovative skills while exploring constantly evolving materials and technology.
They create diverse solutions that span many disciplines and design applications, including fashion, interiors, automotive design and gallery installation.
The interface between materials and making creates a challenging and dynamic environment, frequently employing multidisciplinary and collaborative methods to express the breadth of textiles, through the contexts of ‘Body’ and ‘Space’.
Personal research and an individual design philosophy are at the heart of the Textiles postgraduate programme. Students are required to apply to one of the four MA Textile specialisms of Print, Knit, Mixed Media and
Weave. To support this, there are specialist technicians for all programme machinery and processes.

Textiles at the RCA has a thriving research community with MPhil and PhD students supervised by staff who are international experts in their field, creating a vibrant staff and student research culture. The programme also houses the interdisciplinary ‘Materials for Living’ Research Hub which hosted the
‘Inspiring Matter’ conference in April 2012.
The Textiles programme encourages many opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary work within the College itself, as well as collaborations with world-leading industry partners, including Swarovski, Intel;
Audi, IFF, Monsoon, Bicester Village, Crown
Paints, Jaguar Land Rover, WGSN, Rowan, LG,
Skopos, Marks & Spencer and Daks.
The programme has strong affiliations with other international art and design institutions such as Tama Art University, Kyoto University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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