Textiles & Surface Design

This degree produces highly skilled, industry-ready, award-winning graduates. Blending traditional craftsmanship and innovative techniques, you will develop skills in drawing, repeat pattern, dyeing, print, embroidery, and digital design, creating work for fashion, interiors, textile art, and the gift industry.

This hands-on programme offers access to state-of-the-art workshops and studios, where you’ll explore your unique style under the guidance of experienced lecturers and industry professionals. From rug tufting and fabric manipulation to digital visualisation, you’ll gain the expertise to craft a professional portfolio that sets you apart.

With opportunities to work on live briefs, collaborate with design companies, and showcase your creations at exhibitions or trade shows, this degree prepares you for success. Whether pursuing employment or self-employment, you’ll graduate ready to thrive in the textiles and surface design industries or continue your journey with postgraduate study.

Exhibitions & Trade Shows
Work is exhibited and sold at trade fairs and exhibitions such as:

Premiére Vision, Paris;
Surtex, New York;
New Designers, London;
London Print Design Fair;
Indigo MoOD Brussels and;
The Bowes Museum.

In your first year (Level 4):

• Drawing
• Print
• Creative Thinking
• Stitch
• Design Outcome

In your second year (Level 5):

• Digital Design for Fashion
• Design for Interiors
• Creative Discussion
• Practice

In your third year (Level 6):

• Project Research and Preparation
• Dissertation Report
• Final Major Project
• Final Show and Portfolio

In course assessment. Each module is assessed upon completion and given a percentage mark.