Textile Design

About this programme

BA Textile Design at Chelsea College of Arts wants you to take an experimental and creative approach to textile design. On this course, you'll learn how to design using colour, materials, processes and technologies that are used in textile print, knit, stitch, weave and smart textiles. You’ll develop ideas and expand your thinking through projects. You'll explore responsible and sustainable design, innovation, craft, fashion and the body, interior and exterior spaces, social and collaborative design and design activism. The course embeds responsible design and asks you to consider what it means to be a designer in current and future scenarios. Our smart textiles area explores how technologies, textiles and culture could come together in new ways. Live projects will enable you to gain industry, material, design and research experience. They will also help build networks and expand your professional development. Live project partnerships include Nike, Zara, Burberry, Piñatex, Khadi London, Blackhorse Atelier Denim, Gainsborough Silks, H&M, Latitude Festival, WGSN, the UAL Climate Emergency Network Carnival of Crisis x Lucy Orta and more. These are reviewed and subject to change, with new partnerships developing continuously. Our students participate in competitions and collaborations. Past examples include Artsthread Global Design Graduate Show, Royal Society of Arts, Hand and Lock Embroidery Prize, Bradford Textile Society, Design Museum briefs, FACE (Fashion Academics Creating Equality) and more.