BA(Hons) Textiles Design with Business Studies
The 2022 cohort of graduating students on the BA (Hons) Textile Design with Business Studies degree at the University of Brighton are highly skilled individuals in their chosen textile specialisms of knit, print or weave. They have gained considerable knowledge of the textiles industries through the four years of the degree which includes a year of professional experience through the integrated work placement programme. On the degree they also gain a broad knowledge of textile and fashion history and contemporary design and a detailed understanding of sustainable business practices relevant to the fashion and textile industries. This has culminated in a contextual extended essay and a business plan communicating a creative business plan, often related to their textile collection.
This degree programme makes our graduating students unique in the industry as they are able to operate as highly creative and skilled designers with a realistic understanding of the industry and business.
For their final collections, each student has responded to their own set brief through in depth exploration and the initiation of innovative design solutions within the discipline of their textiles specialism. This has been established through extensive research, experimentation and design development underpinning the design process. The course shows students who, through individual explorations, have demonstrated the importance of design, material and technical knowledge for the development of innovative textiles grounded in first hand experience of the industry for which they are designing.
The Textiles staff team are extremely proud of 2022’s graduating cohort and wish them every success in their future careers.
Caterina Radvan
Subject Leader – Fashion, Textiles and 3D Design & Craft