The students of Textile Design were honored this semester with a competition sponsored by Donegal Yarns Ltd, a historic mill in County Donegal, Ireland. Donegal Yarns sent the department a generous selection of luxury...
Textile Design
Tools of the Trade: Women and Textiles in the 19th Century
On April 7th, 2022 at 6:00 – 7:30 pm EST, Jade Papa and Emily Radomski will host a hybrid event in conjunction with The Library Company of Philadelphia. Be there for the opening event of Power & Pomp: Fashion...
Textile Design Spring Speakers Series
It’s that time of year, time for our annual Spring Speakers Series event! This event brings textile industry movers and shakers into the Textile Design studio to talk about their journeys and careers, the industry...
Kravet Design of Distinction Award Winners
Textile Design is proud to announce the winners of this fall’s Kravet Design of Distinction Competition. Kravet Inc., an honored industry partner of the Textile Design department, hosted a competition for our...
TD Faculty Mine Invasive Plant Species for Dye Stuffs
An esteemed faculty member of Textile Design, Becky Flax, has been working with an interdisciplinary group of students, scientists, and academics researching invasive plant species for commercial uses. “Invasives are...
Textile Design Studio Tour for HGA
What is it like to study Textile Design? Would you like to go on a tour? As luck would have it, that’s what we have to show you here. As long-time individual members of the Handweavers Guild of America, we were...
TJU East Falls is First to be Visited by the Kravet Workspace Mobile Showroom
On Friday, September 10th, the Textile Design department hosted the Kravet Workspace Mobile Showroom on campus. Jefferson was honored to be the very first university visited—thanks to wonderful alum Scott Kravet. For...
Interview with a Capstone student: Kacie Smith
Kacie’s reserved nature belies her bold style sense. She has a quiet intensity that comes through in her bright and graphic textiles. Her sense of color and her ability to create a mood out of her fabrics is...
Kacie Smith | BS Textile Design, 2021
Congrats to Kacie Smith on her collection entitled, Hope. Kacie’s collection is centered around nature and wellness. Please enjoy her beautiful telling of her capstone story. To read more about Kacie and her...
Noah Ung | BS Textile Design, 2021
Congrats to Noah Ung on his final collection, Saudade. “Saudade” loosely translates to “a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist”. Noah has an aesthetic...