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...
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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...
Interview with an Alum: Drew McKevitt
It’s always a bit thrilling when flipping through the pages of a magazine to come across a familiar name or piece of work. That was my experience recently while reading through the Fall 2021 issue of the Surface...
TD Student Callie Connors Wins ITA Cover Competition
The winner of the 2021 ITA November Cover Competition goes to Textile Design graduate student, Callie Connors for her beautiful floral design! Congrats Callie! This design was inspired by the work of Yayoi Kusama and...
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 Alumni is Expert Panelist at NYTM Hudson Valley Carbon Farm Tour
Philadelphia University Textile Design alum of 2012, Leah D’Ambrosio, is one of the expert panelists for the New York Textile Month Hudson Valley Carbon Farm Tour. This tour takes place on September 25th, from 1-5...
Textile Design Students win SDA Outstanding Student Award
We are happy and proud to share that not one, but two of our students won the Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award! Congratulations to MS grad Jackie Moore and BS grad Hannah Hill. These two students...
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...
“Why Textile Design?” Capstone students talk about their reasons – Part Three
This semester, Textile Design capstone students are making videos to present and talk about their work. They will do this multiple times over the semester to document their process and vision as it culminates into a...
Interview with a Capstone student: Leah Dodd
Still waters run deep as they say. Below Leah’s stoic countenance and calm demeanor is a mind brimming with creative energy. We are lucky that Leah chose to direct that energy towards textile design. Her curiosity...