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...
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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 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 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...
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...