Description

I'm a textile designer, specialising in print and pattern design for fashion and home fabrics.

Flexible handwriting style, working with a variety of brands such as Jasper Conran and Matthew Williamson.

20 years experience putting motifs into repeat, changing colour/scale/layout, cleaning up vintage designs, designing placement graphics.

Trained in Fine Art painting, I also hand-draw and hand-paint original designs, using Photoshop / Illustrator / Fresco to draw new motifs and manipulate hand-made ones.

I produce printer-ready high-quality files with technical specificatons to send directly to the fabric mill.

I carry out trend and competitor research and produce mood boards and colour palettes.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

Freelance
Freelance Senior Print Designer
June 2020 - Today (6 years)
DEBENHAMS
Design Manager - Printed Textiles - Swimwear, Accessories, Lingerie and Sleepwear
December 2013 - June 2020 (6 years and 6 months)
I led my team of 7 print designers, to design across 7 product departments, on 1200+ prints per year, collaborating with 11 Internationally acclaimed Designers at the same time as designing collections for in-house labels, on ranges worth a total of £300M in 2019.
DEBENHAMS
Senior Designer - Printed Textiles - Swimwear, Accessories, Lingerie and Sleepwear
June 2011 - December 2013 (2 years and 6 months)