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Hannah White

PhD Work

PhD work

  • Developing practical research on a Power Loom

    Developing practical research on a Power Loom, Hannah White 2016
    Weaving
    N/A | Photographer: N. Fegan

The application of textile structures as a means of ‘form finding’ is key to Hannah’s design philosophy. Her enquiry will contribute to the development of new structural surfaces and forms inspired by textile making processes.

Hannah is collabourating with UK manufacturers to explore how her textile knowledge and haptic skills using three-dimensional textiles techniques, can be combined with materials investigation, nanotechnology and industrial manufacturing. The aim is to develop new hybrid structures that take inspiration from ‘hard’ construction methods found within architecture and the ‘soft’ properties of textiles.

School
School of Design
Programme
Textiles
Supervisors
Dr Peter Oakley

Info

Info

  • Hannah White

  • PhD

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    Textiles, 2016–

  • Hannah White is a textiles designer and academic with a passion for structural textiles forms and their application to innovative design solutions. She was selected to receive a London Doctoral Research Centre (LDoc) Scholarship in 2015 and is currently a PhD researcher at the RCA in the School of Materials, Textiles. 

    The application of textile structures as a means of ‘form finding’ is key to Hannah’s design philosophy. Her enquiry will contribute to the development of new structural surfaces and forms inspired by textile making processes.

    Hannah is collaborating with UK manufacturers to explore how her textile knowledge and haptic skills, using three-dimensional textiles techniques, can be combined with materials investigation, nanotechnology and industrial manufacturing. The aim is to develop new hybrid structures that take inspiration from ‘hard’ construction methods found within architecture and the ‘soft’ properties of textiles.

    After graduating from Nottingham Trent University in 1998, Hannah set up a textile design business, continuing to study an MA in Design for Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins in 1999. Hannah was Degree Course Leader for the Textiles for Fashion and Interiors undergraduate programme at the University for the Creative Arts from 2006–2014. 

    Achievements include the Award for Outstanding Design from the British Interior Textiles Association, selection for the NESTA Creative Pioneer Programme (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts UK), selection for the Crafts Council Injection programme (2015) and a Crafts Council Development Award (2003). Design commissions have included The Victoria & Albert Museum, Selfridges and The Conran Shop.

  • Degrees

  • BA (Hons) Textiles, Nottingham Trent University, 1998; MA Design for Textile Futures, Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design, 2001; PGCert: Learning & Teaching in Art & Design & Communication, University of the Arts London/ CLTAD, 2007

  • Experience

  • UCA Link Tutor, The Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, 2009 –15; Course leader, BA Textiles for Fashion and Interiors, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, 2006–14; Pathway Leader, MA Textiles, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham 2006–10; Key Sessional Lecturer Textiles (Weave), The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham, 2004–6; Director, Hannah White – London, 2001–9

  • Exhibitions

  • ‘Lace Tracks’ in Crafting Anatomies, Nottingham Trent University, 2015; Stitched in Time: Jane Austen's House Museum, 2014; Digital Encounters, The Herbert Read Gallery, University of the Creative Arts, Canterbury, 2014; Lacemakers: Orleans House Gallery, Riverside Twickenham, 2014/5; Lace Effects 1: Cite Internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais, France, 2014; Pinpoint 13 Contemporary Miniature Textile Works: One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, 2013; Origin: Somerset House, London, 2006 & 2007; Deconstruct – Reconstruct : Bilston Craft Gallery, West Midlands, 2005–6; PLACE, The Getti Gallery, London, 2005; Materialize: The University of the Arts London, Davis Street, London, 2005; Innovate, Predicate, Fabricate: Royal Society of Arts, London, 2005; Winter Exhibition, The Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, 2004; Chelsea Crafts Fair, 2003; The Winter Collection, The Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, 2003; Winter Exhibition, The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, 2003; Clerkenwell Dressed, Clerkenwell Green Association, 2003; Shimmer and Shine, Crafts Council Shop at The Victoria & Albert Museum, 2003

  • Awards

  • LDoc (AHRC) PhD Scholarship, 2015–2018; Crafts Council Injection Programme, 2015.; Teaching Excellence Award, University for the Creative Arts, 2010.; UCA Excellence in Leadership & People Management Award, 2008; Teaching Excellence Award, University College for the Creative Arts, 2005; NESTA Graduate Pioneer Programme, 2004; British Interior Textiles Association’s Award for Outstanding Design at PULSE, 2003; Crafts Council Development Award, 2003

  • Publications

  • (2016) Jill, Joureneaux, Crafting Anatomies Review, Journal of Textiles Research and Practice; (2014) University for the Creative Arts, Digital Encounters; (February 2008) Vanessa Barneby, Vogue Magazine: In Vogue – Article ‘Cover Girls’; (January 2004) International Textiles INTERIOR Magazine

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