Lauren Barfoot

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Textiles, 2011

  Specialism

  Printed Textiles

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  http://www.laurenbarfoot.com

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• This collection of contemporary fashion prints communicates my passion for pattern, colour and composition. ‘Ergonomically engineered’ placement and, conversely, ‘non-placement’ printing has been a concept I have been challenging at the RCA. Floral imagery is prevalent in much of my work, although aesthetic references to painted textiles within Henri Matisse’s interior scenes have also offered colour and print inspiration, broadening my research and strengthening my concept. The tension between experimental materials, such as embossed leather, heat-bonded neoprene and digitally printed silk, act as vehicles to display my developing personal sense of design and distinct handwriting.

  

• Degrees

• BA (Hons), Printed Textile Design (First class), Lougborough University, 2009

• Experience

• Print internship, Holly Fulton, London, 2010; Print internship, Zandra Rhodes, London, 2009; Print internship, Alexander McQueen, London, 2008; Print and embroidery designer, New Look/ Debenhams, London, 2008-10

• Exhibitions

• Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2010; New Designers , Business Design Centre, London, 2009; Cameleon, Boiler Room, London, 2009; Indigo, Première Vision, Paris, France, 2008

• Awards

• First prize, The Textile Society MA Award, 2011; First prize, Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ Award, 2010; Shortlisted, Young Textile Designer of the Year', 2009