BA (Hons) Textiles Design

Duration: 3–5 years full-time
Placement year: Optional 1 year
Course code: W236 (UCAS)
Institution code: A66 (UCAS)

Meet our Industry Patron – Rosalyn Chivers

Meet the Industry Patron for BA (Hons) Textiles Design – Rosalyn Chivers.

With over 30 years of experience in design, production, and international contracting – beginning with her studies at AUB in the 1990s – Rosalyn brings a rare depth of expertise to every commission. Her career spans fashion and interiors, managing complex production processes, sourcing from global suppliers, and cultivating long-standing relationships.

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Career destinations

BA (Hons) Textiles Design graduates have gone on to diverse career destinations, including designers, designer-makers, buyers, trend forecasters, researchers, teachers and stylists. Others have set up their own businesses or gone on to postgraduate study including renowned institutions such as The Royal College of Art, Kolding University DK, and AUB.

Previous BA (Hons) Textiles Design graduates now have careers in the following:

Textile Print designer for fashion at Liberty's of London, Kath Kitson, River Island,Victoria Beckham.
Textile Print designers for interiors – Blendworth Interiors, Bay and Brown textile print and Alexander McQueen.
Embroidery designers – Ralph and Russo, Hand & Lock
Trends – WGSN.
Freelance designers and Self employed -Sharon Marston Lighting, MOOD, Mixmag, NEC.
Design collection of interior fabrics and products sales to Liberty’s, Heals London.
Postgraduate internships – Hand & Lock, WGSN, Sandersons’s, Next, etc.
PGCEs and art/textiles teachers.
Visual merchandisers and buyers – for fashion and interiors
Textile Designers – Working within other disciplines, e.g. Clarkes shoes, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, McLaren cars, Lego.
Graphic Designers – Specsavers, Clarkes Shoes.
MA and PhD – Royal College of Art, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Kolding University Dk.

Alumni

Explore the profiles below to discover what some of our BA (Hons) Textiles Design alumni have got up to since graduating.

Framed works of Pia Elliot on display in a gallery, black and white shot.

Pia Elliot – BA (Hons) Textiles Design

Since graduating, Pia Elliot has continued to develop her artistic practice and is now a well-known name within...

Card with a black screen print of a rabbit with sparkles on a green background, on top of a bed of white flowers and green foliage.

Brodie Allen – BA (Hons) Textiles Design

Brodie Allen is a Dorset-based sustainable printmaker who centres her designs on the beauty, history and nature of the...

Ella Averty stood next to her textile creations, floral and oceanic patterns.

Ella Averty – BA (Hons) Textiles

BA (Hons) Textiles alumna Ella Averty is a printed textile designer and illustrator, currently working as a print designer in London...

Awards

2025 New Designers

Winner | AJS Award for Digital Textile Innovation (Luxury Embroidery) – Abby Prince
Highly Commended | Habitat (Print) – Ashleigh Vine
Highly Commended | Priestman-Goode (CMF and Materials Design) – Hannah Lee
Highly Commended | Romo (Interior Print) – Ella Barrell
Highly Commended | Sage (Automotive Design) – Chloe Wells

2025 Batsford Prize

Winner | Applied Art and Textiles – Amber Moore
Runners-up | Applied Art and Textiles – Isabella Sheridan, Cerys Watkins
Shortlisted | Applied Art and Textiles – Abby Prince, Evie Smith

2025

Winner | The Textiles Society Commendation – Hannah Lee
Winner | Tex+ Showcase – Ashleigh Vine
Winner | Bradford Textile Society Prize for Print – Ellie Beales
Winner | John Purcell Prize – Greta Tambascia
Winner | Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation Textiles Award – Hannah Lee

2024

Winner | Batsford Textiles Art Prize – Rose Cordery
Winner | Tex+ Showcase – Ella Nathan
Winner | Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation Prize – Ella Nathan
Runners-up | Batsford Textiles Art Prize – Ella Nathan, Hannah Elliot
Shortlisted | Batsford Textiles Art Prize – Cerys Watkins, Holly Whiffen
Shortlisted | Tex+ Showcase – Rose Cordery, Phoebe Wilkinson
Shortlisted | New Designers Ultrafabrics Sustainability Award – Sophie Haskell
Highly Commended | Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation Prize – Hannah Elliot
Commendation | Bradford Textile Society Design Competition – Anna Cooke

2023 New Designers

Winner | Romo award for Innovation, Colour and Design – Georgia Dunn
Winner | Clothworkers Company Award for Printed Textiles – Hayden MacKenzie
Winner | Decorex Sustainability Award – Georgia Johnson
Second Prize | Tu; Fashion creative pattern and colour award – Sophia Shorrock

2023

Winner | Batsford Applied Arts and Textiles Prize – Pia Elliott
Winner | Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation Prize – Hannah Lyness
Shortlisted | Festival of Quilts NEC, Student Prize and exhibitions – Issy Hamilton and Emily Garbutt

Blue Arts University Bournemouth sign suspended above blurred orange and pink fabric or clothing display in warehouse setting.

Two people viewing textile display at trade show booth with floral fabrics, pattern samples, and design boards on white walls.

Two women with blonde hair at white table in exhibition hall with glass ceiling, colourful artworks and banners displayed on walls.

Colourful fabric samples hanging on clips from horizontal rail against white wall, featuring floral and abstract patterns in orange, green, purple, and pink tones.

Illustration of four people walking down with colourful patterned scarves hung on clothesline in foreground featuring florals and geometric designs.

Textiles exhibition space with white booth displaying colourful textile works. Visitors browse fabric pieces in yellow, red, and green patterns.

Two women browsing textiles, one in green dress, other in white top and black skirt, colourful textile displays visible in background.

Colourful printed materials with geometric patterns, stripes, and abstract shapes in red, blue, orange, and yellow spread on dark surface.

Two women chatting at textiles exhibition with colourful abstract paintings displayed on white walls in background.

Three women with red hair conversing at art exhibition, colourful patterned textiles displayed on white wall behind them.

Guest speakers and collaborations

As a course, we invite industry professionals to share their knowledge, practice and design journey with our students on a regular basis. Recent contributors have included Kit Miles, Jenny King Embroidery, and Stoff Studio.

Collaborations and creative events are held across all three years also, e.g. cross-course collaboration projects with BA (Hons) Architecture and Commercial Photography and creative problem-solving with Fashion courses.

We also run Creative Match Night events with BA (Hons) Fashion, Make-up, Hair and Prosthetics, and Commercial Photography to encourage students to set up independent collaborative projects and to listen to our industry guest advise for their futures.