ABOUT US

Texprint provides exceptional access to the best of British textile design talent - connecting industry to selected graduate designers just emerging from college or university, and to Texprint alumni, many of whom now enjoy high profile creative roles within the international textile, fashion and interior design industries.

Joanna Bowring and Peter Ring-Lefevre talk to designer Momo Wang at Texprint London 2011
Joanna Bowring and Peter Ring-Lefevre talk to designer Momo Wang at Texprint London 2011

Who we are

Texprint is an organisation run by industry professionals with the support of many other internationally recognized industry names. Our aim is to select, mentor and promote the best of the UK’s newly graduated textile designers, providing an opportunity for realistic development, and a vital bridge between higher education and the real, commercial world. ...more

Interview session, June 2011
Interview session, June 2011

What we do

In June the work of over 200 textile designers - graduates of British universities and colleges at both BA and MA levels - is selected and submitted by their tutors. Each of these portfolios is reviewed and each young designer interviewed. The interviews, held over three weeks, are in tutorial-style with daily panels invited from industry experts in their fields. ...more

Peter Wickenden Consul and Head of Trade, UKT&I Shanghai, with designer Lauren Bowker at Spinexpo 2011
Peter Wickenden Consul and Head of Trade, UKT&I Shanghai, with designer Lauren Bowker at Spinexpo 2011

Who we work with

Texprint provides industry with an exciting new design resource as well as a marketing, advertising, networking and philanthropic opportunity for those looking to support creative talent. It also provides education and employment possibilities, within the framework of the textile and related industries. ...more