Fabpad News
01/09/10
London Fashion Week is starting on Friday 17th September and will draw to a close on Wednesday 22nd September, with many headline names taking to the catwalk including Pringle of Scotland, Antonio Beradi, Matthew Williamson, Burberry Prorsum and Johnathan Saunders all making a third consecutive season.
Taking place at Sumerset House this year, with many newcomers making their debut such as Swedish fashion design house, S/S11 NEWGEN designers David Koma, Holly Fulton and Michael Van Der Ham as well as our own Bunmi KoKo!
NEWGEN -Sponsered by Topshop- have been supporters since 2001 and is the worlds first scheme to support emerging designer talent. Catwalk designers receive a sum of money towards their show costs, sponsored by Exhibition Space, using of the BFC Catwalk Show Space and mentoring.
To find the full schedule for London Fashion Week please follow the link below.
www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/catwalkschedule_new.aspx
For more information on London Fashion Week please follow either link.
www.artsthread.com/viewer/exhibition.aspx
10/08/10
This week at Fabpad we have 5 students who are attending our Summer School. The students will produce a collection of repeat tiles in 3 different colour ways and a placement print. In addition, we have have asked each student to bring in a source of inspiration which will enable there collection to have a coherent theme. By the end of this course they will know how to produce digital files for printing, for fabric, paper and in fact any digital printing. We can't wait to see there finished prints!!
Recently we have been working with Sally Faye Coterill look at her illustrations with the link below.
Kul Pank is The creator and designer of kookete. Her designs are based and inspired on her love for nature and nature related objects, which have been conveyed in the form of photography.
21/07/10
Linda Gifford creates textile designs for interiors inspired by her unique observations of the natural built environment.
www.craftcentral.org.uk/linda-gifford
Kaori Homma has been invited to draw a site specific, bio degradable Meridian Line in Wales at Oriel Davies in an exhibition called Line of Desire, 28th August - 3rd November.
www.orieldavies.org/en/node/299
Aimee St Hill has won 1st prize at the Texprint ComON silk scarf competition. Well done Aimee! Of course the scarf was printed in Fabpad.....
15/0710
We love Helena Carrington's illustrations especially her campervans and fiat 500's as super cool cushions!
14/07/10
Lately we have been working with some exciting new designers.
We will be sponsoring Zoe Beck at this years 100% Design in Earls Court. She will be showing there with her collective Print, Tuft and Fold.
Not only do Print, Tuft and Fold have a stand at this years 100% Design but they’ve also been asked to put the PTF stamp on the 100% Features Boulevard, a real compliment for the young design trio who are only exhibiting in 100% Futures for the 2nd year. Positioned at the front entrance of Earl’s Court, Print Tuft & Fold aim to seize visitors’ attention with some seriously exuberant textiles as they enter the show. A colourful and comfy place to meet, relax, tweet, and take in great contemporary design. With thanks to the project sponsors: D&G Upholstery, Hill & Co Rugs, Reed Exhibitions, Jam Design and Fabpad.
www.printtuftandfold.wordpress.com/
Check out Emma Burtons gorgeous gifts and accessories at
We were delighted to find her featured in the latest Style magazine (page 39).
Another emerging new talent is Sarah Guest.
We love her vibrant textile prints for interiors. Lately she has showcased at One Year On at New Designers and she is featured in this Guardian article.
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/03/new-designers-names-to-watch
28/06/10
The Fabpad Summer School will be running this August.
This course is aimed at textile designers, fashion designers, artists, photographers, and creative people with an interest in the subject.
Experienced professional artists and textile designers deliver the intensive course over a period of six days in the hub of digital printing at UEL.
Using Photoshop on Mac computers, the course fosters personal textile design practice through gaining the knowledge of the programme.
Details can be found under the 'What We Do > Short Courses'.
For more information follow this link;
www.uel.ac.uk/uelconnect/short_courses/study/creative.htm#IntroDigiFabric
24/06/10
Students from UEL are going to be exhibiting at the New Designers event at the Business Design Centre in Islington.
Those involved in Textiles, Fashion and Accessories will be showing in Part 1, which runs from 1-4 July.
For those students involved in Product Design, they will show in Part 2, which runs from 8-11 July. For more information follow the link below;
A client of Fabpad, Sarah Guest, is also going to be showing at New Designers, as part of the 'One Year On' segment, which focuses on those one year on from graduating, and how their careers have progressed.
For more information on this follow the links below;
www.sjguest.com/sjguest/welcome.html
www.newdesigners.com/page.cfm/Link=14/t=m/goSection=15
Vita Gottlieb, another Fabpad client, specializes in textile and fabric print, and sells directly to the textile industry and private clients.
For more information follow the link below.
Fabpad has excess ink from the printing process used. We would like to offer this ink which can be used for screen printing to those who are interested. It is reactive dye and a mixture of all the ink colours we use. We have litres of it going free - perfect for a recycling project!
Contact us at fabpad@uel.ac.uk for more information.
Fabpad has it's eye on Prada's new collection at the minute, for Spring/Summer 2010. The use of prints in majority of the clothes demonstrates how digital print rocks!
23/06/10
Fabpad will resume with news about our customers, ourselves and anything that might be of interest!
Firstly a big congratulations to our UEL students for their excellent end of year shows. Kathryn and I were especially pleased to receive our champagne from Pete Cobb in AVA.
Here are more photographs from the AVA show, including our Fabpad Textile designer of the Year: Aimee Charles.
See more about our students at: www.ueltextiles.com/
blog.artsthread.com/2010/06/graduate-fashion-week-university-of-east-london/
Creative Director of Bunmi Koko and former student of UEL, Bunmi Olaye, is going to be showing at Africa Fashion Week, follow the link below to see more.
Fabpad customer, Kaori Homma is taking part in the Brockley Open Studios project, where artists open up their spaces to show to the public. For more information visit;
