Texts
A space for my published writing — essays on textile design, sustainability, material memory, and the practice of making.
〰️Articles
〰️Articles
Notes on selvedges, sneakers, and a quiet collaboration between Scotland, Mauritius, and Portugal. A six-year story that began with a bag of leftover cashmere trims from a Scottish mill and ended with a pair of shoes made in Arouca.
Academic Publications ~
Academic Publications ~
Duman, B.S. (2025). "Reinterpreting Migration in Undergraduate Textile Design at Loughborough University: Cultural Memory and Environmental Responsibility in Practice". In Proceedings of the 16th 4T International Design and Design History Symposium: On the Move — Objects / Images / Spaces. 4T Design and Design History Society, pp. 254–270. ISBN 9786057290229. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/30676199
The Mauritian Sega began as the music of enslaved Africans and is now a national symbol of celebration and welcome. This is the story of the dress that goes with it: the white cotton, the four flag colours, and what they carry.
Duman, B.S. (2025). "Mapping the Evolution of Textile Design Pedagogy in the UK: Undergraduate Insights from Loughborough University". In Chang, C.-Y., Chen, C.-H., & Hsu, Y. (eds.), IASDR 2025: Design Next. Taipei, Taiwan, 2–5 December. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2025.476
Image: Marissa Noel.