Talks
A record of conference presentations, doctoral consortia, and selected events attended during my doctoral research.
2026
UD26 — Belonging: to place, time, and practice
Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA), University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Paper: Belonging to Time — Design Infrastructure as Mediator of Urgency and Continuity in Emergency Alerts and Educational Archives.
"With thanks to the Dennis Holt Travel Prize."
Patterns in Textile Design Education: A 27-Year Analysis
SDCA Doctoral Researchers & Communities of Practice Research Showcase
Loughborough University, School of Design and Creative Arts — May 2026
Three-minute research relay presentation of my doctoral research, which examines a 27-year digital archive of undergraduate textile design projects at Loughborough University. The talk introduced a grounded textile taxonomy developed from more than 2,000 student projects, organised across 4 meta-categories, 11 clusters, and 184 keywords, tracing the evolution of UK textile design education from observational foundations (1998) through digital expansion (2008) to sustainability-driven thinking (2025).
Supervisors: Dr A. Gurpinar, Dr T. Heinzel
2025
IASDR Taipei
Design Next
Taipei, Taiwan · 2–5 December 2025. Hosted by Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) and China Institute of Design.
Poster paper and presentation: Mapping the Evolution of Textile Design Pedagogy in the UK: Undergraduate Insights from Loughborough University.
"With thanks to the Loughborough University Doctoral College."
16th 4T Design and Design History Symposium — On the Move
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey · 6–7 November 2025.
Paper presentation: Reinterpreting Migration in Undergraduate Textile Design at Loughborough University: Cultural Memory and Environmental Responsibility in Practice.
"With thanks to the School of Design & Creative Arts (SDCA)."
2023
Textile Intersections Conference — Doctoral Consortium
Loughborough University London · 20–23 September 2023. Convened by K. Bredies, R. Gowrishankar, E. Igoe, J. Mikkonen, and N. Raina.
Presented early-stage doctoral research: Canvassing Textiles: An Exploration into Contemporary Practices in Textiles in the UK and Mauritius.
"With thanks to the School of Design & Creative Arts (SDCA)."
Selected Events Attended
A selection of symposiums and conferences attended without presenting, contributing to ongoing engagement with design research communities.
Oct 2025 · Africa Re/Designs Prelude: Decolonising Design as Cultural Reclamation RMIT University, Australia (Online).
Nov 2025 · Coded: A Somewhat Emotional State Lise Meitner Group, Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai, Florence (Online).
Sep 2025 · Design for Planet — 34th World Design Congress Design Council and World Design Organization, Barbican Centre, London · 9–10 September 2025.
Mar 2024 · Designing for Sex and Gender Equity Dr. Isabel Prochner (Online).
May 2023 · ArcInTex Seminar — Smart Textiles and Biomaterials in the Anthropocene VIA University College, Denmark · 2–3 May 2023 (Online).