This blog post was inspired by a lecture on colour that I recently delivered to undergraduate design students. Preparing the lecture gave me the opportunity to revisit some of the principles, artists and designers that have shaped my own understanding of colour, as well as reflect on its importance ...

A reflection on my teaching practice, the artists who continually inspire me, and why the best surface pattern designs begin long before the finished repeat. 

I stood in front of a room full of brand new first-year textile design students and delivered their very first university brief. It’s one of...