London Textile Fair
Business Design Centre, Islington, London
21-22 January 2014
I have to admit that when you work for yourself, you can sometimes
find you are working in a bubble, and too much alone, so perhaps this is why I
was ridiculously excited about going to the London Textile Fair. www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk
The London Textile Fair was in three parts: The main hall,
for textile manufacturers and their UK agents, the accessories and trims hall
and an upstairs gallery for print design studios. http://thelondontextilefair.co.uk
The standard and variety of prints, in the print studio
section of the show, was world class, and I received a lot of warm and encouraging
responses, to my questions, about the state of the printed textile design industry
today.
In the main hall textile manufacturers were very willing to
look at portfolios and artwork, weather from studios or freelancers. “It is the
artwork that matters, not where it comes from.” was the response I kept getting.
Islington has an aliveness too, I loved the little vintage boutiques
and markets.
The whole experience gave me, not only a lot of new contacts
and avenues to do business on but also an impression that I was part of a
creative and successful design scene in London and further afield.
Kirsteen Lyons
BA (Hons) Printed Textile
Design, MD / Designer
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