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Texprint special prize winners announced at Indigo
Couturier Maurizio Galante presented this year's
Texprint awards for design excellence to four Britishtrained
new graduates
The four prize winners were announced at the Texprint prize
ceremony, held in the Texprint area of Indigo, Première Vision
Pluriel, on September 18, 2013 at 3.30pm. Each winner received
£1,000, sponsored by Pantone, Liberty Art Fabrics and The
Clothworkers’ Foundation. Three out of the four special winners
are weave designers – working in a diverse range of patterns,
fibres and textures, from traditional Welsh blanket weaves to hightech
wipe-down fabrics suitable for automotive upholstery.
The winners for 2013 for Body, Space, Pattern and Colour were
chosen in London in July by a panel of leading creatives and

influencers in fashion and design - journalist Tamsin Blanchard;
designer Madeleine Press; Luigi Turconi from luxury silk printer
Ratti; Emma Kidd, from the Selfridges creative team; and SVP
creation at Lululemon Athletica Deanne Schweitzer. Plus
Deanne selected the winner of the second annual Texprint
Lululemon prize, the winner of which joins the activewear
company on a three-month paid placement at its headquarters in
Vancouver, Canada, plus a £1,000 prize. At Indigo, one prize
winner of the Woolmark Texprint Award was chosen by John
Walsh, managing director of Abraham Moon & Sons; Daliah
Simble, head of sourcing & production, and Estelle Williams,
collection development manager, at Roland Mouret, the winner of
which receives £1,000 in prize money and extensive training on
the benefits and uses of wool through the nearest Woolmark
International office.
Body - Kasuza Takamura, a Chelsea College of Art & Design
graduate wins the Texprint Body Award. Kasuza uses
photography to allow others to see the world through her eyes and
her designs are inspired by living in an unfamiliar land; her work
captures a mood of isolation, alienation and acceptance. Her print
designs were unanimously praised by the judges. Designer
Madeleine Press talked about the “energy behind her work, she
has thought about how something will look on a garment, and on
the body, there is a really nice concept and energy behind it” and
said: “her subtle use of colour is very sophisticated which I could
see translating into the market straight away”. Tamsin Blanchard
said that Kasuza’s design concept is captured beautifully in
extremely evocative designs.
©Kazusa Takamura

Space - Ffion Griffith, a Chelsea College of Art & Design
graduate was chosen as winner of the Texprint Space Award. A
weave graduate designer, Ffion is keen to preserve and reinterpret
increasingly rare Welsh weaving skills and techniques. Using
merino wool for its timeless qualities, Ffion creates high-quality
interior products that are designed to become heirlooms. The
judges praised her for her modern take on traditional craft. “The
way she has modernised Welsh heritage is really cool, she has
produced a professional product that could go across a wide range
of surfaces,” said Deanne. While Madeleine added: “You can see it
in a home, it’s executed well and people will love it.”
© Ffion Griffith

Colour - Taslima Sultana, a Central St Martins graduate wins the
Texprint Colour Award. Her woven collection explores how living
organisms use pattern, colour and texture in order to survive,
protect and attract and she has used her research to create a
vibrant textural collection of fabric. She was praised by Tamsin
Blanchard for her “incredibly rich and vibrant designs” and how
“she looks like somebody in the industry in the way she
understands how fabric is used and draped, she has a great
energy to her work”. Madeleine Press stated that she has taken
something quite crazily creative and made it beautiful and
exquisite. Madeline said: “Her colour use is just amazing, she has
such an energy to her work. There’s a professional quality to her
work.”
© Taslima Sultana

Pattern - Cherica Haye, a Royal College of Art graduate was
selected as winner of the Texprint Pattern Award. Weaver
Cherica has created a range of fabrics that mix the sensibilities of
traditional menswear suiting with performance fabrics using dobby
and industrial jacquard looms. Her collection focuses on geometric
weaves, and she blends fabric structure and a variety of yarns and
heat-press finishes achieving sophisticated, dark and bold
patterns. The judges admired Cherica’s strong woven designs,
and commented that she has a great thought process, executed
her designs very well and had a clear concept. She was praised
for her extraordinary, gorgeous designs as Tamsin Blanchard
commented: “Cherica’s work is really extraordinary.” And fellow
judge Deanne Schweitzer agreed saying “instantly I just thought
they were gorgeous”.
© Cherica Haye

Texprint Lululemon Award - Cherica Haye and Florence
Angelica Colson (Leeds College of Art) both win the Texprint
Lululemon award. Deanne said of Cherica’s work: “I could
immediately imagine Cherica’s weaves looking amazing in
Lululemon's quest to make athletic apparel gorgeous. I believe
what she showed was modern and timeless 'woven' together.
When I look at her work the first word that comes to mind is
gorgeous and that is exactly what I want someone to say when
they see a Lululemon garment.”
Deanne applauded Florence’s colour scheme: “Florence’s
dedication to black and white in new ways is beautiful. All of
Florence's designs have playful energy and at the same time could
be taken very seriously. Black and white is very important to
Lululemon so this will be a very fun collaboration.”
© Florence Angelica Colson

Woolmark Texprint Award - Signe Rand Ebbesen, wins the
second annual prize for her superb textile designs which were
created with 60% or more Merino wool and honours the inventive
use of wool in textile design. John Walsh said the judges selected
Signe because of her superb use of texture, she has a distinctive
style and her understanding of the benefits of this natural
sustainable fibre which she used to bring her work to life. He said:
“Some of the textures were beautiful and she has also understood
the commercial side to her work - she can go far with it”. Estelle
Williams agreed: “She has thought about the commerciality of her
work which is really important shown by her ability to work to a
brief”. Daliah Simble added: “We both loved Signe’s innovative
techniques which we at Roland Mouret look for. We would love
some of those fabrics at Roland Mouret”.
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The Texprint programme – which is funded by industry and charitable institutions –
has helped close to 1,000 new designers launch their careers in over 40 years since
its launch. Texprint’s alumni have gone on to establish their own brands, such as
fashion designer Alice Temperley and scarf designer Emma J Shipley; set up design
studios such as Kirsty McDougall of Dashing Tweeds and knitwear designer Sophie
Steller; or have joined the creative departments of international design houses and
major retailers, including Givenchy, Tom Ford, Roland Mouret and Marks & Spencer.
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