DESIGN EDUCATION
What do designers need to know in the face of the climate crisis?
Design education is changing. The next generation of designers need to know how to work within planetary limits & boundaries; as well as be equipped to turn the challenges into opportunities for positive change.
Museum of Unrest
Good Design.
In four articles divided into separate subjects Prof. Becky Earley and Clare Farrell discuss the state of the textile and fashion industry. Interview #1 reveals how they first met and their experiences in education. Interview #2 examines the destructive nature of fast fashion. In Interview #3 Becky and Clare call for a more radical approach in Art Schools. And in the final Interview #4 the pair discuss activism and trends.
The Future of Design Education
Designer’s Voice, Episode 2.
Eavesdrop on Professor Becky Earley’s conversation with Professor Gareth Williams. “Conversations on design which inform, challenge & inspire”, Alys Bryan hosts this podcast series (produced by Alys & published by Method Communications.)
Shemakes Voices Interview
#SheMakesVoices
Becky Earley is the first guest of #shemakesVoices, an online interview series that celebrates female innovators in the textile and clothing industry. She is interviewed by Alexandra Korey, head of digital at Flod. Becky reflects on her design career & journey through education to research & beyond.
Circular Fashion & ‘Indiscipline’
Book Chapter
Becky’s french-speaking audience will enjoy this book, in which she has a chapter about the notion of ‘indiscipline’ & fashion design education for sustainability & circularity. Becky writes about the evolution of the textile fashion research culture at UAL, & how she pushed traditional boundaries through several of the themes explored in her shirt collections.
Research Circles, online book launch
Book Launch
Research Circles is a collection of essays and interviews by Centre for Circular Design researchers, as well as external research associates & knowledge exchange collaborators, including: Elin Larsson, Jen Ballie, Meredith More, Becca Clark, Cyndi Rhoades and Jade Wilting. The event was hosted by Tamsin Blanchard.
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Listen: Designed for Life
In this Design & Technology Association podcast interview, Becky talks about her design education experiences from school through to university… to eventually becoming a Professor.
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Read: Whole Circles
Article which argues that circular textile design is an opportunity for the discipline as a whole to foster new kinds of design making & leadership approaches.
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Listen: Garmology
Becky talks at length with Nick Johanessen (Well Dressed Dad) about all things circular & clothing in Season 4, episode 25. The pair deep-dive sustainable & circular fashion textiles.
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Read: Elastic Learning Tools
Essay by Becky & Bridget for phase 1 of the UAL Cultures of Resilience project with Ezio Manzini. They explore resilience & the school uniform, reflecting on how to teach children about climate.
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Read: A New T for Textiles at H&M
This article is about how to educate & support design researchers working in sustainability in industry contexts. It draws from first hand experience of working with H&M.
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Read: The New Designers
‘Working Towards Our Eco Fashion Future’. Conference paper in which Becky presents the research & results from curating the groundbreaking 2006/7 Crafts Council exhibition.
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Read: Research Circles
In this compendium which Becky edited in 2020 to mark the 3-year anniversary of the Centre for Circular Design, essays and interviews explore the work of CCD researchers, as well as our students and collaborators.
