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Remote Home - a textiles project

Article released: Wednesday, 31 March, 2004

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Tuesday 6 April at 6:30pm in room EG02

A public Lecture presented by Carole Collet exploring the future of textile design within the context of new developments in the socio-cultural, economical and technological and design context.

Carole Collet, a textile designer and Course Director, MA design For Textile Futures, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK.
Collett will be talking about the Remote Home Project.

Collet's current academic research focuses on questionning and repositioning the use of textiles within the domestic environment. Her work is influenced both by tradition and innovation within the context of sustainable textiles.  Although new technologies play a key role in her work, the investigation of emotions and poetics is inherent to the design process. She has recently exhibited work as part of the "Remote Home" project at the Science Museum, London and the E-culture fair, Amsterdam.  Her work has also been included as part of group shows in  "Dirty Washing" and "Design against Crime" at The Design Museum, London; Zeus Gallery, Milano,  as well as at Avantex trade fair, Germany.

Another textiles lecture at COFA during the month of April includes:

Tuesday 20 April at 6:30pm

Barbara Taylor,  Director of Bury St Edmunds Gallery, UK, will be talking about the history and development of the arttextiles series in this UK Gallery. Taylor will also be talking about the 'textiles on site' project that creates challenging opportunities for artists to make work in association with other professions for public sites.

Location: COFA lecture hall, room EG02