Highlights from the WSA New Designers stand

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From top to bottom: Featuring the work of Alex Poyner and Kat Walker, Annabelle Jennings, Chloe Rutherford, Grace Fincham and Charlie Magnay, Sarah Street and Ellice Soloman.

16 students from Printed Textiles, Knitwear for Fashion and Woven Textiles were selected to showcase their work at the London event last week.

Agnes Martin at the Tate Modern

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3 June – 11 October 2015

Agnes Martin is perhaps most recognised for her evocative paintings marked out in subtle pencil lines and pale colour washes. Although restrained, her style was underpinned by her deep conviction in the emotive and expressive power of art. Martin believed that spiritual inspiration and not intellect created great work. ‘Without awareness of beauty, innocence and happiness’ Martin wrote ‘one cannot make works of art’.

This is the first retrospective of Martin’s work since 1994. Covering the full breadth of her practice, this extensive exhibition will reveal Martin’s early and little known experiments with different media and trace her development from biomorphic abstraction to the mesmerising grid and striped canvases that became her hallmark.

Print & Fashion Job Opportunities at H&M, Sweden

The H&M Design and Buying Office is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

This is where we design and develop our collections of garments and accessories for a great variety of customers. http://www.hm.com

Print Design Assistant

As a print design assistant you will work in a team at one of our concepts e.g. babywear, childrenswear, womenswear, menswear, Divided, underwear, accessories etc. Together with the rest of the team you will produce and develop print-collections that will be sold worldwide in all H&M markets. You will be responsible for assisting the print designers in developing the prints. 

The H&M Buying Office is a dynamic workplace. You will work at a high pace, where rapid changes are a natural part of your working day. Good communication skills, a flexible attitude and the ability to adapt to rapid changes are essential.

H&M is looking for someone who:
Has a BA qualification in Textile Design
Is creative, visionary and has a passion for fashion
Has knowledge of printing techniques and graphic textile designing
Has excellent illustration skills
Is able to understand the needs of the target market
Enjoys working in a team
Is fluent in English
Is willing to learn Swedish

What can H&M offer you?
You will have the chance to work in an exciting, positive environment where you can develop and grow as a print designer. You will be given a lot of responsibility from the start, enabling you to make a direct impact on the collections. You will be part of a multinational and creative team. And finally, H&M will offer you competitive employment conditions with additional compensations & benefits.

Are you interested in taking on this challenge? 
For more information please visit our webpage www.hm.com/career

Please note that only complete applications will be considered! 
The submitted application should include: CV, personal letter of motivation, digital portfolio with pages from sketchbooks, mood boards, development work, print ideas, detailed hand-drawings and final print-designs for fashion collections, please include both repeats as well as front-prints. 

We look forward to receiving your application! Please apply to: design.jobs@hm.com or through www.hm.com/jobs

Fashion Design Assistant

Are you a creative and professional junior fashion designer who would love to work for H&M? We are continuously looking for new talents to join our Design Department!

As a Design Assistant you will work in a team at one of our concepts e.g. babywear, childrenswear, womenswear, menswear, Divided, underwear, accessories etc. Together with the rest of the team you will produce and develop collections that will be sold worldwide in all H&M markets. You will be responsible for assisting the designers in developing the products.

The H&M Buying Office is a dynamic workplace. You will work at a high pace, where rapid changes are a natural part of your working day. Good communication skills, a flexible attitude and the ability to adapt to change are essential.

H&M is looking for someone who:
Has a BA or MA degree qualifications in Fashion Design
Is creative, visionary and has a passion for fashion
Has knowledge of pattern making, sewing and textile materials
Is able to understand the needs of the target market
Enjoys working in a team
Is fluent in English
Is willing to learn Swedish

What can H&M offer you?
You will have the chance to work in an exciting, positive environment where you can develop and grow as a designer. You will be given a lot of responsibility from the start, enabling you to make a direct impact on the collections. You will be part of a multinational and creative team. And finally, H&M will offer you competitive employment conditions with additional compensations & benefits.

Are you interested in taking on this challenge? 
Please check for more information at our webpage www.hm.com/career

Please note that only complete applications will be considered! 
The submitted application should include: CV, personal letter of motivation, digital portfolio with artworks like garment idea sketches, detail drawings, collection line-ups, technical flat sketches made on computer and images from your own hand drawn sketch/illustration books. Are you interested in taking on this challenge?
For more information check our webpage www.hm.com/career

We look forward to receiving your application! Please apply to: design.jobs@hm.com or through www.hm.com/jobs

Salary  – £1,723 per month before tax (newly graduates)

Hours – 40hrs/wk

Closing date – June 26, 2015

Trend Internship at Bureaux Design

Bureaux is a creative design studio based in East London, specialising in Branding, Communications and Fashion.

You will be working alongside our current team to support them in researching new trends, key looks, new innovations, shapes, silhouettes, fabric, colour, print and pattern. An understanding of catwalk market intel, market place trends and producing creative mood boards. Conducting directional shopping trend research and shop reports. Helping with the design and development of range building.

We are looking for a bright & talented intern to join us for a 1-3 month design Internship to support the studio on creative design and trend projects.
The internship will offer the student an insight in working in a busy and fast paced design studio with a varied client base.

Ideally this would suit a graduate with knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and a good understanding of design and trends.

Desired Skills & Experience:
– Appropriate Professional Degree/Course in Fashion Design/Fashion Marketing or Trend
– Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite Illustrator, Photoshop & Indesign
– Cad skills
– Exciting portfolio, demonstrating great ideas, keen eye for design and attention to detail
– Strong Fashion awareness
– Demonstrate a passion for product market place
– Be an effective communicator and team player
– Good organisational skills, reliable and flexible
– Ambitious and enthusiastic attitude

Internship Length – 1-3 Months

Salary – £6.50 per hour

Closing date – June 19, 2015

For full details and to apply go here.

WSA 2015 Graduate Fashion Show now online

WSA Make Future Graduate Magazine now online

WSA Graduate Magazine

http://www.wsamakefuturemagazine.com

Featuring work from Fashion Design, Knitwear for Fashion, Printed Textiles and Woven Textiles, alongside student interviews and contact details.

Graduate Knitwear Development Internship at Roland Mouret

London based, Fashion label Roland Mouret are offering a year, paid Knitwear Development Internship for graduates.

We are looking for a vibrant, ready to hit the ground running, passionate knitwear graduate to join our Collection Development team.

General daily task consist of; working closely with the knitwear collection development team assisting with CAD work, you will need excellent skills in Adobes software (Illustrator and Photoshop) , general errands, researching knits/trims, booking couriers, keeping the collection development office clean and tidy, general filing and upkeep of in-house knit library/archive.

It would be desirable for you to have worked in a fast based fashion environment before. Specifically in knitwear.

Working closely with the knitwear collection development team you will get to experience how a fast – paced luxury fashion house runs. You will get to work on many projects including the main line and pre collection.

Closing date – June 12, 2015

For full details and to apply go here.

WSA Students featured on Because

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http://becauselondon.com/fashion/2015/05/winchester-school-of-art/

Printed Textiles Student Lucy Harris is announced as the Grand Prize Winner at Surtex 2015

Lucy Harris, in her final year of Printed Textile Design at WSA, has be announced as the Grand Prize Winner at Surtex International Design Competition out of 4 design students around the world.

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Lucy has been in New York this week showing her winning collection ‘Side Streets’ based on New York youth culture in the 1990’s as part of the first round of the competition.

To read the full article go here

Congratulations Lucy!

Featuring the work of Printed Textile student Alex Poyner

Final year Printed Textile student Alex Poyner introduces us to part of her collection.

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 For my final collection I initially looked at the different objects we carry and how these things help define us. This lead me to investigate the psychology behind collecting and hoarding; how some see litter where hoarders see treasure. I attempted to portray the clutter and order associated with hoarders and collectors through my designs, considering the placement of imagery and combining unrelated everyday objects. Artists Gavin Turk and Jason Taylor have been significant influences owing to the way they interpret everyday objects; either making them humorous or more thought provoking by taking a piece of litter and isolating it on a plinth.

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I take an experimental approach to my work, always looking for new and exciting ways of creating. I enjoy the challenge of taking an object that others’ class as litter i.e. the plastic bag and making it aesthetically pleasing, intriguing and adding value to something which previously had no value. Working across medias and integrating them into printed textiles to create depth and excitement is an integral part of my work. I hope by focusing on everyday objects I have created prints that can relate to everyone.

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Alex has already had her work showcased at the British Fashion Council portfolio day and there will be plenty more opportunities to see her finished collection at our upcoming graduate events.