DIANDIAN LI

DISCIPLINE: FASHION DESIGN - WOMENSWEAR

CAREER AREA OF INTEREST: WOMENSWEAR and FASHION 

BIO: I am a womenswear designer passionate about using fashion as a language of self-expression, with a strong fascination for avant-garde design and natural forms. My work explores the relationship between humans and nature, drawing inspiration from growth patterns, roots, and organic structures. I specialize in fabric and print development, experimenting with bio-based materials and innovative surface treatments.

Through deconstruction and draping techniques, I transform natural elements into distinctive silhouettes that embody both conceptual depth and wearability. My goal is to create designs that merge authentic expressions of nature with forward-thinking fashion aesthetics.

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KATIE WALKER

DISCIPLINE: TEXTILE DESIGN

CAREER AREA OF INTEREST: TEXTILES, PRINT, DIGITAL DESIGN & PRINT-MAKING

BIO: My Final Major Project extends from my previous ‘Aestival Reflections’ journey and further explores natures biophilia through the transient qualities of light, colour, and material. Using knit structure to reflect architecture and sheen like yarns to communicate shifting light into sensory knitted surfaces. By manipulating yarn, colour, and knitted structure my work becomes a method of rendering the transient and sensorial qualities of light within our interior spaces.

Curating a subtle and serene connection to nature becomes a part of immersing myself within my practice. Repetition in pattern becomes meditative and choice of colour is always shifting, reflecting natures ephemeral calming qualities. My work entertains a more interpretive approach, where light, material, and making processes collectively blend to curate a space that encourages contemplation, sensory awareness, and an embodied connection to nature through lighting.

INFORMATION: FILTERING SPACE. This knitted collection explores nature’s biophilia through the transient interplay of light, colour, and material. Using knitted structure as a reflection of architectural form, alongside lustrous yarns that capture and refract shifting light, the work transforms sensory experiences into tactile surfaces. Through the manipulation of yarn, colour, and knit construction, I investigate how light can be rendered within interior spaces and bespoke fashion creating pieces that evoke stillness, contemplation, and an embodied connection to nature. A subtle and serene relationship with the natural world remains central to my practice. Repetition within pattern becomes meditative, while colour continuously shifts to mirror nature’s ephemeral and calming qualities. Structured surfaces echo the cyclical patterns found in nature, while the fluid interaction of light across the yarn disrupts this order, creating a balance between stability and transient movement. A reflection of the harmony between repetition and variation within the natural world.

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EMAIL: klj.walker@outlook.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/_katknit_

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HELENA XINYUAN ZHANG

DISCIPLINE: TEXTILE DESIGN

CAREER AREA OF INTEREST: TEXTILES, PRINT, DIGITAL DESIGN & PRINT-MAKING

BIO: As a passionate textile design student at the Winchester School of Art, I specialise in print design with a focus on digital techniques. 

My style can be adapted to the theme and aesthetic of my brief. I pride myself in being able to explore a range of visual language and tell stories through my designs.

INFORMATION: Nomadic After Climate My project draws on nomadic landscapes as primary visual inspiration to create a collection of printed textiles for women’s fashion. Exploring transient movement, space, and memory through storytelling. Utilizing traditional hand printed techniques, embroidery, hanging threads, fragmented surfaces, and unfinished edges to reveal material changes shaped by time and gravity.

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INSTAGRAM: helena_xinyuan
EMAIL: helena.yuan@outlook.com

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ZELIN (LEENE) ZHENG

DISCIPLINE: TEXTILE DESIGN

CAREER AREA OF INTEREST: TEXTILES, PRINT, DIGITAL DESIGN & PRINT-MAKING

BIO: Third year Textile Design student at Winchester School of Art, specialising in knitted textiles. Driven by the interest in technical processes, I explore the intersection of traditional crafts and digital textile processes. My undergraduate studies not only equip me with hands-on experiences with domestic, Dubied knitting machines, digital stimulations and Shima knitting, but also give me opportunity to practice critical thinking and making design decisions. 

I enjoy experimenting with different processes and yarns. With my design, I am detail oriented and inspired by unexpected patterns. In my recent projects, I have been exploring ways to utilise dead-stock materials and yarn wastes.

INFORMATION: The project ‘Fragments of Growth’ explores the lifespan of artificially modified nature through a collection of knitted textiles for fashion. The project originates from everyday observations of controlled and discarded organic matter, including trimmed bushes, overripe food, and cultivated landscapes. In this project, cycles of growth, decay, and regeneration become visually and conceptually intertwined. These forms are translated into tactile surfaces that evoke mutation, erosion, and emergence. Positioned within the conscious high-end fashion context, the project responds critically to the ongoing environmental impact of the textile industry. Despite increasing awareness, material production rarely achieves full sustainability. In response, this work prioritizes the use of deadstock yarns and pre-existing waste materials, embracing their limitations as a generative design constraint.

Presented through physical artifacts, the project communicates a narrative of material afterlife and renewal. Fragments of Growth ultimately proposes a design approach that embraces imperfection and temporality, positioning sustainability not as an ideal state, but as an ongoing process of negotiation and reinvention.

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INSTAGRAM: @zelinwasnotfound

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ROSIE SPURRIER

DISCIPLINE: TEXTILE DESIGN

CAREER AREA OF INTEREST: TEXTILES, PRINT, DIGITAL DESIGN & PRINT-MAKING

BIO: As a passionate textile design student at the Winchester School of Art, I specialise in print design with a focus on digital techniques. 

My style can be adapted to the theme and aesthetic of my brief. I pride myself in being able to explore a range of visual language and tell stories through my designs.

INFORMATION: Archive of Play explores early 2000’s nostalgia and how reminiscing on childhood can comfort today’s adults. Inspired by toys from this era, this collection celebrates growing up as Gen Z. Through joyful colours and motifs, my range of printed textiles for womenswear encourages reconnecting with playful moments of the past and the objects that shaped childhood memories.

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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/buddysummercreates/?hl=en
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosie-s-a00627170/

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