“It has been an honour to work with Robin East and the CMYUK team to formulate and deliver a program that places four talented creatives into a syllabus designed to share expertise and impart practical learning. The four creative graduates are employed via the governments Kick-Start scheme and are working through a six-month syllabus.” Debbie McKeegan | TEXINTEL

“Meet Textile Designer Lucy Swann. Lucy has been designing beautiful surface patterns for the Fashion Industry and has an extensive knowledge of the sector. She is living the dream - and doing what she loves. Having recently diversified to launch her own scarf collection, here she shares her inspiring creative journey and what the future holds!….” Lucy Swann

“Robustelli was founded by my father and his two brothers in 1950. My father originally began his engineering business producing parts and accessory for machine tools in particular precision grinding machine. But because he was located in Como, in the textile area, he saw an opportunity and started to produce printing equipment, rotary printing machinery and flatbed printing tables. He began with hand printing carriage’s and then progressed on to develop automatic machinery. To support the industry, my father also developed and sold engraving machinery for rotary and flatbed production”. Sandro Robustelli

“This new method stimulates brands to speed up their distribution model significantly. To keep up with the fast-fashion manufacturing trend, brands don’t have to decide which design to produce. They simply produce smaller amounts of each design and rapidly produce more of it when a certain piece of clothing is selling very well. That way, brands can more easily respond to the market’s needs and make sure they are not left with large amounts of unsellable clothing at the end of the season.” Jos Notermans SPG PRINTS

“The archive was originally founded by Tony Hutchinson as “Charlton Fabrics” in 2015. Now rebranded as “Mallion and Knowles” this extensive archive serves as a reference library for their customers. Going further, their design studio can also adapt artwork to meet client specification: scale, colour and style. With a large selection of furnishing fabrics available, designs can be infinitely customised and custom printed to meet client specification”.