I am a designer with 20+ years of experience in fashion, textile, and garment design from London.
My experience covers a wide range of topics from fashion design, fabric design, embroidery, print design and techniques, home textiles, and jean wash. I sharpened my skills working for top leading brands where I had the chance to learn from the best. I use my skills to create meaningful designs that aim to make a deeper connection with humans.
I enjoy providing solutions to design-related challenges in the world of fashion and textile. I am passionate about creativity, design, and finding niche products for modern people.
I am always open to the new design, print, textile, fashion adventures, please just drop me an email at: ealkanat@gmail.com
Projects
- wallaby kangaroo t-shirtWallaby, a kangaroo t-shirt designed for both mom and dad, makes the baby happy with skin contact. It embraces the baby healthily with its cotton fabric and hygienic production. It safely carries up to 9 kilos from birth with its robust sewing technique and thread. The opening in the interior allows the baby to contact the skin directly. It helps regulate baby's temperature, breathing and brain activity. Designed for newborn care
Work history
DesignerDesignist Design & Consultancy Ltd.
London, United KingdomFull Time
I can offer my extensive knowledge in the print and fashion industries to meet your needs.
I aim to inspire and innovate, to provide you with creative solutions and share our ideas, and to help you adapt and thrive during these challenging times.
September-December 2021- I sold the products I'd designed at various markets. (Urban Makers - Old Spitalfields Market, Makers United)
designistshop.etsy.com
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Designer & Founderwallabytr
London, United KingdomFull Time
Wallaby Kangaroo T-shirt
Founded in 2015, Wallaby creates kangaroo t-shirts designed with love and care. The Wallaby design is patented and registered. The fabrics used in Wallaby are made of soft stretch cotton gentle on mum & baby’s skin. Our innovative skin-to-skin Wallaby is designed to secure baby in the optimal position your chest, so you can enjoy hands-free skin-to-skin snuggles. Wallaby's aim is to help mums feel good and beautiful while wearing their babies. Keep your hands free while holding your little one skin to skin!
Also, be worn through pregnancy and for breastfeeding.
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Skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Drawing Clothes
- Fashion Design
- Print Design
- Fabric Design
- Textile Design
- Textile art
- Serigraphy
- Embroidery
Education
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Master of ArtsMarmara University
- Istanbul, Turkey
Fashion Design
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Textile DesignAkademie fur Bildende Kunst Salzburg, Austria
- Salzburg, Austria
I attended textile design program with famous textile designer Maria Blaisse (www.mariablaisse.com) in Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts.
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Awards
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Proje15Kagider
Associated with wallaby.tr
https://kagider.org/en/projects/project-15
KAGIDER, 15th anniversary, brought to life Women Entrepreneurs’ Support Program named “Project 15”. 15 women entrepreneurs were selected during a 2-day long entrepreneurship camp for women who need support on the growth of their new business.Creative Enterprise TrainingBritish Council
Organised by the British Council and IKSV Innovation Center in collaboration with Nesta supported by Istanbul Development Agency within the scope of 2014 Innovative Istanbul financial support programme.+ Show more