Farid Akmal bin Karim
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Farid Akmal bin Karim

Fashion DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Farid Akmal bin Karim
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Farid Akmal bin Karim

Fashion DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
After completing my Undergraduate studies in Fashion Design and Marketing, I wanted to further explore territories where fashion, garment construction and technology overlap. I undertook training in Computer-Assisted Design and Manufacturing, engaged myself in collaborative projects and worked as an Editor’s Assistant to expand my industry experiences. I enjoy learning new techniques and skills; even during my studies, I undertook the task of Production Assistant for a few independent designers. In 2015, I enrolled in an MA in Wearable Futures and later in 2016, through the Ravensbourne Incubation Program, started my own company in R&D and the education of Wearable Tech.
Projects
  • Couturier and the Art of Survival: A Technologist's Guide
    Couturier and the Art of Survival: A Technologist's GuideA compendium of techniques and principles designed and written for a future scenario in which couturiers and their disciplines are faced with an extinction.
  • Autonomous Substrates
    Autonomous SubstratesCollaboration with Ravensbourne, launching a series of workshops for their Foundations of Fashion and Textile Design students where they are taught technical skills in incorporating Wearable Tech into their designs.
  • Naf Tech
    Naf Tech A collaborative effort between the MA students of Fashion Design and Wearable Futures in the research and exploration of technical methods and application of 3D printing within textiles as a means of mending garments.
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Work history
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    TeacherRavensbourne University London
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Sessional tutor teaching Wearable Tech for students in the Foundations of Fashion and Textile Design.
    Editorial Assistant
     - London, United KingdomFreelance
    Assistant to the Web Editor of WeAr Magazine.
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Skills
  • Fashion Design/patternmaking/construction
  • Fashion Design/patternmaking/construction/dds/illustration
  • Pattern Cutting
  • Pattern Drafting
  • Pattern Making
  • Fashion Assistant
  • Arduino Programming
  • Garment Technician
  • Sample Machinist
  • Design Technology
Education
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    Ravensbourne University London logo
    MARavensbourne University London
     - London, United Kingdom
    Wearable Futures MA Graduate.
    BA
     - Inner Cir, London NW1 4NS, UK
    BA in Fashion Design and Marketing.