My name is Hanna Whiteman, I'm a climate-conscious textile print designer, based in London, who is focused on the new and essential field of sustainable textile print. I am driven to find new material and technological approaches to find solutions for the textile industry’s impact.
My research stems from my Biophilia - a love of nature, which is present in my prints. My process includes growing, collecting, observing, and documenting plants and flowers to harness an organic and graphic expression. I find myself always returning to nature, a timely reminder of the need to design with sustainability as the core goal.
My recent work delves into regenerative design and establishing closer connections with rural agriculture and luxury textile production. I see a future of fashion systems integrated with circular and permaculture systems. Influenced by bio-design and biomaterials, I am interested in innovative material research and how design systems can become more organically connected.
I have worked as Project Manager, with the pioneering sustainable fashion designer Phoebe English on projects including AWSS24 collection, LFW24, collaborations, and research projects.
I am a skilled Project Manager and have excellent communication, personal, and negotiation abilities.
Projects
- ENVEROShortlisted for the Green Trail Award, Maison/0 sponsored by LVMH. Envero – The title of my project refers to the ripening process of olives from green, pink, and purple through to black. In the context of the climate emergency, my intention was to create a low-impact, fully sustainable, luxury textile for fashion, linked closely to a regenerative, agricultural practice. The project aimed to find an innovative way for an olive mill in my home village; Órgiva, in Southern Spain, to diversify
Work history
Education AssistantSaatchi Gallery
London, United KingdomInternship
Take bookings and liaise with Primary, Secondary Schools and Associations or
Home-school groups that approach the Gallery for visits and workshops. Deliver tours around the current exhibitions and deliver workshops interpreting the artists work for a further understanding.
Creating inventories of artworks created by school visits, stock and materials.
Researching information regarding upcoming exhibitions, creating tours and designing workshop templates for the use of the entire team of interns.
Creating and updating school database.
Organising family-drop-in sessions with themes, adapting to the public (wide audience), realistic time scales and outcomes of artworks created.
Skills
- Graphic Design
- Typography
- Print Design
- Photoshop
- Fluent Spanish
- Arabic
- Teaching
- Textile Design
- Printed Textiles
Education
BA Textile DesignCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
London, United Kingdom