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Surface Pattern and Textiles

Flower fabric design

Introduction

The Surface Pattern and Textiles programme team would like to congratulate the Class of 2026 on their beautiful Degree Show and final collections.

It has been the SP&T team’s pleasure getting to know them over the last few years, watching them evolve as highly skilled designers, and embracing their individual design identities. They set themselves apart as exceptional team players and problem solvers, and this met with their abundant talent promises a bright future. 

Highlights for this group include incredible Live Projects with Anglepoise taking them to London Design Festival, and working on a celebratory project with Laura Ashley, “100 Years of an Icon X Surface Pattern and Textiles,” plus an impressive list of internships.   

These students have proven themselves to be versatile and talented surface pattern and textiles designers and we cannot wait to see what they go on to do as graduates. 

Good luck, Class of 26! 

Our Work

Sarah Davies

Lore of Nature

As a surface pattern and textile designer specialising in interiors, I am inspired by the natural world. Lore of Nature is a passion project that expresses my connection to seasonal changes. My inspiration stems from nostalgia and my ongoing observations of nature. I aim to capture the beautiful transitions of colour in plants and flowers using watercolour, paying tribute to traditional botanical illustrations. I prioritise environmental consciousness in my work, carefully considering the impact of my materials and processes, and prefer natural fabrics for their quality and durability. For this project, I documented any waste materials to promote transparency in my design process and enhance my sustainability efforts in future work. 

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Scarlett Davies

Bringing the Outside 

In Bringing the Outside In explores the connection between people, nature, and wellbeing, with a focus on sustainability and the role of the countryside in supporting mental health. As someone who experiences anxiety, I find rural environments provide a sense of tranquillity and emotional reassurance. I aim to create work that respects and protects the natural environments that inspire it. My work highlights how visual exposure to nature can reduce stress and anxiety, reinforcing the importance of bringing elements of the natural world into everyday living spaces. I love being able to express and explore my creativity through pattern, using colour as another way to create energy and contrast between my collections. 

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Natalyn Dorn

Synthetic Coast

Synthetic Coast is an interior and homeware design collection inspired by ocean pollution, coastal gathering, and the impact of plastic waste on marine environments. 

Designed for spaces such as aquariums, eco shops, and coastal cafés, the project combines seaside imagery with textures and forms influenced by collected beach waste and polluted coastlines. Through surface pattern and textile design, the collection aims to create visually engaging interiors while encouraging awareness of sustainability and the harmful effects plastics have on oceans, wildlife, and coastal landscapes. 

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Sophie Drew

Glowgrove: The Understory

At Sophie Drew Designs, colour, pattern, and imagination come together to create eclectic, personality-filled work.  I create versatile designs for interiors, fashion, and homeware while maintaining a distinctive, expressive aesthetic.

Glowgrove: The Understory is a children’s and kidult Spring/Summer 2027 interiors collection inspired by the imaginative worlds children create. Woodland ecosystems transform into fantastical landscapes filled with oversized fungi, vivid neon flora, and hidden UV-reactive details inspired by the invisible spectrum seen by pollinators. Hand-painted scenes combine with monochrome illustrations derived from natural forms to create immersive, playful environments. The collection also features interactive décor, including a Snakes and Ladders woodland wallpaper, blending nostalgia, creativity, and empowered play to bring joy, curiosity, and colour into the home.

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Blossom Evans

Ephemeral Moments 

I am a Surface Pattern Designer who creates abstract and imaginative patterns inspired by everything around me. My most recent collection, ‘Ephemeral Moments’, explores naturally occurring patterns and rhythms to create interior wallcoverings and textiles that can be used to create immersive, biophilic spaces in the home through pattern and colour. 

Through searching for these often-overlooked patterns, I found and explored fleeting moments of peace within nature to build calming and serene patterns that can improve mental well-being through biophilia. These moments included watching waves and ripples of water, listening to music and the sound of rain, and watching shadows move in the wind. To see more of my work, visit my 

  • Instagram: @_blossom.designs_ where you can find my linktree to my website in the bio.
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Kamila Jacewicz

Shaped from Shadow

Shaped from Shadow is a dark aesthetic interior surface pattern collection featuring designs for wallpapers, decorative textiles, placemats, and tiles, inspired by gothic architecture, stained glass details, Witchcore elements, and alternative aesthetics. The collection combines different visual influences to create a personal interpretation of dark aesthetic design. Deep colour palettes and ornamental forms were used to create a mysterious and atmospheric mood throughout the collection. The patterns were created primarily through digital processes and developed across a range of interior surfaces and materials.

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Emmi Joy

What Magpie Finds 

Taking found ephemera and materials to create new patterns and prints while being outdoors is the main inspiration for my work; helping people appreciate what the world has to offer. My collection Lost and Found is a mixed media collection focusing on found photos and loss in life. This is a spring/summer collection that explores the smaller, often overlooked parts of life with links between a loved one’s garden and found 50s imagery, bringing a connection between past and present. The collection features hand-painted watercolour motifs of my late grandfather’s garden, printed and appliqued onto a handmade quilt and a range of wallpapers, brought together by a foundation of gathered and foraged natural colour.

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Sam McGrath

Nature’s Voice

Nature’s Voice is a mixed media pattern design collection inspired by the Biophilia Hypothesis, as popularized by ecologist E.O. Wilson, which details how humans possess an innate attraction to the natural environment. As imagery of biophilia has also been proven to naturally reduce stress and anxiety, the collection intends to evoke a sense of tranquillity and serenity to counteract the overwhelming speed in which our world moves today. It integrates elements of the outside into our domestic and interior spaces through both imagery and materiality, while utilizing low-waste and recycled materials to limit the environmental impact. While initially designed for public places, the collection features versatile pieces that can be used to decorate personal homes.

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Eve Merriman

Floral Sentiments

Floral Sentiments is an interior collection that explores the universal language of florals and their impact on our lives. It captures the vibrancy and joy flowers bring, while also showcasing their softer, romantic aspects. Designed with biophilia in mind, this collection emphasizes our vital connection to nature, contrasting how we integrate it into our lives through art and design, yet often overlook its natural beauty. The aim is to create joyful spaces that uplift, demonstrating how nature enhances our environments and how these immersive designs can effectively bring the outside in. 

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Lottie Smith

Seaside Serenity

I am a surface pattern and textile designer for Interiors, using nature and florals around me to inspire my designs. My Collection Seaside Serenity is a nostalgic collection of wallpaper and textiles for interior design. My collection evokes memories, tranquillity and coastal harmony, inspired by both Langland Bay locally and Brighton seafront. The colour palette combines hues of Pacific and Slate blue alongside Coral, seashell and pebble grey. The patterns incorporate hand-drawn motifs, delicately painted in watercolours, translated into screen and digital prints of local flora and shells. Specifically, mussel and oyster shells with Bukhara fleece flowers and lime leaves. These designs are layered onto wools, cottons and wallpaper with elegant ephemeral effects.  

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Lauren Stokes

The Tale of Twynnoy and The Tiger

Designed for the Autumn–Winter 2026/27 luxury interiors season, this collection is inspired by the haunting folklore of Hannah Twynnoy, believed to be the first person in England killed by a tiger. Set in Malmesbury, within the Cotswolds, the narrative centres on the White Lion Inn, where Twynnoy worked before a fatal encounter with a captive tiger. The collection also draws from the eccentric visual language of travelling circuses, particularly Gifford Circus. Influences from Fornasetti, House of Hackney, Mind The Gap, Daniel Heath, and Joby Carter shape a layered aesthetic of surreal storytelling, theatricality, and refined craftsmanship. Together, these references create patterns that feel both distinctive and contemporary, balancing rich narrative with modern interior design. 

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Robyn Thorpe

‘Sol De Surf’ 

Sol De Surf is a women’s wear summer 2027 print collection inspired by the lifestyle of living by the ocean. It is a journey through coasts, exploring how the ocean has a positive impact on your mind, body, and soul. Designed for women of all ages and body types, Sol De Surf is a collection that empowers women to embrace their authentic selves. Created through a mixed media approach, the collection features layered screen-printing, fabric dyeing methods, burnout processes, and digital embroidery. Sol De Surf is not just a print collection, but a lifestyle. It embodies the free-spirited coastal life, promoting adventure, self-expression, and our connection to the ocean. Everyone deserves to experience the Sol De Surf life. 

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Jen Wengler

Valour on the Sleeve 

This project comprises a series of gender-neutral, feminine-leaning fashion print collections that delve into the revival of medieval themes in design. Inspired by medieval history, recovered artefacts, and fantasy narratives from popular media, this collection offers a visual storytelling experience rich in patterns and techniques. Laser cutting, digital fabric printing, and silk-screen printing have been employed to create patterns with hidden, allegorical meanings. The colour palette is rich, perfectly complementing the watercolour-painted elements and ornamental designs found in medieval books and armour. This collection appeals to individuals with a strong sense of self who confidently express themselves through unique, expressive clothing.

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Orla White

Untamed Rhythms

‘Untamed Rhythms: Llanelli – An Idyllic Life’ explores cultural art practice through personal perception and local ecology. Inspired by Xie Yi, a traditional Chinese ink painting style, the project embraces fluid brushstrokes, soft edges, and expressive movement to capture atmosphere rather than detail. The Llanelli Wetlands Centre informs the collection through its shifting waters, layered reeds, muted tones, and tranquil energy. Drawing from birds of the wetlands, feather formations and rhythmic markings, abstracted into textile patterns for fashion. By combining Xie Yi techniques with the immersive qualities of the wetlands, the collection balances softness and structure, abstraction, and recognisable natural forms. The designs capture the movement, atmosphere, and quiet energy of the environment, creating a fusion of cultural influence, personal experience, and nature-inspired expression. 

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