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Nancy Tilbury

Course Director, MA Fashion, Kingston University.

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Overview

A fashion designer by training, course director for Kingston University's Fashion MA course Nancy Tilbury describes herself as a liberated thinker, who will work with any other discipline to innovate in her area of expertise. Nancy describes herself as an expert in fashion design futures, with specialist skills and interests in wearable and soft technologies.

Nancy graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1997 with an MA in Fashion Womenswear, since when she has worked in collaboration with a range of clients and collaborators, including EMI Music, ITV, In-Cosmetics, Philips Design, Nike, Goose-Design UK and Levi's Europe. She has been awarded a number of patents for her designs and is an external examiner for the BA Fashion course at Birmingham University.

 

Qualifications

Year gained Subject
1995 - 1997 MA Fashion Womenswear, Royal College of Art.
1992 - 1995 BA Hons, (First Class Hons), fashion and textile design, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication.

Career Highlights

Year Position held
2008 - Course director, MA Fashion, Kingston University.
2000 - 2004 Philips Design, senior design consultant.
2000 Nike Philips, Digital Athlete Collection, Design Management.
1999 - 2000 Levi's Philips ICD+, Designer.
1997 - 2000 Philips Research Laboratories, senior design consultant.

Media Highlights

Nancy has written articles for a number of trade journals and been interviewed about her work by both print and broadcast media.

Conference Highlights

She is a seasoned conference presenter and speaker, having most recently spoken at the Royal College of Art, the Textile Institute UK and In-Cosmetics.

 

Academic Accolades

Nancy was awarded the European ID Award for Levi's ICD+.  

Major Research Collaborations

Philips Design
Philips Research
MIT Media Lab

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