Andrew, Sonja - University of Manchester

个人简介

Sonja Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in Design at the University of Manchester. She is the Conference Director for the Textile Society and elected member on their board of trustees, convening annual international conferences and biennial research symposia related to the field. Sonja exhibits internationally, with designs jury selected by peer review for exhibitions in Belgium, Ukraine, South Korea, Lithuania and the UK. In 2014 the Arts and Humanities Research Council selected her work on textile semantics and visual narrative for an Image Gallery Award and publication in their centennial book ‘Beyond The Trenches, Researching the First World War’. Her commissioned work includes pieces for the United Bristol Healthcare Trust and Wells Cathedral, and her designs are featured in ‘Textiles, The Art of Mankind’, a global review of prominent contemporary textile practice. Sonja supervises MSc and PhD research projects and is an invited subject specialist for undergraduate and masters programme validations for design, textiles and fashion at a number of UK universities and overseas institutions. Her undergraduate teaching focuses on design practice, textiles and sustainability. She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins (MA, PhD) and is an associate practitioner of the Higher Education Academy. She has externally examined programmes in Textile Innovation, Fashion and Textiles, Fine Art for Design, Printed Textiles and Surface Design at a number of UK institutions. Sonja is also the School of Materials Outreach and Public Engagement Lead for Design, Fashion Business and Textile Technology. She liaises with schools, public organisations and industry and develops events relating to subject dissemination, social responsibility and sustainability, widening participation and recruitment.

研究领域

Crossing the disciplines of design, semiotics and narratology, Sonja employs the creative design process as a mode of research inquiry. Her current research focuses on: Textile semantics and semiotics: exploring multi-modality through visual and tactile communication on cloth. The relationship between perception, place and memory in interpretations of visual narrative. A sustainable interface between textiles and paper to create new materials for design applications.

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Zhang, M., Andrew, S., Warnaby, G., & Gill, S. (2016). Exploring the impact of lifestyle on fashion consumption behaviour for older Chinese women. In . F. Rebelo, & M. Soares (Eds.), Advances in Ergonomics in Design. (1 ed., Vol. 485, pp. 345-357). (AHFE 2016 Conference Proceedings), (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 485, No. 1). Florida, USA: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1. Publication link: 47f665ac-1408-47d3-8915-9c5f7d234011 Andrew, S. (Designer). (2016). 'We Regret To inform You' Textile Installation.. Publication link: 249d46c4-6739-43e4-9941-ef01c66b8ec6 Andrew, S. (2016). Memory and Perception: A Visual Narrative of Conscientious Objection in WW1. In host publication. Imperial War Museum North, Salford. . Publication link: 5cd0ad70-3bff-4287-bb11-3a4d27490da2 Andrew, S. (Designer). (2016). 'The Ties That Bind (II)' Textile Installation.. Publication link: 580e60f6-1ec6-40c9-9068-8ed42003ed22 Andrew, S. (2016). Voices from the Inside - Fine Cell Work: curated by Caroline Wilkinson and Linda LePard, York: The Quilt Museum and Gallery, January 24 – May 9,2015; Lincolnshire: Doddington Hall, July 27 – August 31, 2015. Textile: the journal of cloth and culture. . Publication link: 79607601-6c87-4ab9-a5be-ed2743420b37 Andrew, S. (Designer). (2016). 'The Ties That Bind (II)' Textile Installation.. Publication link: d86854b3-2ff9-4796-8270-6514c48b78e4 Andrew, S. (Designer). (2016). 'We Regret To Inform You' Textile Installation.. Publication link: ba107425-ffaf-4aea-b900-befccf9c5c23 Andrew, S. (2016). 'We Regret To Inform You'. Fiber Art Now: Excellence In Fibers, a juried exhibition in print Winter 2016/17 vol. 6 issue 2 Collector's Edition (pp. 37-37).. Publication link: bdf2b1c5-32f7-44ec-8c76-1b8e1a1e8206