People

Rebecca’s practice moves between fashion design, material research and education, with a particular interest in raw materials, textiles and tactility. She holds a master’s degree in Fashion Design from the Royal College of Art. At LSAD, her teaching has spanned interdisciplinary design, fashion and textiles, and design for sustainability and circular economies.

Her research connects hands-on material exploration with the wider systems in which textiles are produced, used and recirculated. Alongside this practice, she works across industry and education to build partnerships and exchange knowledge. She brings iterative design methods into collaborative settings, with contributions spanning textile-sector skills, circular design, materials research and policy.

José Luis is an artist-researcher currently lecturing in Digital Fabrication and Creative Computing at LSAD. His background is in electronic engineering, and he holds a PhD in Informatics from the University of Sussex, where his research in human-computer interaction spanned haptics and force feedback in virtual reality, multisensory displays and experimental interactive devices.

His practice combines electronics, software and physical making, spanning interactive work and digital fabrication. Within textile research, he applies this background to accessible design-to-print tools and experimental structures, exploring how designers and students can work directly with emerging fabrication processes.

Ciana is a product designer and researcher with a background in design at the University of Limerick. Her approach combines user research, concept development, technical exploration and prototyping. Her portfolio spans mobility and healthcare design, sustainable packaging, transport and material-led fashion, bringing attention to both the experience of using an object and how it might be made.

This breadth informs her research interests in circular textile systems and emerging fabrication technologies. Her work connects design-led investigation with material exploration and collaborative research, drawing on experience in design for manufacture, fabric manipulation and laser cutting. She has also contributed to research communication through a co-authored report on digital storytelling.