Jen Ballie
Research Fellow
Design-Institute of Design Innovation
Research Interests
Sustainability, Material Culture, Health and Wellbeing, Design Innovation
Research Profile
Jen is a designer and researcher whose design journey began within the discipline of textile design but quickly became interdisciplinary drawing upon user experience, interaction and service design. Jen was awarded her PhD from the University of the Arts, London (2014). Her practice based research titled ‘e-Co-Textile design’ applied the concept of ‘fashion activism’ to explore how textile design and making, might be combined with social and digital media tools, to pilot alternative fast fashion models and promote sustainability.
Jen has designed collaborative projects and piloted them with retailers Marks and Spencer and ASOS and showcased work within the London Design Festival and Victoria and Albert Museum, London alongside consulting on projects for Zero Waste Scotland and the Edinburmore...
Jen is a designer and researcher whose design journey began within the discipline of textile design but quickly became interdisciplinary drawing upon user experience, interaction and service design. Jen was awarded her PhD from the University of the Arts, London (2014). Her practice based research titled ‘e-Co-Textile design’ applied the concept of ‘fashion activism’ to explore how textile design and making, might be combined with social and digital media tools, to pilot alternative fast fashion models and promote sustainability.
Jen has designed collaborative projects and piloted them with retailers Marks and Spencer and ASOS and showcased work within the London Design Festival and Victoria and Albert Museum, London alongside consulting on projects for Zero Waste Scotland and the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival. Jen also contributes to the Global Service Design Jam’s each year and has participated within Make-a-thon’s at IDEO, London. In her spare time, Jen is volunteer coordinator for Fashion Revolution in Scotland, an online global movement initiated to raise awareness about ethics in the fashion industry.
Qualifications
PhD titled 'E-co-Textile Design: How can textile design and making, combined with social media tools, achieve a more sustainable fast fashion future? awarded 2014
M.Des Design awarded with distinction 2008
B.Des Hons Textile Design awarded 2006
