BA Fashion, Textiles & Surface Design, and Jewellery & Object Design cross-departmental Panel Discussion -‘Conceptual Development and Material Play in the Design Process’ with graduating students. Moderated by designer and NCAD Design for Body and the Environment lecturer Hugh Finnerty.

‘Conceptual Development and Material Play in the Design Process’ panel discussion with graduating students from across Fashion, Textiles & Surface Design, and Jewellery & Object Design, moderated by designer and NCAD Design for Body and the Environment (DBE) lecturer Hugh Finnerty.
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Join Hugh Finnerty and graduating students from across Fashion, Textiles & Surface Design, and Jewellery & Object Design for an engaging discussion on conceptual development throughout their time at NCAD, and how their experiences within Studio+, NCAD's innovative additional work & study programme, contributed to and supported aspects of their final bodies of work. Exploring experimentation, materiality, and process, the panel will reflect on how collaborative learning environments encouraged playfulness, hands-on making, skill development, failing as progress, and new approaches to building creative visions across disciplines.

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Image credit: Rebecca Shotunde, NCAD Fashion, 2026. Photo by Seán Jackson.