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. Time: Tuesday, 9th June. Location: Top Floor, Design Building.

‘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.