2022 Episode 1: Katie Stallard

Exploring Ecological Design Methods Within the Textile Industry: Feral Ecologies, Rewilding and Propositional Design

This episode features a conversation with Katie Stallard, a final year undergraduate student on the BA (Hons) Textiles course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores ecological design methods within the textile design industry.

In conversation with Katie are Principal Lecturer, Dr Martyn Woodward and Lecturer in Textiles, Laura Edmunds

You can find out more about Katie’s work via

If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:

  • Feral Atlas (2021) The More Than Human Anthropocene. Stanford University [online] Available at: https://feralatlas.org/
  • Holmes, G; Marriott, K; Briggs, C and Wynne-Jones, S. (2020) What Is Rewilding, How Should It Be Done, And Why? A Q-Method Study of the Views Held By European Rewilding Advocates. Conservation and Society; Bangalore.
  • Rewilding Britain (2021) [Online] Available at: https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/
  • Walker, S (2022) Stuart Walker Design; explorations in the theory and practice of design for sustainability. [online] Available at: https://www.stuartwalker.org.uk/furniture-lighting/7-furniture-and-lighting
  • Walker, S (2017) Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World. Taylor & Francis Group.

You can view some images of Katie’s work below (click the images to view full screen):


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