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Sophie Wetherell

Assistant Professor

Department: Northumbria School of Design, Arts and Creative Industries

My Interests

Understanding the future role of a fashion designer by exploring the space of a 'Re-Designer', through repair and remanufacture. My research centres around sustainable fashion and how we can redeploy traditional design tools to help create product life-extension strategies at the back end of a products life.

Areas of Expertise

Sustainability, Ethics within Fashion, Repair, Remanufacture, Design Thinking, CAD (3D).

My Industrial Experience

Based out in Denmark I previously worked for brands such as Selected Homme and Norse Projects.

Teaching

Teaching across both Postgraduate and Undergraduate Fashion programmes.

Programme Leader for MA Sustainable and Ethical Fashion

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