The Design Center at Philadelphia University teams up with Art In The Age

The Design Center at Philadelphia University teams up with Art In The Age to create a small run apparel collection with prints inspired from our historical textile archive. These designer pieces show off Philadelphia's rich history in domestic textiles and display quality design at its finest!

Check out the full story here!
See the whole collection when it debuts this Friday at the Art In The Age store at 116 N. 3rd Street from 6-9pm.

PhilaU Textiles participates in POST.

Textile Selected as Gift for Alumna

Graduate Textile Design student Sriranjini Raghuram was honored to have a jacquard tapestry she created selected as a gift for alumna Robert M.Gordon, class of 1938.  The textile was presented to Mr. Gordon when he returned to campus for Homecoming 2013.  Dr. Spinelli, PhilaU President, and Elona Lakuriqi, Director of Alumni Relations presented the gift.

Mohair Field Trip

On Friday September 27, Textile Design and Fashion Merchandising students and faculty traveled to Glen Cauffman's farm in central PA.  Glen, the driving force behind Pure American Naturals is sponsoring a project to create innovative mohair products.  We met his angora goats, from which mohair fiber comes, on one of two annual "shearing days".  Angora goats are sheared twice per year, as the fiber grows so quickly.  See below some photos from our beautiful day in the country.