Emma Lundgren

Swedish born Emma Lundgren presents a new direction for textile innovation and the implication of technology within fashion design through the complex synergy of 21st century techniques with artisan traditions. Her unique aesthetic and vision of the textile landscape has already secured this young designer countless awards even at this early stage of her career including those from The Embroiders Guild, Chartered Society of Designers, The Royal Society of Art and the Michael Threschow scholarship where she currently sits in the jury. Her unique expressive aesthetic has been exhibited internationally in museums such as MOMA, & Nordiska Museet in Stockholm, London, New York and Paris and has already achieved notable press placements internationally in style, sports and textile publications such as Sports Int, Dazed&Confused, Tokion, Residence, +81, Elle, Tokion, SuperSuper. She can also been seen and heard in lectures she does on various occasions discussing and presenting her witty Scandinavian style.

Emma Lundgren studied a BA in Textile Design at Central St Martins before she was quickly snapped up to work on projects for H&M, John Galliano, McLaren & Ford Automotive and Nokia for her expertise in cutting-edge textile applications before being named at one of 2010’s up-and-coming fashion designers by Swedish ELLE Magazine. Emma Lundgren then completed an MA program in Textile Design Mixed Media at The Royal College of Art followed by showing her collection at Stockholm Fashion week as a finalist in the ‘Young Industry Fashion Award’, invited to show with Designers Block at London Design Week and featured with La Fortuna Studio along New York Fashion week. There is no doubt that Emma is a true beliver of wanting to redefine the way industry views textile and fashion as we move through the new decade.