Michala Lipková
The work of a textile designer in Slovakia is certainly not an ordinary task, let alone when it comes to doing research into various aspects of this discipline. We talked about it with a textile designer Zuzana Šebeková who successfully juggles both arenas. “I was doing my research within academia. It was concerned with finding a practical involvement of a designer in the process including design and production of fabrics, and with making this method accessible and useful to academic practices. The textile production field is currently being changed all over the world. The current emphasis, in design teaching and tuition, that is exclusively placed on clothing and interior textiles is, in the European context, unsustainable.