Katy Pilling

Shtuff

Product Design - BA (Hons)

School of Design

katyblossompilling@gmail.com

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Katy Pilling's design book, detailing the background and process behind the project. (1.09 MB)

Close up of textile surface, red and orange.

Shuff: knitted material, stuffed with shredded up waste textiles.

Bio

Katy is an interdisciplinary product designer, having worked across many mediums and fields. Her final year project 'Shtuff' showcases her passion for both textiles and sustainability, as well as demonstrating her technical skill in furniture design and manufacture. Katy is a maker, and has worked with glass, wood, metal and ceramics, but the core of her work is grasping the fundamentals of a problem and tackling it with intelligent design and sensitivity.

What is Shtuff?

Shtuff encompasses two things: sustainable textile design and sustainable furniture design. In the UK each year, £140 million worth of clothes are disposed of, valuable wool is being buried and burned, and furniture is being chucked out and replaced at a rapid rate: in the face of this Katy decided to create Shtuff. Katy has developed a knitted lambs-wool textile for use in upholstery which uses up shredded textile waste. On top of this she has also designed sustainable furniture which is made of sustainably sources birch plywood and is designed for dis-assembly.

Katy Pilling's chair, upholstered with her knitted textiles.

Katy Pilling with her design, both furniture and textiles.

Sample rack and samples, made and designed by Katy Pilling

A series of samples demonstrating the varied affects that the knitting can achieve.

The chair offers comfort with back support, as well as being wide and relatively low for relaxation.

Back of chair, showing the knitted covering at the back.

The making of Shtuff: a look into the processes and materials.

The Making of Shtuff

Please enjoy watching this window into the process of making stuff, involving a variety of machinery and tools.

About Katy

Katy is an interdisciplinary designer with a background in Product Design. As a designer she is holisitic, having accrued a range of skills in various design disciplines, ranging from UX and service design to hands on working with glass, wood, plaster, and textiles. She takes pride in her ability to communicate ideas with clarity and confidence face to face with clients and colleagues. Katy articulates her designs through many means: sketching, graphics, diagrams, prototypes and proof of concept branding. She is tenacious in her work, and flexible in her ability to alter things according people's needs.