Mark Hart

A practicing designer, Mark's practice-based research explores emergent design strategies and the physical and technological interactions between the designer, body, dress, materiality and time.

Email: mark.hart@aru.ac.uk

Background

Mark graduated with an MA in Fashion Design (Fashion Womenswear) from Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design. Since graduating, he has exhibited work at London Fashion Week and successfully worked as a womenswear and knitwear designer on a variety of projects for brands such as Chloe, Alexander McQueen, Warner Bros. Records & London Records. A finalist in the Lancôme Colour Design Awards, Mark’s work has featured in publications such as Vogue (UK, Japan & Taiwan), The Guardian, Tank Magazine, Glamour Magazine and ID Magazine.

Mark’s current research repositions the body and material at the centre of the design process to generate multi-dimensional objects through the physical and technological interactions between the designer, body, dress, materiality and time. Through designing physical and technological body-dress assemblages, Mark’s research seeks to intervene in the ready-to-wear design process.

Research interests

• Fashion
• Emergent Design
• Morphogenesis
• Performative
• Body-Dress Assemblage

Teaching

Mark currently teaches on the following modules:

• Creative Research & Design Development
• Cut, Form & Construction
• Design: Conceptual Fashion & Materiality
• Fashion Sportswear
• Design: Contemporary Issues & Design Practice
• Fashion Promotion
• Major Project

Qualifications

• MA in Fashion Design (Fashion Womenswear) - UAL Central Saint Martin's
• BA (Hons) Fashion Design

Memberships, editorial boards

• Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)