Chloe Grieve
Textile Design MA
Royal College of Art
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Graphic Design / Design for Social Good
My location: London, United Kingdom
Chloe Grieve
First Name: Chloe
Last Name: Grieve
University / College: Royal College of Art
Course / Program: Textile Design MA
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Graphic Design / Design for Social Good
My Location: London, United Kingdom
Website: Click To See Website
About
Chloe Grieve is a Scottish-American designer from Phoenix, Arizona. After her sudden move to Glasgow at age thirteen and struggles with mental health throughout her young adulthood, she was inspired to express her experiences and past using art. Currently, Chloe works with colour, shape, and pattern to transform sterile spaces into solace. This motivation came from her past experiences occupying dull and clinical therapy session rooms. Completing her BA in textiles at Edinburgh College of Art, Chloe received numerous awards for her final year collection. A stand-out achievement was the Business Design Centre New Designer of the Year award she received at New Designers. She is a freelancer currently working with Hallmark. In the past, she was commissioned to do work for The Skinny Magazine after being featured in one of their summer issues. At the Royal College of Art, she received a grant from The Textiles Society to aid her postgraduate studies, and Turnberry Rug Works supported her.With a love of colour, shape, and illustration, Chloe describes herself as a graphic designer within textiles. She is committed to creating playful, fun designs that show her passion for art.
My collection, Shape Play, is about exploring psychiatric healthcare spaces and how textiles can be used to improve these spaces. From my experiences, majority of psychiatric healthcare spaces (e.g. therapy waiting rooms and session rooms) are sterile and cold, not considering the needs of the users in these spaces. The Bauhaus movement is what modernized our healthcare spaces to the contemporary complexes we know today but missed out on incorporating the colour and excitement that came with the movement. I took inspiration from the geometric shapes of the movement and aimed to create vivid designs that would inject colour into drab psychiatric spaces. Combining patterned wallpapers, padded wool wall panels, and hand tufted rugs I wanted to bring tactility and enthusiasm into a monotonous space. I really wanted to play in my designs as I hoped I could play in these spaces. A special thanks to Turnberry Rugworks who hand tufted my rug designs for me, and Josh Croll, the videographer for the clips in my animated video.