Aya Fetah
Design: Fashion and Textiles MA
Birmingham City University
Specialisms: Textiles - Weave / Textiles for Interiors /
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Aya Fetah
First Name: Aya
Last Name: Fetah
Specialisms: Textiles - Weave / Textiles for Interiors
Sectors: Fashion/Textiles/Accessories
My Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
University / College: Birmingham City University
Course / Program Title: Design: Fashion and Textiles MA
About
I am a Weave designer working with a minimalistic style to create a simple luxurious prayer mat that works for everyone. This was designed by producing weave samples with the purpose of being used in interior spaces such as a living room or bedroom.I enjoyed working with classic patterns (e.g., houndstooth, Check) and calming colours to focus on the simplicity and minimal living. My inspiration came from my religion ‘Islam’.Islamic calligraphy was incorporated into my work to create sample pieces by using textured/fancy yarns producing a pattern of repeated Arabic text.
My project is inspired by my own experience and Islamic Religious journey. Based on my experience whilst praying I struggled a lot to focus whilst praying & it is not aesthetically pleasing to display in my living room or in any room in the house. I took it upon myself to do some research on prayer mat designs and find that there is no minimal designs/colour prayer mats in the market. The prayer mats are very outdated and not youthful for the younger Muslims. My project consists of a luxury prayer mat that is ethical and sustainable, inspired by Islamic/Arabic Calligraphy which has been hand drawin, digital drawer. I have conducted primary/secondary research. Digital drawings, mind maps, market research, mood boards and sampling in order to produce a product that the Muslim market are interested in and design a pattern that can be used as other interior products. My theme consists of a Parisian, minimal, luxury, classy, timeless pieces that is capsule statement piece.
Competitions
Global Design Graduate Show 2023
These are my digital drawings that I created with arabic calligraphy.