TEX+ Announces 2026 Prize Winners
TEX+ has announced the winners of its 2026 prizes, recognising exceptional creativity, technical skill and ambition among this year's graduating textile designers.
The awards were presented at the annual TEX+ Showcase at Chelsea College of Arts, alongside a wider exhibition of graduate work. Built on the fifty-year legacy of Texprint and TexSelect, TEX+ exists to help emerging textile designers move from education into industry, offering work placements, financial awards and mentoring at what can be a precarious stage in a career.
Research commissioned by the charity found that 56% of textile graduates are not currently working full-time in textiles, over a third are balancing multiple jobs, and half have relied on financial support since graduating. The prizes are designed to ease that transition, connecting winners with employers, professional networks and, for the first time this year, a showcase at Première Vision Paris in September.
This year's judging panel numbered 48, drawn from across textiles, fashion, interiors and manufacturing, and included knitwear designer Carlo Volpi, fashion designer Joshua Kane and designer Emma J Shipley.
Here are the TEX+ 2026 Prize Winners. Congratulations to all.
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Image Credits:
Lead: 'Harajuku' Printed textile by Maia McLaren.
All further images courtesy of the artists and Tex+.