Daniel Godfrey

Male

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Profession / role:
Designer / maker / educator
Company / organisation:
DAFT / Walsall College
Website (if you have one):
http://daftdanny.tumblr.com
My primary role in relation to fashion is:
Consumer, Designer, Retailer, Manufacturer, Tutor
I am looking to discover or buy
Networking, Collaborators, Funding, Enterprise, Advice, Fun!
About me / About business or organisation:
I have a massive passion for ethical and sustainable fashion. I have been designing and making for 10 years (including study), my favourite material is DENIM by a country mile. It's so versatile, providing me with a blank canvas to apply in many different ways for different people.
I enjoy using hand finishing techniques - print, fabric manipulation, stitch decoration to add details and unique finishes to my work.
I have also created work for installation in exhibitions, using upcycled mannequins and materials to display my work.
Career history / Company history:
BTEC Foundation: Bournville 1998 - 1999
BA(HONS) Fashion Design: LJMU & UCE 1999 - 2002
GFW 2002
Product specialist for Selfridges Birmingham: Levis, Maharishi, Y3.
Brand Specialist - Selfridges Birmingham: Hugo Boss, Men's Superbrands

Upcycled Fashion designer maker, 2003 - present
Epiphany Events Nottingham 2006
PGCE-PCET 2007 - 2008 (placement teacher: Fashion & Fine Art @ Stourbridge College)
Live & Let Live gallery - joint coordinator- May 2008
Walsall College School of Creative Arts (Nov 2008 - Present)
Textiles, Graphic Design, Digital Photography, Digital Design, Interior Design, Visual Studies, Print, Contextual Studies, Creative Enterprise
Recovery Workshops: Dudley Warehouse Project (Sept - Dec 2009)
Live & Let Live Gallery October / November 2009: Dudley Warehouse Recovery Project
Dudley Council Arts Space project December 2009.

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  • Alma Erzhanova

    Red Ribbon

    Aug 3, 2011

  • Lisa Hardon

    hello danny, so nice to hear from you! I'm sorry it took me so long to leave a reply: I've been very busy starting 2(!) new jobs..

    Thank you for reading my thesis. I have tried to make a sort of overview of the sustainable fashion industry and to point to its strenghts and weaknesses...unfortuanatly there was no time to study the subject more. I was actually hoping to do so after my graduation in my work, which is sort of happening: I recently started at Fair Wear Foundation. I think the sustainable fashion industry in the Netherlands is rapidly growing: more and more designers are foccussing on the subject, there is an annual Green Fashion Competion and 'consumers' are demanding it more often (at least I am:)). This is of course also subjective: it totally depends on the industry/environment you're in yourself. I also know people who do not care at all, and even do not know what I'm talking about. But in general I think it is a subject that is - also in the Netherlands - becoming more and more essential for designers to focus on.

    Are you planning on moving your business to the Netherlands?

     

    Regards, Lisa

    Oct 24, 2011

  • Ceri Jones

    hi daniel u can view part of my collection on my photos and theres a link to my website also

    thanks again

    Nov 29, 2011