Mandeep Mann is a Textile Designer born and educated in the UK. She has a specialized background in Textile Design with a Master's Degree from the world-renowned Royal College of Art (London) ranked number one design institution in the world, along with a First Class Honors Degree from the prestigious Chelsea College of Art (London).

She is currently a full-time lecturer at the University of Sharjah (College of Fine Arts and Design) teaching on the BA Fashion and Textiles Degree Programme. She is also Visiting Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art (Dubai), hosting, writing and delivering short courses and workshops specializing in Textile Design. She has extensive contemporary Knowledge of textile print, weave, mixed media, machine and hand embroidery.

Mandeep has worked as a Textile Designer and and won numerous awards for her work, including an award from Christpher Bailey (MBE Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer of Burberry). She continues to work on her own textle design practice, selling bespoke pieces ro private clients, including the Spanish fashion lable Desigual.

Her Portfolio is robust showcasing a diverse range of approaches, techniques and skills. She is ambitioys with a real passion for colour and innovation in surface and new materials. Always keen to experiment with a range of alternative materials and combinations to invent new surfaces and textural qualities.

FFE & Interior Designer at Aedas

Mandeep has a unique eye for interiors having come from a textiles background, possessing a creative & innovative flair for colour, textures and materials. During her time at Aedas, one of the leading global architecture and design practices, she provided interior design solutions. She has worked on various large-scale hospitality and residential projects across the United Arab Emirates.

INTERIOR PROJECTS

WOW HOTEL & HOTEL APARTMENTS, BUSINESS BAY, DUBAI. Five Star Hotel with 704 apartments & 276 hotel apartments. 

ANANTARA DUBAI CREEK HOTEL, CULTURAL VILLAGE, DUBAI. Five Star Hotel comprrises of 290 guest rooms, rooftop pool, a spa and a range of restaurants, bars and retail outlets.
 ith 250 rooms & 30 Villas. 

VENU HOTEL, JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA. Four Star Hotel with 250 rooms and 30 villas.

MAYAN, YAS ISLAND, ABU DHABI. 

Five Star Project comprises of seven contemporary residential buildings with 800 units, consisting of Studios, 1, 2, 3, 4 Bedroom Apartments and Beach Front Villas. Aedas is providing full interior design services plus FF&E. 

Link: Mayan Animation.

THE LANGHAM, PALM JUMEIRAH, DUBAI.

Five Star Hotel located on the Palm Jumeirah with 323 rooms, modelled after its namesake at The Langham, London - the first grand hotel to serve the traditional afternoon tea in 1865. Aedas is providing full interior design services plus FF&E.

Video: MA RCA Final Wallpaper Collection

Here is a video I have created show casing my final project at the RCA. For this collection of wallpapers, Indian architectural structures mainly Hindu temples were the source of inspiration. The architecture is full of relief work, craftsmanship and patterns. I am interested in representing these three-dimensional structures and patterns through drawings, creating optical illusion/trompe l'Oeil designs within space.

Fragments of distortion have been added to the real to create a series of ornate wallpaper designs, which challenge scale, space and perspective. The large-scaled print-to-fit site specific wallpaper designs have the potential to be developed into wall paintings and large-scale projections. The collection also  includes repeat pattern wallpaper. Amalgamating Indian architectural patterns within my current western minimalist architectural environment merges different forms of architectural styles. This creates a visual impression and adds to the contrasting nature of my work, and to the optical experience.

Press: Featured in the London Evening Standard!

To view the article online please click on the following link - London Evening Standard Article

MA RCA: Print-to-fit bespoke site specific wallpaper

MA RCA: Repeat Wallpaper Collection

My Wallpaper products can be viewed on Space Innovation's website

Space Innovation Ltd offer a custom design and digital print service for interior applications: wallpapers, murals, canvas & laminate prints. My graduate wallpaper collection is featured on their website under 'projects'. I have a collection of repeat patterns and then there is the bespoke site specific wallpaper graphics. Please contact me if you would like more information regarding the services offered by me.

Exhibiting at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 9-12 October 2014

The GNCCF is recognised as one of the leading selling events for contemporary crafts in the UK, attracting over 6000 visitors annually. October 2014 sees the award-winning GNCCF move to an exciting new home in the iconic Granada TV HQ in central Manchester. Over 160 exhibitors have been selected for their excellence in ceramics, jewellery, textiles, glass, wood and mixed media.  Curator Victoria Scholes has chosen the best work from the class of 2014 for the annual Great Northern Graduates stand and the Hothouse showcase also returns featuring some of the best emerging talent from the Craft Council’s development programme.

An exciting new addition for this year is Ornament, an exhibition of high-end collectible craft. Curated by Kelda Savage, in conjunction with curators of major public and private contemporary craft collections in the northwest, 'Ornament’ aims to help build the market for collectors through exposure and education. It will focus on the presentation of beautiful collectible objects, the stories of the people who made them and the history of the collections they feature in. With all work from the makers on sale, it will also provide the opportunity for visitors to start their own collection or add to an existing collection. 

I am very excited to be exhibiting my work at the event. I am busy producing new works which will be for sale at the event. Please see below for a sneak peep! For more information please visit www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk

Summer 2014 Press: Featured in QEST Magazine Issue 30.

I had the pleasure of visiting the Johnstons of Elgin textiles mill in Scotland. I am very excited to be  working with Johnstons of Elgin on a textiles project, which will be launched in Autumn 2015. “It was a fantastic opportunity to see in person the whole process,” enthused Mandeep Mann during the tour of the mill, “the woolen fibres taken through a number of processes to arrive at finished woven lengths of fabrics. The different weights of fabrics being produced were so inspiring.”

In 2013 Johnstons of Elgin received the Royal Warrant of Appointment for Estate Tweed to HRH The Prince of Wales.  It has always been an innovative company as illustrated by the experimentation of wool sent back to Moray from a young local man travelling in Peru in the early 1880’s. Textiles made from that Vicuna fleece were included in the Great Exhibition in 1851.  Today, ‘from goat to garment’ is more than a slogan, as cashmere is shot with silk and woven into the sheerest apparel for catwalk shows across the globe, whilst the same looms weave heavy weight winter blankets and popular Estate Tweeds to be used in men fashions.  It is little wonder that it has been standing strong since 1797.  A family led business that is completely independent can adapt, evolve and innovate.