Designed with longevity in mind.

Founder Innes Gourlay-Noor, looks into her mixed heritage through the lens of hand screen printed textiles. A main point of inspiration for Innes is the heritage of Scottish and Malaysian textiles and the rich industries of hand craft that have and still do exist. In small and dying quantities due to fast paced, profit first manufacturing.

Her graduate collection Create Something That Lasts encapsulates three collections of textiles. Episode one is inspired by the cityscape Edinburgh, Scotland and its Georgian architecture, Episode two is inspired by the food and night markets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Episode three is where east meets west, where the two parts of Innes collide, through the use of plisse, taken from Scottish cultural dress, the kilt, and screen printing on top of the pleats to overlay motifs and patterns to create the mixed collection.

With the medium of textiles, Innes looks to start a conversation around the merging of cultures, where east meets west and where they contrast and complement each other. Growing up in Scotland Innes struggled to find other mixed children that had the same experience growing up in a mainly white country. It was only once Innes became a teenager with unrestricted access to the internet, that she got more and more exposure to content from people that had experienced the same feeling of never belonging.

Through her work she intends to share her story and experience, as well as let anyone that feels like they don’t belong, know that they are not alone.

She wants to celebrate where and who she has come from and all the richness and vibrancy within those cultures and cultural crafts. As well as create a homage to her ethnicity and cultural identity, and create something that lasts.