Rachel Wingfield

Rachel Wingfield is currently a Research Fellow and Lecturer on the MA Textile Futures course at Central Saint Martins, School of Fashion and Textiles. She is also co-founder of the design research studio Loop.pH.

Loop.pH specialise in the design and research of responsive textiles & structures for the built environment. It is a multidisciplinary partnership set up in 2002 by Rachel Wingfield with artist Mathias Gmachl. Their skills include the design, construction and fabrication of structural and responsive textiles. They conduct an extensive range of research activities and collaborate with industry. Together they have fabricated reactive surfaces for a variety of environments, from the public to the domestic. Their work aims to provide a more intuitive understanding of our natural environment and mediates between craft, technology and nature.