Nandini Garg is a textile designer whose work explores the intersection of heritage craft and contemporary design. Based between India and the UK, she draws from traditional textile techniques while reinterpreting them for a modern context.

Her practice is centred on handweaving, natural dyeing, and upcycling, with a strong focus on material storytelling and sustainable innovation. She has collaborated with artisans across India, working closely with traditional crafts while developing new ways to integrate them into contemporary textiles.

Her Master’s project at the Royal College of Art examined how individuals evolve when faced with external circumstances, particularly through movement and migration. Using dip dyeing and handweaving techniques, she explored colour as a metaphor for experience, where every shade represented a place or moment that shaped identity. Fibres interwoven between the weaves signified the irregularities and fluidity of life, reinforcing the idea that change leaves a visible imprint, both in textiles and in people.

Each piece she creates is an imprint of movement and transformation, where colour tells a story, and woven threads reflect the ever-shifting nature of identity and experience. Through her work, she seeks to preserve, evolve, and reimagine textile traditions, ensuring that craft remains both rooted and relevant in today’s design landscape.