Dr Dilusha Rajapakse

Lecturer in Textile Design

School of Fashion and Textiles

Dilusha is a Lecturer in Textile Design, and an active researcher in the areas of smart materials and dynamic textile design. Dilusha’s multidisciplinary practice-based research examines the fusion of smart materials and textile printing methods in order to integrate animated colour and pattern changing aesthetics onto fabrics without compromising the core textile characteristics.

Dilusha completed his PhD in 2017 and his research was fully funded by the Nottingham Trent University Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship. His doctoral research questioned the unexploited design potential of photochromism and contributed by articulating an approach that can be applied to design a new level of multicolour and pattern changing effects on textile surfaces. He was also a recipient of the Harold Tillman Scholarship Award and completed his MA in Digital Fashion at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. He also holds a BA (Hons) in Fashion Design and Product Development obtained from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Teaching

Research

Publications

Journal Articles

RAJAPAKSE, D., 2019 ‘An investigation of the activation of multi-colour changing photochromic textiles’ in Journal of Textiles and Engineering (Tekstil ve Mühendis), 26 (114), pp. 196-208.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

RAJAPAKSE, D., 2018. An investigation of the activation of multi-colour changing photochromic textiles. In: 8^th International Istanbul Conference on Evolution Technical Textile. TUYAP Fair and Exhibition Center, Istanbul, Turkey. 14 – 16 April 2018. (Accepted)

RAJAPAKSE, D., BRIGGS-GOODE, A. and DIAS, T., 2015. Electronically controllable colour changing textile design. In: V. POPOVIC, A. BLACKLER, L. DING-BANG, N. NIMKULRAT, B. KRAAL and Y. NAGAI, eds., IASDR Interplay 2015 Proceedings. Brisbane, Australia, 2-5 November 2015. IASDR (The International Association of Societies of Design Research), pp. 1743-1759. ISBN: 9780646943183

RAJAPAKSE, D., BRIGGS-GOODE, A. and DIAS, T., 2014. Development of a design-centred approach for smart colour changing textiles. In: Transition: Rethinking textiles and surfaces conference proceedings. The University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom, 26-27 November 2014. ISBN: 978-1-86218-127-4

RAJAPAKSE, D., 2014. An investigation of the aesthetics and technologies of colour changeable textile design. In: Making an impact with research, Proceedings of 7th Annual Manchester Metropolitan University Postgraduate Research Conference. Manchester Metropolitan University, Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom, 4 November 2014. ISBN: 978-1-910029-07-7

Conference presentations

RAJAPSKE, D., 2015. Design methodology for colour change prints. In: Arcintex research symposium 2015. Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. 26 February 2015.

RAJAPSKE, D., 2013. Now you see it; now you don’t. In: FTC (Association of Fashion and Textile Courses) symposium 2015. Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, 2 May 2013.

Research Poster Presentations

RAJAPAKSE, D., 2014. An investigation of the aesthetics and technologies of colour changing textile design [Poster]. Presented at the Researcher Essentials: Publishing and how to get published. School of the Arts, Loughborough University, United Kingdom, 17 June 2014.

RAJAPAKSE, D., 2014. An investigation of the aesthetics and technologies of colour changeable textile design [Poster]. Presented at the College of Art, Design & Built Environment Doctoral Conference. Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, 9-10 June 2014.