Piers Thomas

  • Garment + Interface Designer
  • Creative Strategy + Design Director
  • Innovation Accelerator
  • Research + Design + Development + Production
  • Brand Rejuvenator
  • Design Entrepreneur + Mentor
  • Designer at Large
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Elite Athletes

I’ve worked with Professional Teams, Sports Associations and Brands supplying elite athletes, seeing all the different requirements and angles.

..involved in more than 200 Olympic medals and 3 Tour de France victories…

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Technical Sportswear

Techmotional | The balance of technology and emotion is key to designing succesful commercial product

I’ve had garments in the Patagonia range for 30 years …

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Sustainable

It was the desire to reduce consumption and create less, yet better product which took me to Patagonia in Ventura, California.

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Wearables

As the Commercial Apparel Design and Development Director with Seismic I formed a 17 person team to innovate into production opportunities and designed a viable supply chain…
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Marine

This innovation project demonstrates a viable solution to the planetary boundaries by recycling 30 year old hulls into a water-car.

This low energy + high efficiency boat is created using recycled 3-D printed components and a sewn bio resin marine ply pod…

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Architecture

I designed this vernacular sustainable home in Seaview, Isle of Wight…

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Products

Dog harnesses, lifejackets and luggage which often have regulation requirements..

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Education

University College Falmouth / External Examiner
London College of Fashion /
Lecturer on the Fashion and the Environment MA course
London Central St Martins /  Lecturer
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Fashion

I felt it was important to understand the emotional side of clothing so I immersed myself inside the Fashion world…

  • BA (hons) at Kingston University
  • Designers assistant at Workers for Freedom
  • Consultant Fashion Designer Sportmax and Max Mara
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