Seher Mirza

Dr Seher Mirza is a design practitioner, researcher, and facilitator. She received her PhD in textiles from the Royal College of Art in 2020. Seher has an MA in Ethical Fashion from UCA and a BA (Hons) in Textile Design (weave) from Central Saint Martins UAL. In 2011 she founded S jo, a social business that conceptualised and collaboratively built traditional textile techniques into statement accessories and jewellery, alongside her PhD project in rural Sindh, Pakistan. These collections have been sold at the V&A and the Whitworth Art gallery (Manchester) among other retailers. Seher divides her time between working on collaborative projects with indigenous craft communities and, researching and writing about power and privilege in making practices where social, material and design contexts meet.