Amber is an interdisciplinary curator, educator and designer with a passion for sustainable fashion and technology. Her academic journey, including BA Fashion Design at the London College of Fashion, a Graduate Diploma in Contemporary Art History at Goldsmiths and MA History of Design at the Royal College of Art/ Victoria and Albert Museum, have honed her research skills in contemporary fashion and textiles history and experimental approaches that reconsider neglected materials.
Through object-led research and archival studies, she investigates the role of cultural and heritage sectors in educating the public about the climate crisis. She published 'Provocative Objects: Tiara with flowers made of translucent fish scales' (2023) on the Design History Society blog, interrogating the process of repurposing and recycling after the Industrial Revolution and a new phenomenon and technique that was recognised as a desirable and economical technology in the material culture in the 19th Century.
At RCA/V&A, she built a community of creatives who explore their (hi)stories through crafts and design. She co-curated 'Do You Buy This?' (2023) was a co-curated exhibition that considered commodified intersectional feminist contemporary art, design and fashion, featuring 30 artists' and designers' works. She was a contributor for 'PUB', a student-led publication and wrote a short essay called, 'Amber's Wardrobe' on how rethinking our nostalgic experiences can give people a platform to think about how we interact with fast fashion and how responsible buying can be a subject of community-driven activity.
