Andreea Mandrescu is an enthusiastic textile and accessories designer with several years experience in a variety of creative fields from art to design.
Originally from Romania, Andreea moved to Israel when she was 15 years old, she graduated from Haifa University in 2003 with BA (Hons) in Fine Arts and English Literature, and continued with a MA in Fine Arts in 2005.
Although art has being a continuous part of her life, she decided to apply and channel her knowledge back into her first passion - design.
This encouraged her to move to London, where she later graduated with a MA in Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins College,...
Andreea Mandrescu is an enthusiastic textile and accessories designer with several years experience in a variety of creative fields from art to design.
Originally from Romania, Andreea moved to Israel when she was 15 years old, she graduated from Haifa University in 2003 with BA (Hons) in Fine Arts and English Literature, and continued with a MA in Fine Arts in 2005.
Although art has being a continuous part of her life, she decided to apply and channel her knowledge back into her first passion - design.
This encouraged her to move to London, where she later graduated with a MA in Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins College, in 2011.
After specialising in material, surface and textile design, she developed her own unique signature style of layering different materials and textures, in intricate fashion and accessories designs.
Among the internships that she undertook to further her experience, Andreea worked as in intern at Alexander McQueen in 2010, where she developed designs for lace work for haute couture outfits.
Her graduation project in 2011 was a success in innovation and creativity, and she was chosen to present her work during different exhibitions amongst which 'British-ish Exhibition' in 2011, at the V&A, London.
Her work was also displayed at Aston Martin W-One Show Room in 2012, London, for material inspiration.
In December 2011, Andreea decided to open her own design studio and label in London - Studio Andreea Mandrescu Ltd.
She now works as a freelance textile and accessories designer and textile artist, and presents her work at exhibitions and trade fairs - Indigo at Premiere Vision in Paris being one of them.
Her work is also exhibited in material libraries: Materio in Paris and Material Connexion in New York, which granted her the certificate of material excellence.
Her designs and the innovation in material application attracted a variety of clients in Europe and the US - fashion designers, fellow accessories designers and private buyers.
The designs have been published and used by trend forecasting companies and also in trend books such as Trend Bible.
Her accessories and textile designs are wonderful collections which consistently surprise in the material combination and aesthetics.
STUDIO WORK:
Studio Andreea Mandrescu Ltd. is a design company specialising in textile, material and surface design with various applications.
The textile collections are an exploration of different materials that include faux fur, rubbers, leather and veneers on a variety of base fabrics.
The fabrics are versatile, made to fit pattern garments for fashion design, and also for being wrapped around the body as accessories, a similar range of fabrics is available for soft furnishings & upholstery.
