<p dir="ltr">Heather relocated to the UK from the west coast of Canada to begin postgraduate study with the Glasgow School of Art where she completed a Masters of Research in Design Innovation. In Canada she worked under her own conceptually driven internationally recognised fashion label MONO and comes from a background in education, leading fashion and product design courses at both Emily Carr University and Vancouver Community College.</p> <p dir="ltr">Heather Martin is a Senior Design Lecturer, Design Researcher and the Course Leader of BA (Hons) Fashion Design and MA Design Tutor at Arts University Plymouth. Since 2017 Heather has been shaping the local circular economy and the design curriculum at Arts University Plymouth with her practice-based research project UN - MAKE + RE - CLOTHE. </p> <p dir="ltr">Creative practice and continuous learning has transformed Heather’s life and because of this she is committed to the goal of transforming others lives through design and through learning.</p> <p dir="ltr"> Heather enjoys making things, thinking about how to make things better and then implementing strategies and providing leadership to make those things happen.<br /></p>