Niki Taylor

(she/her) Founder of The Top Project

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Niki Taylor is an educator, designer and fashion activist in regenerative textiles and fashion.

She co-founded Fashion Revolution Scotland in 2014 and currently teaches at Edinburgh College of Art and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. She runs The Top Project, a sustainable fashion design consultancy, facilitating creative community workshops that bring people together, to educate and activate on positive change.

Events, Projects, News

News • 16 March 2026

THEMES — Buildings and Land Care Communities Digital Design Exploratory Projects Products and Services Travel

Life Sciences Award Finalists

Design HOPES celebrated the successes of our projects last week at Scotland’s 2026 Life Sciences Conference & Awards

News • 27 January 2026

THEME — Care

Edinburgh Medical School 300

Design HOPES join the University of Edinburgh Medical School 300 year celebrations

Thematic Project

Theme — Care

Sustainable Scrubs

Improving hospital scrubs through design interventions to enhance staff comfort and dignity

Design HOPES is a collaborative design-led research initiative, comprising five Scottish Universities (University of Strathclyde, University of Dundee, Heriot Watt University, Abertay University, and the University of Edinburgh), NHS Scotland, the third sector, and design organisations.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Future Observatory GTE Hub Programme at the Design Museum [grant number AH/Y00373X/1].