Deb Cumming is a fashion researcher and academic at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand. Her research is aligned with an increasing field of inclusive and sustainable fashion design practice with technical design applications that address broader social and cultural issues.
The central focus of her research is alternative apparel design pattern methods. Practice-based research investigates the development of one-piece pattern design through adaptive drape and digital technologies to advance apparel design and manufacturing processes. Research areas extend to commercial application with design consultancy, product development and community workshops.
Current academic practices move across both undergraduate and postgraduate within the fashion and design field and examination of postgraduate candidate projects, in particular, creative practice-led, or research by project degrees.
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2022 - Awarded Royal Society Te Aparangi’s Tahunui-a-Rangi award
Tahunui-a-Rangi is awarded to a person or team who, while in New Zealand, has invented or created a unique and ingenious structure, device, product, design, system, process, service or artefact(s) which is significant in its economic, cultural, social or environmental impact.2021 - Operational Hijab
Awarded 50 most influential projects and 4th most influential project in the Asia-Pacific region by Project management Institute of New York.Finalists in NZ Best Awards for:
2021 - Operational Hijab
2017 - Zero+One designs