A DESIGN student inspired by the sights and sounds of Thailand has won a top award with a prestigious livery organisation.

Kathryn Lund, who is in her final year of a Textiles and Surface Design course at the University of Huddersfield, has been awarded the highest bursary available of £2,500 from the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters.

The 21-year-old Middlesbrough student’s winning project consisted of images and textile pieces inspired by the colourful temples in Thailand after she spent a summer teaching English in the country.

“I was so taken with the bright colours and patterns of the temples in Thailand I wanted to bring the same vibrancy into my designs,” she said.

She was praised for working with different materials into her samples to create ‘a quirky look’.

The prize of £2,500 is enabling the designer to be more creative with her final-year project.

“I have been able to buy some original Japanese yarn which I wouldn’t have been able to previously,” she said.

“Before I won the bursary I was only able to buy material which I knew would work, but now the money has allowed me to be more creative and take a little bit of risk.”