Helen Storey

[11] In 1994, Storey designed the dress worn by singer Frances Ruffelle when she performed the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.

Initially funded by the Wellcome Trust,[18] Primitive Streak was first exhibited at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1997[16] before touring in seven countries, winning two awards and being seen by five million people.

[9] The foundation has collaborated with numerous scientists,[9] and has created eight international touring projects,[16][26] notably Primitive Streak,[17][27] Mental,[28][29] Wonderland,[30][31] Eye&I[32][33] and Dress of Glass and Flame.

[43][44] The first Catalytic Clothing exhibition, Herself, featured a couture textile sculpture and was first shown in Sheffield in October 2010 before appearing as part of Newcastle ScienceFest in 2011.

[45] Catalytic Clothing was announced joint winner of the Sustainability category at the Condé Nast Traveller Innovation & Design Awards 2012.

[50] Life on the Outskirts is a AHRC funded project developed with Dr Robert Knifton,[51][52] Kingston University and Dr Alison Slater, Manchester Metropolitan University that considers mobilising the Helen Storey Foundation archive[53] to create a digital resource that presents key findings as well as interactions and responses from students, members of the public and project participants.

[54] Dress for Our Time was launched at St Pancras International, London in November 2015, and is an examination of the impact of climate change on human beings.

[60][61] In August 2020, led by the University of Sheffield, Helen Storey and researchers working with the UNHCR were awarded a grant to respond to the COVID-19 crisis in Jordan.