Congratulations to the 17 finalists who will showcase their designs at the 2015 FAD Competition final at London Fashion Week in February. Read on to learn more about the physics inspired concepts behind their winning entries.

Alexandra Abercombie , Manchester Metropolitan University
1.618033...The Golden Ratio. A womenswear collection inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, drawing on golden rectangles and triangles.

Alice Polley, Arts University Bournemouth
Mass.Matter.Forces. An Experiment. A collection inspired by Polley's own experimental photographs documenting the effects caused by forces on different fabrics.

Ashley Patterson, Bath Spa University
Electric Conversation. combining art and science. Looking to the lines and angles of the Tesla luxury electric car, named after futurist, scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla (1846-1943) and the transformation of art through Cubism, which was happening at the time of Tesla.

Catriona Pringle, DeMontfort University
Volume, Proportion, Space.

Christopher Clarke, Manchester School of Art
How to Deflect Killer Asteroids with Spray Paint. Inspired by the Yarkovsky effect; an effect where sunlight has a direct impact on asteroids, as sunlight is made up of photons. These photons carry momentum. How light or dark an asteroid appears can result in how much or how little light can be absorbed. For those asteroids that are potentially dangerous, it has been suggested to 'paint' them in order to absorb more photons, thus giving them the momentum to travel away from the Earth.

Clarise Itdriaga, Manchester Metropolitan University
Geometric Proportions. A collection exploring the relationship between geometry, colour, shape and volume.

Eleanor Carless, University of Brighton
Fits Like...Inspired by Muslim women's boxing to explore the effect of force on the body. Simple rectangles of fabric are manipulated into form fitting garments using only concave and convex creases. Creases which serve as a record of punches thrown.

Francesca Phipps, DeMontfort University
A streetwear collection responding to the physics of sound. Influenced by the aesthetics of hip hop culture and beatboxing, looking to spectrograms and sound waves to create original prints.

Johnson Deng, Kingston University
The Spatial Transformation. Inspired by installation artist James Turrell and the interior design studio, Remix Studio, Bejing who use light and reflection to create realistic spaces, transforming 2D to 3D.

Juniper Lai, London College of Fashion
Printwork. Abrahamic Pythagoreanism is a way of seeing numbers and figures as keys to the structure of the cosmos and as symbols of the archetypal world and also a world which is viewed as the creation of God.

Katarina Lindell, UCA Rochester
Crystallized Energy. Inspired by natural processes and the Japanese artist Tokujin Yoshioka's installation Crystallized, to explore the otherwise unseen, delicate morphogenetic processes found in natural processes and how a crystal formation could look when applied to a garment. Watch Katrina's concept film here.

Lucy Day, Colchester School of Art
Microscopicell. Exploring the complex beauty of natural pattern formations found through scientific advancements in microscopy.

Olivia Overton, Middlesex University
The Commonalities of Physics & Design. Gravity is the force of attraction between all masses in the universe. Inspired by sky diving and the concept of falling, exploring the physical impact it has on the body.

Prash Muraleetharan, University of Brighton
Souls Connection. A collection reflecting enviromental, emotional and light changes. Fibres treated with UV, Glow, thermo chromic and photo chromic layered dyes allow pieces to constantly alter according to a physical or emotional condition.

Rachael McMurray, Glasgow School of Art
Waves. Everything Inside us and around us is governed by the many different forms of waves. A collection exploring the physics of waves from brainwaves, shock waves and light waves to sound waves.

Robyn Yeang, London College of Fashion
The Biodegradable Collection. This collection studies environmental physics and the consequential effects that fashion has towards ecological and social systems. Inspired by Chaos Theory and the Butterfly Effect - any change to a small state that responds sensitively can cause an effect to a larger state - to make sustainable decisions in design to influence positive change on a greater scale.

Yeeun Park, Nottingham Trent University
Trust an Atom. The atom is the smallest particle known to exist, making up everything which we see in the world around us. A playful collection exploring molecular pattern.