Congratulations Abbi and Ben

Great news from New Designers - Abbi and Ben have been invited by New Designers to come back next year and participate in the " One Year On" Exhibition ... it's a great opportunity and a real challenge to them to get their workshops set up and to get making ...

Society of Designer Craftsmen

Every year the Society of Designer Craftsmen has a stand at New Designers and graduates can apply for Licentiate Membership of the Society the aim of the licentiate programme is to offer graduate designer makers a bridge between being a student and becoming an established maker , if you want to apply you need to fill out a form and this is followed by an interview whilst graduates are exhibiting at New Designers , successful licentiates have the opportunity to exhibit in the Society's prestigious Mall Galleries the following year so it's a great achievement to become a Licentiate member .

Lots of our students applied and they'll find out in the next few days by post who has been awarded Licentiate Membership , I'll blog again when I find out more and who was successful ..

What's New Designers ?

I'm on the train travelling back from New Designers and it occurred to me that some of our regular blog followers might not know what New Designers is ....So ...New Designers is a annual graduate show held in the Business Design Centre in Islington London over two weeks . Week one has Textiles , Fashion , Jewellery , Ceramics and Applied Art whilst week two is more Graphics , Illustration, Product Design and Furniture .

Every major Art & Design Institution in the UK is represented and it's a fabulous show case for graduates its also slightly overwhelming with over 4,000 graduates exhibiting ..