New Designers The First 12 Months
Each year one show in London hosts all the arts departments from colleges and universities in the country in an exhibition called New Designers. Not only does it give students an opportunity to showcase their work nationally, it is also a barometer for many businesses seeking out new talent.
New Designers had roughly 15,000 visitors last year across the two weeks it was open. There are over 200 courses that exhibit with just over 3000 students taking part. An intriguing element of the show is to invite back the previous year’s exhibitors to see how they have fared during their first year in business. The show calls it One Year In and here we look at some of those participating in the review.
An intriguing element of the show is to invite back previous year’s exhibitors to see how they have faired during their first year in business.
Last year Alice Funge made her breakthrough at the show when she was spotted by the National Trust (NT) winning their Associate Award and receiving a prestigious commission to produce a range of work for sale in the NT shops.
