NEW DESIGNERS 2008
Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street , Islington, London N1 0QH Thursday to Saturday 11am-6pm; Sundays 11am-4pm
Pre-book tickets online at www.newdesigners.com or telephone bookings from mid April on 08448 480136: £9.00 + £1.50 booking fee; £13 on the door.
Part 1 – 3-6 July: Contemporary Applied Arts, Ceramics & Glass, Textiles, Fashion & Accessories, Jewellery & Precious Metalwork
Part 2 – 10-13 July: Product Design, Furniture Design, Illustration and Animation, Graphic Design & Interactive Media, Photography, Spatial Design (Architecture, Interior Design, Theatre Design & Model Making).
New Designers is the foremost event in graduate design. The show is exciting, surprising, and vibrant – a hotbed of smart thinking and original ideas brought together in the dynamic environment of the Business Design Centre. Not only does New Designers launch the careers of some 4000 newly qualified designers, but it also unveils the design stars of the future. Fresh from the UK 's design courses, exhibitors are keen to attract public and professional attention, and work is available to commission and to buy.
Trend spotter Thorsten van Elten is curating the perennially popular One Year On feature where especially selected design entrepreneurs showcase collections destined for shops, galleries and private clients. There is a series of fascinating seminars and talks by some of the most influential names in the design professions, providing guidance, tips and insights into different aspects of the creative industries. And, for prospective students there are the Schools' Days that no school leaver considering a degree in design will want to miss. They are an invaluable opportunity to check out which course best suits a would-be designer.
For anyone with an interest in contemporary design, predicting trends, identifying new styles and current ideas, the answer is to visit New Designers.
For more information see: www.newdesigners.com
Local Scottish City Events
The Degree Show season is upon us! If you cannot make it down to New Designers in London, visit your local art & design college to browse the next generation of creatives.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show:
14th–24th June 2008
Glasgow Glasgow School of Art Degree Show: 14th–21st June 2008
Also on @ the Review Gallery The Lighthouse: 01 March - 01 June 2008
Elaine Bremner An exhibition of work by innovative textile designer Elaine Bremner whose work challenges the traditions of weaving and stretches the possibilities of digital inkjet printing. Her experimental work includes unusual structures, and combinations of textiles and yarns, which exaggerate and intensify or diffuse and distort the digital print and so create unique and innovative results.
Dundee
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design: 17th-24th May 2008
Also on @ Dundee Contemporary Arts Shop from 17th June-3rd August 2008 Rebecca Wilson & Naomi James
Duncan of Jordanstone ceramics graduate Rebecca Wilson's work deals with the subject of value by considering the system of values bestowed upon familiar objects and possessions. She explores how the perception of an object is altered by its material, situation, or scale, and by making ironic and playful changes to these properties, encourages the viewer to question the value of the object.
Naomi James's recent work began with picking up feathers in the park, she found that despite their delicate appearance they could be transformed into a solid form by embossing into silver. She then experimented further with dried flowers, leaves and leaf skeletons and found that an amazing amount of detail was picked up on the silver, which she then complemented with touches of 18 carat gold.
Aberdeen
Grays School of Art Degree Show: 17th-21st June 2008
Also on @
Aberdeen Art Gallery From 03 May 2008 To 31 May 2008
Aberdeen Artists Society 74th Annual Exhibition
This major annual “open” exhibition provides professional, established, amateur and emerging artists with a platform to show an exciting range of work including painting, sculpture, printmaking, jewellery, textiles and film. Shell U.K. Limited continues its support for the event with artists' awards of £7,000. |
