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Gloriously Diverse: 24 New Members

23rd August 2022

At the beginning of 2022 Design-Nation set out the future priorities for our portfolio: Excellence, Diversity and Sustainability. These are all qualities evident in our latest tranche of new members, selected earlier this month by our independent panel. We’re particularly pleased about the wide diversity of practice these talented designers and makers are embracing, and … Continued

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New Designers 2022 Award Winners

13th July 2022

Design-Nation is pleased to announce four fabulous new members, all of whom have joined the portfolio through its long running partnership with New Designers. Our judges were delighted to be back at the Business Design Centre in London over the last fortnight to judge the best rising stars from the One Year In feature. We’ve … Continued

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Locally Crafted in Cornwall

14th June 2022

Shop local, support local business, invest in the handmade: all messages that have rightly become increasingly more important in recent times. And there’s a fabulous opportunity to be on message this week as Craft Festival returns to Bovey Tracey. What could be better than visiting the stand of Design-Nation’s Cornwall & Devon group, admiring the … Continued

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New Designers is back: celebrating future stars

10th June 2022

This month the much-feted and long-running* graduate showcase New Designers returns to the Business Design Centre London – and so do we, with a great ticket offer. Design-Nation is delighted to once again be sponsoring the One Year In awards, as our team of expert eyes meet the rising stars and recent start-ups in the … Continued

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Questioning minds, skillful hands: our new members

8th June 2022

In late May our independent panel convened to review the latest tranche of membership applications and they were delighted with what they saw. It seems that makers’ standards improve all the time: while the materials deployed are relatively traditional (ceramics, glass, metal, textiles, wood), the range of skills and technical knowledge employed by designer-makers are … Continued

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Talks Programme for The Future of Craft

5th May 2022

We’re delighted to announce our lively talks programme for The Future of Craft next week, our partnership event for London Craft Week 2022. The complete programme is here, or follow the individual links below to book your place. Friday 13 May 12 noon: Joint Endeavours – Panel Discussion on Creative Collaboration led by Fabienne O’Neill … Continued

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