3rd November 2021
Now, more than ever, designers and makers are addressing the future of our planet and embracing sustainable and ethical making and materials. Design-Nation is therefore very pleased to have partnered this September with our brand ambassador Barbara Chandler at Deborah Spencer’s exciting new Planted Cities event, launched at London Design Festival 2021. At Deborah’s invitation, … Continued
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4th October 2021
Over the summer we’ve been working in partnership with Cultivator Cornwall and Devon Guild of Craftsmen. We put together a professional development programme to support the Guild’s Making It exhibition, a showcase of emerging creative talent from the Southwest of England. After running a series of seminars designed to equip emerging makers with knowledge and … Continued
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31st August 2021
Our membership panel met recently to consider yet more applications to join the Design-Nation portfolio. Standards remain impressively high and we’re seeing increasing levels of courage as contemporary makers tackle sometimes troubling and complex questions about how we live, designing and creating entirely original solutions. We are pleased to welcome sixteen new members this summer: … Continued
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1st June 2021
Our latest membership call-out has resulted in another seven new full Design-Nation members. Seven’s been a recurring number in our recruitments in the last couple of years – but we promise that it’s a coincidence rather than a target that we give to our hardworking selection panels. (And to be honest it’s not strictly true … Continued
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11th March 2021
We have welcomed 23 new members this winter: fourteen makers join our online portfolio and nine recent graduates have signed up for the Design-Nation Graduate Programme. We’re delighted to introduce this wealth of talent, with an exciting diversity of disciplines, materials and inspirations across the portfolio. Ceramics have always been a strength in our membership, … Continued
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27th August 2020
Design-Nation works with partners across the craft and design sector to support and promote the best talent and most innovative creative entrepreneurs across the UK. Membership is by application and is reviewed by an independent panel twice a year. Our regular August panel have now chosen seven more impressive makers for Design-Nation membership. Earlier selection … Continued
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