Artist Blacksmithing Student exhibit at New Designers

Published on 22.07.15

New Designers is a graduate exhibition held in the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from 24th-27th June. It’s a national showcase of graduates from all the major institutions within the UK, with over 3,000 graduates participating and an estimated 20,000 people attending the event. We give all our students the opportunity to attend and this

New Designers is a graduate exhibition held in the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from 24th-27th June. It’s a national showcase of graduates from all the major institutions within the UK, with over 3,000 graduates participating and an estimated 20,000 people attending the event.

We give all our students the opportunity to attend and this year nine out of our ten graduates chose to join us. It was a mammoth task: taking work down from the degree show last thing on the Saturday in Hereford, packing the van, driving up to the Business Design Centre first thing on Monday and setting up the show before the close of Tuesday.

We all need to work together as a team, as we curate the stand, which is a fraction of the space available at the degree show. After lots of camaraderie and teamwork the show was up in a record time, and looked fabulous!

New Designers is a real springboard for many students’ careers, often with editorial coverage, commissions offered, approaches from galleries and sales.

This year was no exception as over the last few days I have started to have emails from graduates, feeding back on their success as they look forward to embarking on their careers as forged metal designers.

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