New Designers Selection

In previous years, Upper Street events has run its New Designers Selection exhibition as a feature exhibit within the London Design Festival. This year is different and the showcase of emerging creative talent, drawn from the best at the New Designers graduate show, appears solely in Design Week and online at www.newdesigners/selection.

By highlighting some of the more interesting projects from design's rising stars, the publication provide a snapshot of directions being taken by the new generation of creative across six fields share their insight into trends in their area of expertise.

These areas are diverse, ranging from product and furniture, to fashion, jewellery, spatial design and visual communications. Some fo the designers cited here are pioneering innovation in materials and processes, but all suggest a deep commitment to social issues and environmental concerns.

This is a powerful message. These people represent the future of design and it is great to see them engaging in such issues at the outset of their careers. It bodes well for design's ability not just to create products and services that ensure our livies, but to make a real difference in a changing world.
Linda Relph-Knight, Editor, Design Week

Six of our key event supporters from Joe Ferry at Virgin Atlantic to Theo Williams at Habitat, have given their comment on new trends, practices and direction found at the New Designers event in July. To view this, and our selection of highlighted work from this year's New Designers please click on the links below.