The importance of online portfolios with ARTS THREAD

The future of the portfolio is changing. Employers in the creative industries will expect to see your work online as an e-portfolio. Drawing on his experience in the design industry, co-founder of Arts Thread, Alex Brownless will explain the increasing importance of online portfolios for getting you and your work noticed.

Solid Thinking - Getting the right design, getting the design right 

 
ND 2011

18:00 - 20:00

Secret Wars Live Art Battle at New Designers

Global phenomenon, Secret Wars, hits New Designers for a very special collaboration on our Thursday Late Night Part 2; artists will gather with black paint markers to battle it out against each other and create a visual spectacle in front of a live audience.

Drinks sponsored by Beck's Fusion.

The IDA are holding clinics on Thursday 7 July – Saturday 9 July at their stand, SP26 within the spatial design area

You'll find experienced designers from RPW Design, Gensler and HLM, who are happy to advise and encourage students, giving them information about the realities of working in the industry.

Careers Advice from Design Industry Specialists - followed by questions from the audience.

In both Part 1 and Part 2 of New Designers, careers experts from the design specialisms relevant to those of the graduates showcasing their work, will discuss the changing world of work in their sector and will take questions from the audience on all aspects of launching your career in today's challenging market - whether you are looking for employment, freelance or starting your own business.

Arts Thread partner of New Designers 

AOI - Your next step – A short guided tour to a confident career in illustration after graduation presented by Derek Brazell, Illustrator and Projects Manager

Do you know what copyright is? You’re offered a nationwide campaign for a mobile phone company. Are you able to price it? Are you confident your self promotion is good enough? How do you get yourself noticed?
 

Facing the challenges ahead with New Designers

We are aware of the many challenges and changes universities are now being faced with following government cuts. Therefore, it is even more important for universities to use New Designers to showcase the excellent standard of teaching, celebrate and support its graduates, communicate changes and ensure future growth through recruitment.  

Habitat's Interactive Talk

An interactive discussion involving real Habitat design stories from the design studio team and Matt Long, Rachael Sleight and Naoko Kanehira who exhibited at New Designers in 2008 to demonstrate the opportunities for creative people in the design retail business.

Sky - ‘15 minutes of fame starts with 10 Seconds of creative genius’ with Paul Butler, Creative Director, Sky

Are you a fresh thinker? Are you completely out of your box? If you consider yourself an exceptional young creative talent then why not come and be inspired by Sky Creative. We’ll give you an insight into the world of multi media design, a opportunity to talk to some of the industries most creative designers and offer you the chance to enter a great competition to potentially get your work on air!

The Secrets to Success: how to make a career out of illustration

Digital Arts' editor Neil Bennett and four of the UK's leading illustrators engage in a lively, opinionated discussion on the steps graduates should take to move from university days to a rewarding career as a professional illustrator.

Each of the illustrators will give a short talk on how their career has progressed from graduation to where they are today – revealing how a mix of talent, self-promotion and a bit of luck has helped them to creative and professional success. These talks will be followed up by a panel discussion based around a series of questions that are on every graduate's mind: from 'How do I make some/more/any money?' and 'Do I need to up sticks to London?' to 'Can I work for big clients without selling my soul?' and 'How do I stop myself from telling clients to £$%* off?'. They'll then throw the discussion opens to questions from the audience to find out exactly what you want to know.
 

Crafts Council - Hothouse: Support for emerging designer makers 

Madeleine Furness, Maker Development Officer, Crafts Council will discuss Hothouse - the Crafts Council’s new programme to provide emerging makers with the skills and knowledge to develop and run a long term, high quality craft business.

Madeleine will talk about this new initiative, what it entails and how it can help new graduates.

SBID provides a bridge between education and employment. It uniquely provides opportunity for professionals, undergraduates and graduates to become fully accredited to the European standard of European Council of Interior Architects & Designers (ECIA) in Britain and has a network of 50,000 qualified members across Europe and beyond.

 

14:00-15:00 

Design Museum - Commissioning Design

Margaret Cubbage, Design Museum Curator will discuss Designers in Residence at the Design Museum - a unique and prestigious platform for up and coming talent. It is an opportunity for the Design Museum to commission new design and support the next generation of designers from different backgrounds.

Margaret Cubbage has curated the programme for the last 3 years and will talk about the programme in more detail explaining how the Design Museum collaborates with the designers to create ground-breaking design as well as offer the visitors of the museum with a unique insight and understanding of the design process.