Designers
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DecodedFashion - Where Fashion Meets Tech
I was lucky to be a VIP guest at DecodedFashion in New York this week, a new annual conference that brings the fashion and tech industries together for the first time, offering the very best innovators, brands and creative firms from across the globe. Speakers included founder of Tumblr David Karp, Amy Cole of [Instagram](http://www.instagr...
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Support for designers in search for Nottingham's 'creative twin'
A sustainable design project is helping three Nottingham designers to find their ‘creative twin’ through a series of eco-exchanges and events. Nottingham Trent University’s Future Factory project is currently supporting craft designer, Debbie Bryan, lace textile designer...
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Come rain or shine, it’s time for a PICNIC
PICNIC Festival 2011 opens the gates to the PICNIC City welcoming innovative professionals from all corners of the globe. On Wednesday, 14 September, PICNIC Festival 2011 revealed the results of a windy week of construction at the NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam. Guests...
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Caravan launch exhibition in a unique gallery space
Caravan is run by a collective of artists and designers, keen to give other artists and designers from Scotland and beyond an opportunity to showcase and sell their work in a unique space. They were originally gifted a caravan by the artist Laura Byrne, who used one as part of an installation (you may have seen this stationed at the ECA)...
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'Design 4 Health' exhibition
Health professionals, inventors and academics rubbed shoulders at a new conference and exhibition held in Sheffield. Among the delegates at Sheffield Hallam University's 'Design 4 Health' conference were Andrew Slorance, a man who has designed his own Carbon Black wheelchair...
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(R)evolutionary thinking continues in Shropshire
Shropgeek, a group of Shropshire based web developers, designers and creatives started in 2009 with one simple aim, to share ideas. Now the group who have nearly 700 followers on Twitter are attracting world class speakers to Shropshire for their (R)evolution web event on 2nd September...
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Brighton Digital Festival announces line-up
Brighton’s first month-long festival of digital culture, incorporating performances, exhibitions, conferences, workshops and meet-ups, takes place this September on the south coast. The Brighton Digital Festival together internationally renowned digital leaders and artists, taking part in more than 30 events over 30 days...
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The Stalls celebrates its first birthday
It's officially The Stalls gallery/boutique's birthday month, and to celebrate its first year of trading it will be holding its first ever sale from 10am-6pm this Saturday (16th July 2011), with an amazing 20% off all handmade arts and crafts at this spectacular one day sale. The Stalls, described as a 'haven for fledging artists and designers' have been overwhelmed with the number of makers that ...
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Virtual fashion show wows crowds
The University of Salford’s annual graduate fashion show incorporated the latest in digital technology with a virtual catwalk at Umbro’s design studio in Dale Street, Manchester. Fresh from their first ever live show at London’s Graduate Fashion Week, and winning the British Fashion Council’s Best Portfolio Award for the second year running...
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Wallpaper* readers to design their own cover and personalised Rolex ad
Readers of Wallpaper* will be able to design and receive their own cover for the August Handmade issue of the international design, fashion and lifestyle magazine. Building on the success of last year’s Custom Covers initiative, readers can play art director with an improved Custom Covers tool, as well as create a personalised Rolex advertisement that will appear on the back cover...









