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Only SEVEN days left to apply for Liverpool Design Festival: The Design Show
July 27, 2010 10:01
Liverpool Design Festival 2010 - The Design Show: 19th - 21st November 2010
This is the final week in which you have an opportunity to apply to join 60 other designers from across the UK at this major show.
You will be exhibiting alongside some of the best designers and craftspeople from around the country including Ilsa Parry, Ella Doran, and top upcoming fashion designer Claudette Joseph
At this stage we are very keen to see a strong representation from Liverpool designers and makers, but our applications remain open to everyone.. Please also note that we accept applications from group and shared stands.
Just get your applications to us by 31st July, either by email or postmarked by this date. Late applications will be considered at our discretion
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Here are the Details...
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Liverpool Design Festival launched in November 2009 as a new annual design and contemporary craft festival. In 2009 the Festival incorporated over a dozen events in Liverpool city centre and wider Merseyside area. 8000 people visited or participated in exhibitions, workshops, debates and talks and the Festival saw hundreds of designers from across the UK show their work.
Since gaining the title of Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool continues to thrive as a centre of cultural excellence. As well as holding the Biennial Arts Festival, 2010 is Liverpool's year of innovation, health and wellbeing.
The 2010 Festival, running from 19th to 28th November, builds on the success of the previous year's events, and celebrates and promotes quality design. It encourages an appreciation of craft and design by the widest possible audience, providing opportunities for participation, particularly by young people, in design and artistic appreciation whilst also supporting new and emerging practitioners.
ABOUT THE DESIGN SHOW
The Design Show, open 19th to 21st November, is the signature event of the Festival and aims to showcase the best in contemporary design from the North West and the rest of the UK. It will present a selection of exciting and inspiring interior products, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, jewellery, textiles, designer fashion and fashion accessories.
The event welcomes designers producing innovative new work and those that incorporate eco-design practices at the heart of their business. We offer an opportunity to launch new ranges in the UK and a high profile event that supports emerging talent and established designers.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Call For Entries application pack for The Design Show can be downloaded here
Alternatively, if you want a pack sending to you email Frank Collins - frank@designinit.org.uk - with your contact details. It can be emailed or posted to you.
Standard 3m x 1m exhibition shell schemes, complete with power, lighting and name board, are available and you can purchase additional square metres to create bigger stands. We can also offer a space only option allowing you to create and install your own stand. We welcome applications from group exhibitors and stand sharers conditional on all exhibitors on the stand being successfully selected by the panel.
Stands hold a standard charge of £350 per 3m x 1m shell scheme plus £60 per additional square metre required if your application is successful
JUDGING PANELS
For interior products and design and contemporary craft (including
furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, je wellery, textiles, wall coverings etc) our independent selection panel is:
Maureen Bampton, Director - Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Beatrice Mayfield, Maker Development Manager - Crafts Council
Frank Collins, Design Show Project Manager - Design Initiative
David Grimshaw, Programme Leader, 3D Design - MMU
Dick Mawdsley, Director - Utility
Claire Norcross, Designer - Jerwood Prize exhibitor
An independent selection panel will specifically judge designer fashion and fashion accessories (jewellery, bags, other wearables) including:
Joanne Watkinson, Head Buyer for mywardrobe.com
Kirsty Doyle, Luxury womenswear designer and winner Project Catwalk 2006 - www.kirsty-doyle.com
VENUE
The Design Show will take place at the Grade 1 listed St.George's Hall in the city centre of Liverpool. The Hall is widely regarded as one of the finest neo-classical buildings in the world and stands 169ft long and 74ft wide with a tunnel vaulted ceiling - the largest of its kind in Europe. It is central to Liverpool's Cultural Quarter and is a key part of the area which is a designated World Heritage Site.
MEDIA PROFILE
In 2009 the Festival generated the advertising value equivalent of approximately £130,000 in print, web and broadcast media coverage across more than 60 on and off-line publications.
CONTACT
If you need further details please contact: Frank Collins - 0161 834 3722 - frank@designinit.org.uk
You can also sign up to Festival bulletins on the Festival website here
Liverpool Design Festival is run by industry support body Design Initiative, with the support of the City of Liverpool and the National Lottery through Arts Council England.