The second galleries for Summer School 2016 are now live and they are AMAZING! The Make it in Design team are honoured to have been able to unite people across the globe, who signed up to participate in creating patterns. With 3 different categories of creative briefs, there was a track to suit everyone’s level of design ability and we are so proud to share the results with the world today!
Below is a sneak peak of some of the fabulous work submitted along with links for each track gallery. Prepare to be inspired by the incredible selection of work on show – so grab yourself a cuppa and dive in!
Beginner Track – Honest Hand Marks
Here are some of the patterns for the Patternbank trend: ‘Honest / Hand Marks‘ – gorgeous textures overload!
VIEW GALLERY – BEGINNER track CREATIVE BRIEF 2
Intermediate Track – Escape/Souk
Here are some of the patterns for the Patternbank trend: ‘Escape / Souk‘ – some really richly textured and detailed patterns.
VIEW GALLERY – INTERMEDIATE track CREATIVE BRIEF 2
Advanced Track – Treasured / Summer Botanicals
These bold and amazing patterns were created for the Patternbank trend ‘Treasured / Summer Botanicals‘ – beautiful florals celebrating summer.
VIEW GALLERY – ADVANCED track CREATIVE BRIEF 2
Summer School hasn’t ended just yet! We’ve still got lots of prize winners and exciting new things to announce!
Missed our Creative Brief #1 galleries? View them here!
SUMMER SCHOOL PRIZES!
We have teamed up with Fashion Formula for this year’s Summer School. Along side the chance to win a free place on an upcoming module from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design per track, participants can also get the chance to see their designs come alive in print courtesy of Fashion Formula. Find out more about Fashion Formula here in our recent interview.
Fashion Formula have offered 9 prizes in total, 3 for each track of Summer School based on work submitted to the two trend briefs:
- 1st prize: 3 meters of any fabric from their range and 4 sheets of gift wrap (50 x 70 cm each)
- 2nd prize: 1 meter of any fabric from their range and 2 sheets of gift wrap (50 x 70 cm each)
- 3rd prize: 2 Fat quarters of any fabric ( 65 x 48 cm) and 1 Sheet of gift wrap (50 x 70 cm each)
This is a fantastic opportunity to see your designs in physical form and we look forward to announcing the winners on Friday September 2, 2016.
We want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Patternbank who provided us with all the SS17 Print Trends for this years Summer School. Want an insight into their world and read why they are such a fantastic resource for designers? Check out this interview with Neil Elliott, Trends & Insight Expert from Patternbank!
Keep an eye out for their TOP PATTERN PICKS from Summer School 2016 over the next couple of weeks!
Winter School – coming soon!
Want to be a part of our next awesome global design event? Join our waiting list to hear when registration opens for our NEW Winter School coming soon!
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