7 days to go

…until the start of The Ultimate Portfolio Builder

The power of our community

As standard, you will be supported, motivated and driven in the direction of making your career as successful and inspiring as possible in class thanks to the incredible community that surrounds each of our courses.

Over the last four years we have welcomed over 5,000 designers and creatives from over 62 countries to join us on our courses and partnered with a fabulous array of established brands, designers and companies who’ve contributed to make The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design what it is today.

Many meet up outside of class…

Others form incredible partnerships…

Such as the fabulous Wendy Kendall a former graduate of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design. Who joined forces with several other designers she met through our course to create Dotty Wren Studio. This is testament to the incredible community that has built up around our course.

Four Corners is an international collective of artists and surface pattern designers creating fresh, modern patterns for products and publications and they are:

Beth Schneider in Chicago, USA
Emma McGowan in Brighton, England
Jane Kirkpatrick in Glasgow, Scotland
Jocelyn Proust in Coffs Harbour, Australia
Julie Anson in Inverkip, Scotland
Kevin Brackley in Sydney, Australia
Pippa Shaw in Aix-en-Provence, France

These seven talented designers met in class on the Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design e-courses and immediately recognised like-minds.

And others rave about it…

“The most powerful element of the course for me has been the sense of community that has been present throughout the past eight weeks. This sense of community has offered support, advice and inspiration, this valuable resource has really helped me develop my sense of identity as a designer.” – Sue D
“ABSPD and my fellow students have encouraged me to be confident in my work and because of the feedback and constant inspiration from others I’ve grown so much in just a few short months. And that is priceless.” – Beth S
“The Facebook Group has been such a fun, safe place to find support and inspiration. The whole experience has been wonderful” – Michelle
“Sharing and showing the work in a group setting has been the best thing of all. Such an amazing, supportive design community online under the watchful eye and guidance of Rachael. Thanks you so much for this course, it has been such great value for money also, highly recommended by me!” – Adrienne

Being part of a community is about sharing, growing and opening up to who you really are.

We really hope you can join us for one The Ultimate Portfolio Builder starting March 21 and that you get to experience this amazing community too.

See you soon!

P.S We love this repost from one of students on Instagram @zoeoliviaelsdon @atiliay

We’re on the official countdown to the next The Ultimate Portfolio Builder brought to you in association with Printsource New York!

This advanced seven-week on-line professional surface pattern design course kicks off on Monday March 21, 2016, and we can’t wait to share all the tales of fun, friendship and fortune to be had in this module!