Fill your August designing on-trend patterns

We’re on the countdown to the start of THE on-line design event of the summer. The Make it in Design Summer School 2016 officially kicks off on Monday August 1, and we’re all getting pretty excited about it!

The classrooms will shortly be opening today to allow those signed up to start getting acquainted with each other in the private 2016 Summer School Facebook group and get familiar with the classroom layout … don’t worry, it’s dead easy!

We are thrilled to be working with Patternbank who’ve supplied the Spring/Summer 2017 trends for this year’s Summer School which include:

Further details will be shared on Monday when the first creative briefs go live in the classroom – whoop!

Join us today for an August designing gorgeous on-trend patterns. We hope to see you there!

Check out the galleries of work produced in Summer School 2015

Summer School 2015 Creative Brief #1

ADVANCED: Past Modern / Reworked Classics

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INTERMEDIATE: Eco-active / Organic Decay

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BEGINNER: Soft Pop / Bright Retro

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Summer School 2015 Creative Brief #2

ADVANCED: Deep Summer / Psychedelic

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INTERMEDIATE: Past Modern / Classic Font Clash

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BEGINNER: Eco Active / Global Geometric

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Galleries from Summer School 2014:

BEGINNER creative brief : #1 Tropical paradise | #2 Tribal shapes

INTERMEDIATE creative brief : #1 Retro geometric | #2 Animal print

ADVANCED creative brief : #1 Water Rays | #2 Tribal collage

Don’t forget to check out all the wonderful student work in our Surface Pattern Design Lookbook Volume 1.

Keep an eye out for our Surface Pattern Design Lookbook Volume 2 soon to be published and imagine yourself featuring in Volume 3! (only available when you take part in Summer School 2016!)