Winter School 2019
Start your New Year filled with inspiration, creativity and lots of new friends by joining the Make it in Design Winter School.
This exciting global online design event gives you experience working to A/W 19/20 trend briefs, helps build your portfolio, connect with other designers around the world and gives you the opportunity to get your work published!
Winter School will run for four weeks from January 14 – February 08, 2019 and for just £20 (approx $25 USD), you can choose from our Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced tracks or enjoy an attractive discount when you sign up for multiple track bundles available in our shop.
Winter School offers exciting creative briefs inspired by A/W 19/20 trend reports from the fabulous trend consultants Porter & Brawn, an amazing chance to get your designs printed onto fabric and gift wrap thanks to Fashion Formula, awesome downloads, fun tasks, lovely prizes, the chance to get published in a future issue of MOYO magazine, and lots of treats along the way too!
Two beginner creative briefs inspired by real A/W 19/20 trends from Porter & Brawn to help you generate new sketches and simple patterns (one brief in weeks 1 & 3)
Two fun beginner design exercises to get you out and about and having fun (one exercise in weeks 2 & 4)
A chance to see your work come alive on giftwrap and fabric thanks to Fashion Formula who will select 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners per track (see below for more details)
Two impressive downloadable high resolution papers/textured backgrounds to use in your projects
Exclusive downloadable wallpaper for your desktop, phone and iPad!
Chance to win a free place on Module 1 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (self paced class) worth £139
Access to our private Winter School Facebook group where you can connect with other designers participating in this cool event
Chance to get your work published in MOYO magazine, on the Make it in Design website and across our social networks.
Beginners will be able to tackle the briefs either on the computer (Illustrator/Photoshop) or traditionally off the computer. Please note that no technical guidance is offered during Winter School.
Two intermediate creative briefs inspired by real A/W 19/20 trends from Porter & Brawn to help you generate new sketches and simple patterns (one brief in weeks 1 & 3)
Two fun intermediate design exercises to get you out and about and having fun (one exercise in weeks 2 & 4)
A chance to see your work come alive on giftwrap and fabric thanks to Fashion Formula who will select 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners per track (see below for more details)
Free colour palettes to push your creative boundaries
Two impressive downloadable high resolution stock photographs to use in your projects
Exclusive downloadable wallpaper for your desktop, phone and iPad!
Chance to win a free place on Module 2 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (self paced class) worth £189
Access to our private Winter School Facebook group where you can connect with other designers participating in this cool event
Chance to get your work published in MOYO magazine, on the Make it in Design website and across our social networks.
The intermediate creative briefs will be aimed at Illustrator/Photoshop users. Please note that no technical guidance is offered during Winter School.
Two advanced creative briefs inspired by real A/W 19/20 trends from Porter & Brawn to help you generate new sketches and simple patterns (one brief in weeks 1 & 3)
Two fun advanced design exercises to get you looking at things in a different way and doing things you’ve never done before (one exercise in weeks 2 & 4)
A chance to see your work come alive on giftwrap and fabric thanks to Fashion Formula who will select 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners per track (see below for more details)
Impressive downloadable rights-free stock product photography and room set image exclusively styled for Make it in Design to enable you to produce professional mock-ups for your portfolio
Exclusive downloadable wallpaper for your desktop, phone and iPad!
Chance to win a free place on Module 3 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (self paced class)worth £269
Access to our private Winter School Facebook group where you can connect with other designers participating in this cool event
Chance to get your work published in MOYO magazine, on the Make it in Design website and across our social networks.
The advanced creative briefs will be aimed at Illustrator/Photoshop users. Please note that no technical guidance is offered during Winter School.