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Let’s Pattern Bomb the World!

The Make it in Design Team are WOWED everyday with how you talented people are adding fun, colour, energy and amazing PATTERN to the world around us!

We are now more than half way through this FREE global pattern bombing challenge but it’s not to late for  YOU and all your friends to get involved and take the world by storm!

We want you to ‘pattern bomb’ your street, town, city or favourite holiday destination by adding your designs to a landmark, building, statue, road, bridge, vehicle, hill or any structure that catches your eye and is crying out for some pattern love!

Share your designs with us on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram before 8pm (GMT) August 28, 2015using TWO hashtags #makeitindesign and #patternbombing to be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes – don’t forget to give a location hint too if it’s not obvious!

IMPORTANT: We want you to do this visually through digital mock-up form only and have created a helpful technical guide (below) to help you achieve this using Photoshop.  Please also only use your own photography and patterns unless you have permission from the copyright owner.

Please download and save a copy of this FREE global design brief here.

 A Helpful Technical Guide

We’ve created a handy guide for beginners, intermediate and advanced users of Photoshop to explain how you can create your pattern bomb! Please note that we are unable to offer any further technical support.

Taking Inspiration

Here are a few examples of what our amazing design community have created so far to get you started! Take inspiration from your chosen location and its cultural influences. Think about designing a pattern that reflects where you’re from or what’s important to the location you’re #patternbombing and let’s bring design to the world one awesome pattern at a time! Check out our Facebook album here for the latest examples.

We will be offering a number of exciting prizes to those who show the best use of pattern so please do check out the full details below:

1st Prize: worth approx. £850 

• Wacom tablet – Intuos Pro Small*
• A free place on courses from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design including:
• Module 1: ‘Designing Your way’ starting this September 21, 2015
• Module 2: ‘Creating your professional identity’ starting February 1, 2016
• Module 3: ‘Monetising your designs’ starting April 4, 2016
• Plus a special feature in our fun publication and promotion across our Make it in Design website and social networks.

2nd prize: worth £448

• A free place on courses from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design including:
• Module 1: ‘Designing Your way’ starting this September 21, 2015
• Module 2: ‘Creating your professional identity’ starting February 1, 2016
• Plus a special feature in our fun publication and promotion across our Make it in Design website and social networks.

3rd prize: worth £189

• A free place on Module 1: ‘Designing your way’ starting September 21, 2015 from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design
• Plus a special feature in our fun publication and promotion across our Make it in Design website and social networks.

Spot prizes (for innovation, creativity or impact):

We will be giving away spot prizes up to August 28, 2015, which include fabulous Rachael Taylor goodies and books from the 20 ways to draw series (Pub: Quarry).

*Note that should for any reason the Wacom tablet is unavailable a suitable match will be offered to the same or greater value.

How & what to submit

Once you have created your digital mock-up, please share your designs with us on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram before 8pm (GMT) August 28, 2015 using TWO hashtags:

#makeitindesign

#patternbombing

to be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes. NOTE you must use BOTH hashtags.

Please also email your high res mock-up to [email protected] if you wish to be considered for our fun publication that we’ll share with the design industry later this year (see more information on this below).

The deadline for all entries is 8pm (GMT) on August 28, 2015.

The Important Bits!

• We only want you to do this visually through digital mock-up form only unless you have obtained permission to physically decorate a surface
• Please make sure you use your own pictures and patterns unless given permission by the copyright owner
• You may submit as many ‘pattern bombs’ as you like, there is no limit
• Competition ends 8pm (GMT) on August 28, 2015
• There is no cash alternative offered in the event that the winner is unable to use the prize for any reason.
• By entering this competition you agree to your image to be promoted on the Make it in Design website and social networks.
• The winners will be selected by the Make it in Design team and announced on September 1, 2015.
• The judges decision is final.

Our Fun Publication

We will be creating a beautiful online publication using a selection of your mocked-up images to show what a brighter place our world could look like if we splashed it with pattern.

Therefore please also email your high resolution images (300dpi and at least 1000px wide) including your name and the location / landmark you have #patternbombed to [email protected] using ‘PATTERNBOMBING PUBLICATION’ as the title of your email.

Good luck and please spread the #patternbombing word!