Welcome back to the Make it in Design blog! Today we’re thrilled to share a gorgeous curation of artwork out of Summer Design School 2023.
Summer Design School is an annual online creative event where we provide creatives all over the globe with cutting edge design briefs to push their creativity and skill set, and to expand their design portfolio. This year we were honoured once again to partner with trend consultancy Porter & Brawn who also provided us with the coolest trends for our Summer Design School participants as well as for our exclusive online members’ club The Make it in Design Live Hub!
Below you can find Porter & Brawn’s top picks from each track of Summer Design School 2023:
Commenting on their selection, P&B said:
“We love being a part of Summer School and it’s always fantastic to see so many different concepts which shows how well each designer has responded with an individual direction based upon a strong understanding of the original brief and crucially their own further research.
Never an easy task, but we have highlighted designs which not only grabbed our attention but also demonstrated commercial viability and perfectly answered the brief. Thank you once again to everyone that took part and shared their progress along the way.”
FROM BEGINNER 1: SUMMER SKIES
LUCY HEBDEN
NICOLA THOMPSON
PETRA OTTKOWSKI
KATHERINE CORY
KATHERINE CORY
BEGINNER BRIEF 2: BEACHCOMBER
EVA NIKOLETTA
LUCY CONWAY
SAMANTHA WHEATLAND
SIMONE CARR
STACEY SPIVAK
SUSIE HUNTER
INTERMEDIATE BRIEF 1: BOHO ESCAPE
ALMA DUTOIT
GENNIFER MARCH
HANNAH HERVEPETTS
JILL HASBACH BROEREN
KRISTINA GRAY
LAURA SOUTHGATE
LUCY CONWAY
LUCY HEBDEN
SAMANTHA WHEATLAND
INTERMEDIATE BRIEF 2: PLAYFUL FLORALS
AMY NICHOLSON
CHRISTINE GIARRUSSO
LYNN PRIESTLEY
NATALIE HAUSER
SAMANTHA WHEATLAND
SUSIE HUNTER
ADVANCED BRIEF 1: TROPICAL DAZE
LUCY CONWAY
MANDY LEESON
MARY BROUGHTON
STEFANY SHERMAN
LISETTE NIEMAND
ADVANCED BRIEF 2: AEGEAN NIGHTS
SUSIE HUNTER
IVY CONNER
MELANIE KNIGHT
NAOMI EDWARDS
NICOLA BARONI
SARAH RICHARDS
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