AMAZING! The Make it in Design team are so incredibly proud of the talented Summer Design School community we’ve been honoured to welcome into our community this year! The Make it in Design team have genuinely LOVED every moment of Summer Design School 2023 and we really do hope you’ve enjoyed it just as much and your work speaks for itself. Today we are delighted to announce our winners and offer a HUGE congratulations and thanks to you all!

From our Co-founder Rachael Taylor:

“Summer Design School is so motivating to so many of our community and something that the team and I look forward to each year as it fills our summer with so much joy and colour!

We are so very proud of all of the talent, contagious energy and the continuous community support shown during and after the event – what a wonderful community we have. Every year our seasonal schools, consistently raise the bar higher and higher and we find it so very hard to pick our winners out of the hundreds of gorgeous submissions. We say it each year but honestly Summer School is such a highlight for us and as we look forward to hearing what comes next in your bright futures in surface pattern design and we want to thank you all so much for taking part. Plus we hope to see you back again for Winter School coming up early January! Rachael xoxo”

PRIZE DRAW WINNERS – TREND BRIEFS

During Summer Design School 2023 we held a prize draw to win places on 3 of our online courses from the Make it in Design school! Entrants were required to simply submit work to the online submission galleries for the trend design briefs in their TRACK and subsequently were entered into the prize draw. That was it – it’s not based on favourites or skill – it’s the luck of the draw so everyone had the chance to win!

A PLACE ON ‘MODULE 1 – DESIGNING YOUR WAY (INSTANT ACCESS CLASS)

FROM OUR BEGINNER TRACK:

Module 1 is an instant-access online course where you will learn everything you need to know to turn basic sketches into elements for pattern design. Find out more about colour and pattern, how to create mood boards and how to create repeat patterns in Adobe Illustrator. Module 1 is a fantastic introduction to the surface pattern design industry and helps YOU to find your passion, personal style and place within it. FIND OUT MORE HERE.

AND THE WINNER IS…

STEPHANIE ROTH

* N.B This prize is one place on Module 1 from Make it in Design and is not transferable and there is no cash alternative.

A PLACE ON ‘MODULE 2 – CREATING YOUR PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY (INSTANT ACCESS CLASS)

FROM OUR INTERMEDIATE TRACK

Module 2 is a thrilling online course where you will learn how to develop your brand image, design advanced technical repeats in Photoshop and Illustrator, put a collection together and start your own label. You will also learn how to understand and predict trends, how to get noticed and get press, and how to protect your work. FIND OUT MORE HERE.

AND THE WINNER IS…

KRISTINA GRAY

* N.B This prize is one place on Module 2 from Make it in Design and is not transferable and there is no cash alternative.

A PLACE ON ‘MODULE 3 – MONETISING YOUR DESIGNS (INSTANT ACCESS CLASS)

FROM OUR ADVANCED TRACK

Module 3 is an exciting online course where you will learn everything you need to know to monetise your designs! This course includes the nitty gritty of freelancing, licensing, selling outright, manufacturing and more AND Rachael Taylor’s little black book of industry contacts! FIND OUT MORE HERE.

AND THE WINNER IS…

HANNAH HERVE-PETTS

* N.B This prize is one place on Module 3 from Make it in Design and is not transferable and there is no cash alternative.

Congratulations to all and if you could please contact the team via [email protected] to claim your prize!

BONUS PRIZES – TREND BRIEFS

For each Summer Design School 2023 trend design brief we offered the chance to win a track on Winter Design School 2024. This was awarded to one person per track (each week) who shared their work in progress or a finished piece via our social media channels or in the private Facebook group.

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

BEGINNER:

Nicola Thompson

Lauren Hawes

INTERMEDIATE:

Carron Fox

Vicki Barr

ADVANCED:

Imbi Krutrok

Sarah Richards

Congratulations to all and if you could please contact the team via [email protected] to claim your prize!

BONUS PRIZES – CREATIVE CHALLENGES

For each Summer Design School 2023 creative challenge we offered the chance to win a free month on The Make it in Design Live Hub for those sharing their work on our creative challenges either on social media or in the private Facebook group.