We are so EXCITED to share some images from the latest edition of Uppercase Magazine featuring a wonderful selection of work from our September 2017 students of The Ultimate Portfolio Builder!
Uppercase Magazine set our UPB students such a wonderful live brief and here are the results!
PLUS use the link below; with the discount code is MIID37 for $15 CAD off a subscription.
https://shop.uppercasemagazine.com/discount/MIID37…
A HUGE congrats to all those featured!
Passionate about pattern and are eager to break into the surface pattern industry? Our next classes begin May 14, 2018!
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We have teamed up with Uppercase Magazine for a giveaway for ONE FREE PLACE on the upcoming Module 3: Monetising your designs on May 14, 2018 which will be the last LIVE FORMAT version of this class!
Module 3: Monetising your designs is a five week 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 PLUS you’ll get free access to leading trend forecasting site WGSN, live briefs from real companies AND Rachael Taylor’s little black book of industry contacts!
We have welcomed students onto our courses from over 65 countries around the world, and our classrooms are accessible on-line 24/7, so you can join us from any time zone and fit the course into your busy life.
Module 3 includes:
- How to identify multiple streams of income for your designs
- How to sell and license your designs (what they don’t teach you at art school)
- The ins and outs of freelancing
- How to get into manufacturing your own product
- How to choose the right distribution channel for you
- How to negotiate a contract that is right for you
- How not to get ripped off
- How to manage your time and money
- How to manage stock levels
- How to get a job in design
- How to stay motivated
PLUS…
- How to create a pattern portfolio to show to potential clients
- How to apply patterns to mock up product templates and room sets
- How to turn a placement print into a technical repeat for wallpaper or fabric
- Everything you need to know about getting in, getting ready and attracting customers at trade shows
- How to design a Trade Show Brochure in Adobe Illustrator
- Invaluable industry info such as colour print specifications for both paper goods & textiles
You will do this by actually creating a mini portfolio for potential licensing clients, a trade show plan and a business development plan.
AND
BONUS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP VIDEOS giving you a step-by-step guides to surface pattern design using Photoshop and Illustrator. Find out more on our Technical Workshops page. AND our money-can’t-buy bonus little black book of industry contacts! And if that wasn’t enough, you also get full access to leading trend forecasting site WGSN for 90 days (this alone is worth more than the entire cost of the course!)
How to enter:
- • Make sure to follow both Uppercase Magazine and Make it in Design on Instagram
- • Like this photo on Instagram
- • Comment on this photo on Instagram with a reason as to why you’d love to take Module 3!
- • All of the above by Midnight (GMT) Sunday May 13, 2018
The winner will be announced on Monday May 14, 2018 and will be selected at random.
Good luck everyone!
***Please note if you have already purchased Module 3 May 2018 you are still free to enter. Our winner will be selected at random (we would honour a refund for anyone who has purchased Module 3 May 2018 Live Class Only***)
Terms & conditions
- • The prize is for ONE place only & will only be available to the winner. It cannot be passed onto a third party & the giveaway cannot be entered into on someone else’s behalf
- • The above four points under ‘To enter:’ must be completed to be eligible for the prize
- • The prize of Module 3 must be taken for May 14, 2018 class and is not transferable or redeemable for cash.
