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

From our Co-founder Rachael Taylor:

“Winter Design School is such a wonderful start to our creative year and something that the team and I look forward to.

We are so very proud of all of the talent, contagious energy and the continuous community support shown during and after the event. 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. Honestly Winter 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 Summer School coming up in July! Rachael xoxo”

PRIZE DRAW WINNERS – TREND BRIEFS

During Winter 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…

KIRSTY HAIKNEY

* 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…

FIONA WATSON

* 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…

LEXIE BYKOVA

* 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 Winter Design School 2023 trend design brief we offered the chance to win a track on Summer Design School 2023. 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:

INTERMEDIATE:

ADVANCED:

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

BONUS PRIZES – CREATIVE CHALLENGES

For each Winter 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.