News


Opportunity: Ridges + Furrows Artist Residencies
Category: Residencies
22 Dec 2014 - The NK Arts Partnership (The National Centre for Craft & Design, Design Factory, Design-Nation, arts NK and the Terry O’Toole Theatre) are inviting artists and companies who work in ANY art form to apply for a series of new artist-led residencies in May/June 2015.
Design Factory welcomes newest members!
Category: Design Factory News
21 Dec 2014 - Design Factory has three application deadlines per year - in April, August and December. Our independent selection panel met recently to assess the December applications and as a result we are welcoming the following 10 successful applicants
International Festival of Glass Festival Curator
Category: Creative Industry Jobs
20 Dec 2014 - The International Festival of Glass is a biennial festival that takes place in Stourbridge, West Midlands and is a premier glass event attracting worldwide participants with the aim of supporting regeneration and community renewal based upon a distinctive programme of creativity and heritage.
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship
Category: Awards & Prizes
20 Dec 2014 - QEST fund talented people, whether at entry level in to the industry via our QEST Apprenticeship Scheme, or when they are trying to reach a level of excellence further in to their career, via their QEST Scholar awards.
Ornamentum Preview Evening
Category: Exhibitions
19 Dec 2014 - Ornamentum is a group of eight professional designer-makers from Leicestershire working in a wide range of craft disciplines.
Narrative Threads
Category: Design Factory Member News
19 Dec 2014 - Design Factory Fellow Ruth Singer will be starting her residency at NCCD in January
Design Factory at CRAFT 2015
Category: Design Factory News
9 Dec 2014 - We are thrilled to be returning to CRAFT with a great selection of our members.
Artist & Maker Submissions Invited at Obsidian Art for Exhibitions in 2015
Category: Exhibition Opportunities
4 Dec 2014 - Obsidian Art are inviting entries for four exhibitions in 2015.
Just a Card campaign by designer Sarah Hamilton
3 Dec 2014 - A campaign to encourage people to buy from Artists, Designer/Makers, Independent Shops and Galleries.
Small Business Saturday - 6th Dec and beyond!
2 Dec 2014 - Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-political, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities.
Design for Living call out
Category: Exhibition Opportunities
1 Dec 2014 - Brightstripe for Culture’s Design for Living is a weekend outdoor pop-up event held on the mid Summer weekend of 20 – 21 June 2015. Come along and learn how the work on show is created through live demonstrations.
Craft.Design.Contemporary
Category: Design Factory Member News
28 Nov 2014 - Pick up affordable and unique presents from the most exciting designers and makers in Nottingham and beyond.
Winter Moon - An exhibition of affordable artwork and gifts at O3 Gallery
Category: Exhibitions
12 Nov 2014 - Design Factory member Katherine Staples will be exhibiting as part of of this spell binding exhibition.
An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making
Category: Developing Your Business
11 Nov 2014 - We are pleased to announce that Design Factory, Design-Nation and The National Centre for Craft & Design have partnered Crafts Council in An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making which was launched at the House of Commons
Call for Makers: Rising Stars 2015 exhibition
Category: Awards & Prizes
11 Nov 2014 - Rising Stars is a platform to foster and champion students and recent graduates from BA and MA applied arts programmes across the UK.
Ruth Singer - A Year of Collaborations
Category: Design Factory Member News
11 Nov 2014 - 2014 has mainly involved collaboration work for Design Factory member Ruth Singer
Fusing Courses with NJW House of Glass
Category: Courses & Workshops
1 Nov 2014 - Learn about glass fusing with Design Factory member NJW House of Glass
Free Networking for designer Makers in Leicester
Category: Networks & Groups
27 Oct 2014 - The theme of this evening is about Supporting Leicester Makers. We want to find out what you need in the future, what you would like for Leicester and how we can develop programmes, projects and resources that work for us all.
New Christmas Range by Death by Tea
Category: Design Factory Member News
27 Oct 2014 - Design Factory member Death by Tea has a brand new Christmas card range
Jane Bevan exhibiting as part of ‘From the Land’
Category: Design Factory Member News
25 Oct 2014 - The Old Station Gallery in Rowsley is to hold its first ever show, an exhibition of work concerned with landscape and objects from the land

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