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Arts Thread announces winners of Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024

Arts Thread has announced the winners of this year’s edition of its Global Creative Graduate Showcase, an international online showcase of graduating artists and designers. The 2024 edition is the fifth anniversary of the event and features trend forecasting agency WGSN as its main sponsor. The work of all of this year’s winners will be...

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Arts Thread announces judging panel, partnerships for Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024

London-based digital platform for emerging artistic talent Arts Thread has announced the industry judges for this year’s edition of its international design competition the Global Creative Graduate Showcase. Applications for the contest remain open. For the fifth edition of the contest, which was previously entitled Global Design Graduate Show,...

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Arts Thread and Global Creative Graduate Showcase partner with the Fashionunited Education Network for 2024

Arts Thread & Global Creative Graduate Showcase is pleased to announce their partnership with FashionUnited & The FashionUnited Education Network for 2024, to coincide with the 5th Anniversary of the graduate showcase. Both Arts Thread and FashionUnited are aligned in their vision and of being non-profits connecting and raising awareness of...

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Exclusive: The Digital Fashion Group announces strategic partnership with Arts Thread

Online education provider The Digital Fashion Group (TDFG) has revealed it has entered into a strategic partnership with digital platform Arts Thread, with the duo to pursue a joint ambition of driving digitalisation in fashion education. The collaboration is part of a wider goal to aid in the implementation of digitally-forward courses into...

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Student ‘slow fashion’ design competition opens applications

The Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) international student ‘slow fashion’ design competition has opened applications in partnership with ArtsThread, a digital platform to present the work of creatives. Those who wish to enter the competition are asked to create a single item, either clothing, footwear or accessories, using leather as at...

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ARTS THREAD Connecting Students to Creative Employment

Alex Brownless is interested in seeing students get ahead. A recruiter for international agency Aquent for twenty years who studied textiles at college, and began his career at WGSN, found himself constantly fielding requests about emerging talent. “Sometimes it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack when companies are seeking new designers,”...

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On Off #TomorrowsTalents: a platform for Britain’s finest fashion

New York Fashion Week might still be in full swing, but the fashion crowd’s attention will soon divert to the British capital, where London Fashion Week (LFW) is set to take place from February 19 onwards. The event’s schedule is filled to the brim with established names such as Burberry, Alexander McQueen and Paul Smith, but LFW simultaneously...

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Urban Outfitters teams up with Arts Thread

Fashion retailer Urban Outfitters has started a new partnership with Arts Thread, an international network for graduated creatives in the industry, to launch a series of design competitions across the globe. The competitions will be open to design graduates and provide them the opportunity to showcase their work. Urban Outfitters and Arts Thread...