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New Designers 2026 adopts one-week format to strengthen graduate design education

New Designers, one of the United Kingdom’s longest-running graduate design showcases, has announced a new one-week format for its 2026 edition, reflecting the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of creative education and industry practice. The event will take place from 1–4 July 2026, bringing together graduates from across the UK in a single...

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New Designers announces winners of 2023 emerging talent showcase

New Designers, an annual showcase for emerging creators, has unveiled the winners of its ND Awards 2023 as part of its two-week celebration of design and innovation. The event brings together over 3,000 graduate design talents from the UK from multiple disciplines, including textiles, fashion and costume, as well as ceramics and jewellery...

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Oppo names print challenge winner

Smart device brand Oppo has named design talent Rosie Southerden from Falmouth University as the winner of its New Designers ‘Lens of Inspiration’ print challenge. The Oppo competition challenged ten up-and-coming fashion and design talents to fuse nature and technology to create a new iconic print. Each designer used the Oppo Find X3 Pro...

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Q&A: Remy Goddard - Joules Print Designer Award winner

British retailer Joules has a long standing tradition of supporting the next generation of designers, and as part of its celebration to mark its 30th anniversary this year, FashionUnited were given the opportunity to talk to the brand’s latest print design talent, Remy Goddard, who won the Joules Print Award at the 2018 New Designers, which...

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New Designers Awards names winners

The 2017 New Designers Awards, which recognises the next generation of graduate designers across a number of fields including fashion, has named its winners. The New Designers exhibition showcases more than 3,000 fresh-thinking, innovative graduate design talent from the UK’s leading art and design courses, and there are awards for the most...

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Joules sponsors award at New Designers exhibition

Fashion and lifestyle brand Joules is sponsoring an award at the 2017 New Designers exhibition that recognises the next generation of graduate designers across a number of fields including fashion. Joules is sponsoring the New Designers Joules Award, which will be awarded to a 2017 graduate who can demonstrate an understanding of the basic...

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Edinburgh College of Art graduate wins New Designers award

The New Designers exhibition, which showcases more than 3,000 fresh-thinking, innovative graduate design talent from the UK’s leading art and design courses, has named Edinburgh College of Art’s Tereza Astilean as winner of the New Designers Pentland Brands Award. Edinburgh’s Astilean impressed a panel of creative professionals with her unique...