New Design Britain Awards 2015 - entries open
Online entries are now open for next year's New Design Britain Awards, which take place at May Design Series
Entries are now open for the New Design Britain Awards 2015, which take places at next year's May Design Series.
The Awards are open to design graduates until Friday 16th January 2015.
One of last year's winners, Rocker by James Harrison
According to organiser UBM, the awards are aimed at 'bringing talented young graduates to the forefront of the international design industry with a new focus on growing the programme to include mentoring, online resources as a source of info for business advice, fully-fledged progression initiative and campaigns raising awareness and support for issues in the design education community'.
There is a dedicated hub within the May Design Series website where entrants can find out more about the devoted programmes as they are added
This year's awards will feature two new categories - Interior Design and Architecture - which sit alongside the other categories: Furniture, Accessories, Fabrics and Surfaces.
One of last year's winners, Infinity +1 by Jason Heap
A panel of expert judges will select a shortlist of 24 designers to whose work will go on show at the entrance to May Design Series.
Live judging will take place at the show and winners will be offered a work placement with key industry players, vital industry advice, amongst other benefits.
All winners of the product categories will also receive a free stand to exhibit their product at May Design Series 2016 as part of the Designer Makers area, and winners from the Interior design and Architecture categories to assist with designing next year's show.
Visit www.newdesignbritain.com to find out more about New Design Britain and to enter the awards.