Hallmark Cards

Last month, Emma Greaves, Art Director from Hallmark Cards and her colleague and illustrator Hannah came to launch a live project brief for our second and third year students on the BA (Hons) Surface Pattern and BA (Hons) Textile Surface degree courses.

 

The students were asked to create a new range of cards and gift wrap in 3 weeks, with 2 work placements at the Hallmark studios up for grabs for the best designs.

 

After much deliberation, Hallmark finally decided on giving out 4 placements due to the high standard of work produced by the two year groups.

 

"Please congratulate all the students who took part in the project, everyone did so well ... we will certainly be watching what everyone's doing over the next year so tell them to keep up the good work."  Emma Greaves, Hallmark

 

The winners were Jemma Moore, Charlotte Deaville, Zahra Akhtar and Alix Webb - well done to them all

Not on the High Street

Very exciting to see one of our graduates from last year now selling her work on Not on the High Street. Sarah Taylor who graduated from BA (Hons) Surface Pattern Design is selling her range of ceramics on the well known website.  You can find details and purchase here http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/sarahtaylor. 

We asked Sarah how she came to get her work onto Not on the High Street - see her answer below.....

"Early last July I received an email from Carrie at Notonthehighstreet.com saying that my business stood out, she had recently come across my ‘fantastic collection of ceramics’ at New designers, and was delighted to invite me to join notonthehighstreet.com, the Uk’s original online marketplace for small businesses. This was such a good opportunity for me so I jumped at the chance to become a partner and created my business. I now have 2 collections of patterns, Ingeo and Inspiro which are all mix and match dinner, side and mini plates and matching mugs, which have developed from my degree show collection. My plates and mugs are all hand finished using screen printed lithographs and ceramics made in Stoke on Trent. I am currently working on matching table runners and place mats which will hopefully be available on Notonthehighstreet.com in the very near future. "

Sarah Taylor, Graduate from BA Hons Surface Pattern Design 2013