Key Stats 2019 - New Designers · TEXTILES FASHION & COSTUME DESIGN. Show Sponsors also...

New Designers gathers the brightest and most radical new creative minds under one roof to launch the next generation of thinkers, makers and disruptors onto the UK design scene. The exhibition is a two-week celebration of visionary design that sees students of 150+ creative courses unveiling never-before-seen work to thousands of industry professionals and design lovers.

2,642 graduate designers exhibited

173of the UK’s leading design courses participated

69%of visitors said they intend to follow up with exhibiting design-ers met at New Designers

3.5 hoursaverage visitor dwell time

102visiting schools from around the UK

169press visitors

MARKETING STATS

42K e-newsletter subscribers50K Twitter followers42K Facebook likes62K Instagram followers16,000 Printed Showguides

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→Key Stats 2019

1,200 Tutors & Academic Staff attended

ND EDUCATES A programme of talks, workshops and crits

designed to help get graduate ready for

industry: → 18 Talks → 6 Tours

→ Onsite portfolio reviews

→ 8 Materclasses & Workshops

→17,426 visitors in 2019

VISITOR PROFILE

-> 46% design conscious consumers, collectors and curators-> 25% design trade professionals -> 26% student visitors -> 86% of visitors would recommend New Designers to a colleague or friend-> 84% of students at the show received offers, placements or commissions as a result of exhibiting-> 88% of visitors say that New Designers is the most important graduate design event

-> 27% male / 73% female visitors

“New Designers opens doors to opportunities and creative audiences I would not have gained access to without exhibiting here.” Amy Sculley, University of Leeds

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WHO VISITS?

ADIDASALEXANDER MCQUEENARKETASOSBBCBETHAN GRAYBIIDBISLEYBODENBRITISH AIRWAYSBURBERRYCHARLOTTE TILBURYCOVER MAGAZINECRAFTS COUNCILDEBENHAMSDESIGN COUNCILDISNEYELLA DORAN DESIGN LTDEPORTAEPSON EUROPEFORDFORTHUM + MASON

AWARDS PROGRAMME A series of prestigious industry supported Awards and Associate Prizes are presented throughout the event, proven to have direct and personal impact on the careers of the winners. 35 Industry Awards & Prizes offered Including - £23.5K given in prizes ->The Harlequin Award 25 placement & internships offered ->The John Lewis Award for Design & Innovation ->The Epson Textile Visionary Award

→TEXTILES FASHION & COSTUME DESIGN

Show Sponsors also include:

->SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN->TEXTILES ->KNIT & WEAVE->FASHION & COSTUME DESIGN->INTERIOR TEXTILES

50 Universities & Institutions

53Courses

“New Designers is one very concrete way that you can create a platform where you are moving people out of the university environment towards employability” Phil Gomm, UCA Rochester