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Connecting & Championing UK Craft & Design since 1999: Design-Nation is a national network and curated portfolio that supports Britain’s leading designers and makers.

CALLING ALL LINCOLNSHIRE MAKERS: We’ve launched a NEW professional development programme in partnership with Barbican Creative Hub, Lincoln, starting this April! Find out more here

A NEW WAVE OF TALENT: An outstanding 40 members join us this spring! Read more about our largest intake here.

JOIN US THIS JUNE. Thinking about joining our portfolio? Come along to one of our Application Clinics this May to discover what Design-Nation can offer you. Register using the links below. We’re also excited to launch our NEW Student Membership, supporting emerging talent as you kickstart your creative careers. Find out more here.

Click on the links to register for our upcoming application clinics: Monday 11 May, 10-11am and Thursday 21 May, 7-8pm

EXHIBITIONS:  Catch our Nottinghamshire Cluster Hub at Sock Gallery and Stamford Arts Centre this spring. 20 members are part of a new collaboration with YSP Made launching in April, and 8 members of our East Anglia Cluster Hub open a new exhibition at Artspace, Suffolk.

LATEST NEWS. Catch up on everything Design-Nation here, or sign up to our newsletter and be the first to hear our latest news and updates. Read our latest newsletter here.

Images above: Fung & Bedford installation at Collect 2022, Design-Nation at Helen Yardley Studios for London Craft Week, Rosa Harradine (Professional member 2025), Hayley Banks, and Tom Moy (Professional member 2025).
Image at left: Professional Member Cosmin Ciofirdel

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