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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. Our next membership intake will be in June 2026. Register your interest here to receive an application pack.

EXHIBITIONS:  Catch our Nottinghamshire Cluster Hub at Sock Gallery and Stamford Arts Centre this spring.

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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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