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Ten ways to make creativity pay

Earning a living as an arts graduate can be daunting. If that full time design job does not appeal here are ten suggestions as to how to make money : Sell your work online, in shops or galleries Take a pitch at a local makers market Sell at exhibitions and pitch for public and private commissions

New exhibition from artist Jack Durling

I was delighted last night to be invited to a Private View of Jack Durling's latest work at the Dynamite Gallery in Brighton. Jack is one of our Designing for the Future alumni and I have been following his work for a number of years. This was his first exhibition in a commercial gallery where

Vote for Pop Up Pottery!

We were very excited to learn that talented potter Finola Maynard has been chosen to be a part of ITV's The People's Project supported by the Big Lottery Fund. With her community organisation Pop Up Pottery Creative Healing, Finola plans to offer free pottery workshops to people experiencing isolation, social anxiety or some form of

Stunning new work from DFF alumnus Jack Durling

Designing for the future alumnus, Brighton-based artist Jack Durling has just unveiled his latest body of work, "Oil Slick, Sea Birds". Having a passion for conservation and the preservation of wildlife, Jack has used clay to highlight and explore the very real problem of the consumption of oil, focusing on how this directly affects sea