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New Designers 2026

1 July 2026 – 4 July 2026

Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom

New Designers is the UK's annual showcase of graduate design talent, held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. The 2026 edition adopted a new one-week format bringing all design disciplines together, with more than 2,500 graduates from over 100 university courses exhibiting across fashion, textiles, furniture, product design, illustration, animation and digital arts. The programme included a Talks Theatre, Design Lab sessions, portfolio reviews, School Days workshops, the ND Awards and a Thursday Late evening featuring a keynote conversation with Matthew Williamson.

37 sessions · 45 speakers

Media Partners (10)

Selvedge Magazine · DesignWanted · Icon · WGSN · Manchester Furniture Show · It's Nice That · DEVELOP3D · Dezeen · Creative Review · The Textile Institute

Sponsors (54)

Marks & Spencer · ReFAB Studio · Ocee & Four Design · Romo · Allermuir · Oliver Bonas · The Conran Shop · Feldspar · Kenwood · Amtico · The Clothworkers' Company · Association for Contemporary Jewellery · Find a Maker by Craft Festival · We Make Stuff Happen · Society of Designer Craftsmen · Colour in Design Awards · GF Smith · Imperial Brands · Based Upon · Sage Automotive Interiors · Visual Artists Association · Society of Dyers and Colourists · Premier Digital Textiles · Stannah · Wilcom · Sanderson Design Group · Design Council · Hallmark · John Lewis & Partners · Intellectual Property Office · Opus Magnum · Decorex · Ultrafabrics · JDD Furniture · The Worshipful Company of Weavers · Whaleys · DEVELOP3D · AOI · Habitat · AGC: Italian Association for Contemporary Jewellery · Guild of Enamellers · Boodles · PriestmanGoode · BuzzBallz · Creative Review · Affinity · KeyShot · Hockley Mint Ltd · Dolmen Design · Native Design · Cambridge Consultants · Unique Style Platform · People of Print · Business Design Centre

Association Partner (1)

AOI

Exhibitors (24)

Zié Object(s) · University of Leeds · Bath Spa University · Birmingham City University · HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY · University of Gloucestershire · City & Guilds of London Art School · Aston University · Loughborough University · Bournemouth University · University of West London · Intellectual Property Office · Buckinghamshire New University · The Glasgow School of Art · Robinson House Studio Furniture School · Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts · University Of Sussex · London College of Contemporary Arts · Hereford College of Arts · The Northern School of Art · Nottingham Trent University · Southampton Solent University · De Montfort University · Liverpool John Moores University

Supporting Partners (8)

GS-JJ · Benchpeg · QEST · Future Icons · London Design Festival · Cockpit Arts · Clerkenwell Design Week · Business Design Centre

Speakers (45)

Agenda