Design 2025 submissions

This October LCB Depot’s programme is for creative people working in architecture to product, graphic, digital design and other types of design. It's our annual opportunity for you to get involved, whether showcasing and selling work, or running events/workshops, and connecting with other professional designers. The season is open to all, whether you’re based or studying in Leicester/shire, the East Midlands or inter/nationally*. We’re looking for creative responses to this years theme 'home'. This year’s programme is brought to you, in part, by LRSAs Love Architecture festival. It's FREE to enter. As we’re not a funded organisation we cannot pay for your work but will support in kind and we encourage exhibitors to, where appropriate, sell their work (our partner please adjust your prices accordingly!) We’re open to related proposals for funded projects looking for a home and we are happy to promote related events happening elsewhere during the season- just let us know! A panel of professional designers will select which submissions will be in this year’s exhibition- we’ll get back to you with their decisions as soon as possible after selection. (We suggest that you enter work that you’ve already made as we have a pretty tight turnaround!) Selected work will exhibited at LCB Depot (+ potential other venues) as well as online via social media at #design @lcbdepot. We’re also interested in hosting craft related events during the season from demonstrations to workshops, talks and screenings. You can get involved in our family day on October 11th, do something at the launch at our busy street food nights (September 26th) or during other open times. Send your ideas to exhibitions@lcbdepot.co.uk Finally we’d like to invite you to use the space as a studio, maybe making work together, maybe catching up on admin or just hanging out. However the space is useful for you, it’s free for you to use (as long as it can work in the space and remains open to the public) The deadline for submission is 23.59 on Sunday August 31st.We’ll let you know if you’re selected by the end of the following week Work chosen for the exhibition will need to be delivered by September 19th at the latest We aim to be as inclusive as possible, so if you have any access requirements that you would like to discuss please contact exhbitions@lcbdepot.co.uk The Design 2025 programme will launch on September 26th and be open to the public from September 29th - October 24th *please note If your work doesn’t fit the brief it won’t be selected see https://lcbdepot.co.uk/exhibitions/ to get an idea of previous years’ exhibitions and our other seasons that might better suit your work * international work can only be displayed digitally image: @williamwright_ Sign in to Google to save your progress. Learn more * Indicates required question Email * Your email Phone number * just in case we need to get in touch with you quickly about any opportunities/enquires Your answer Your name * Your answer Where are you based * East Midlands UK International What are your aims, aspirations, expectations of being involved in the programme? * Your answer What stage are you at in your career? Emerging- students, early career, Established- self employed for more than a year/ registered businses Or if you’re submission is part of a sector agency (eg a society, studio, or othetr sort of group) please indicate here Emerging Established Sector Agency Clear selection Submission The information you enter below will be used to create your artist profile and social media post so please write with the public in mind Title of work * Keep it short and snappy - you can say more in the description Your answer Format/Materials wall based, hung, model, screen, VR, installation, performance, glass, ceramic, textile, fine metals, print, canvas, etc Your answer Dimensions * Height, width and depth (cm) help us know how the work might fit in the exhibition. If you have multiple pieces please list them all. if a digital piece just say n/a Your answer Description of work * About the piece(s) you’re submitting, in 3rd person preferably. Your work will be shown as a collection so talk generally about it. If describing a specific piece indicate which and we’ll use that as the lead image Your answer Sale Price * If for sale, your sale price for each piece including VAT. Remember to add 20% to cover our processing costs- see above! Your answer Artist name (what you want to be displayed as) * Your answer Bio- a bit about you A little bit about where you’re at in your career, previous exhibitions/ highlights, your approach to your work etc. Your answer Groups, studios or courses Let us know if you’re submitting as part of a group, studio or university course here eg DMU Design Crafts Your answer Instagram Handle format @handle (let us know your platform and handle if you’re not on insta) Your answer URL If you’ve got a website add the link here Your answer Upload images/videos of your work Please rename your files ‘Your Name, name of work’ You might want to consider preparing your images for Instagram as we can’t guarantee they’ll be cropped correctly. Videos MUST be <60s (for Instagram), and max of 1080p to work on all systems (we can do 4k but it has to be h265 2160p). For longer versions please provide a visually engaging snippet for insta and a link to a longer video. Pick a maximum of 6 of your best images (JPEGs or PNGs format only) or 3 videos (mp4 format only) and send them via https://we.tl/r-ZPuc6CvfXQ Display notes All work will be displayed using methods provided by the artists involved. We’ll hang all the work but for complex pieces in would be great if you can help with the install. Please mirror plate framed work (see image for a handy way to stow them when transporting). Not only is work more secure but it really helps us when installing large exhibitions. Please let us know dimensions, specific installation instructions, requirements (assume we don’t have equipment but might be able source) or anything else below. Your answer Insurance - IMPORTANT * We have standard public liability insurance but this won’t cover your work. Please make sure that you have taken your own insurance against any valuable work. 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