In April 2007 the British Council celebrates 10 years of graduating designers’ exhibitions at the Milan Furniture Fair. In honour of this anniversary three designers who exhibited in the first, Buckinghamshire College show in 1997 will select this year’s top ten furniture and product design students graduating from Britain’s colleges. Pamela West and Matt Edmonds (now working together as Frank) and Anthony Dickens will join Tom Dixon and the British Council’s Head of Design Emily Campbell to form the jury for the 2007 exhibition Top Ten/Dieci e Lode. Tom Dixon, who launched his own installation chock a bloc alongside Bucks at the British Council in Milan in 1997, has been a loyal supporter of the British Council’s national graduating students’ competition since its inauguration in 2001. The three 1997 designers, and Neil Austin (Director of Contemporary Furniture and Related Product Design at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College), will exhibit alongside this year’s 10 graduates at the British Council, Via Manzoni 38.

How to submit - All exhibits submitted must be at final prototype stage and ready for production. The entry form must be accompanied by a photograph of the prototype. No drawings or computer renderings will be considered. Applicants in their final year, or last year’s graduates, are welcome to apply. You can download the entry form here. The deadline for entries is 30 January 2007. The finalists will be announced on 25 February 2007.

For more information please contact:

Will Sorrell will.sorrell@britishcouncil.org

Tel 020 7389 3152
Fax 020 7389 3164

Design and Architecture
British Council
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