ABSPD Module 4 / / Card Crazy Live Brief!

We are bursting with excitement about some of the incredible ***LIVE BRIEF'S*** that we have in store for you! Set by a hand-picked selection of ***TRULY AMAZING COMPANIES*** in Module 4 of 'The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)'! Module 4 is an advanced seven week course in which you will learn everything you need to know about building your professional portfolio. The course is crammed with masterclass video tutorials, regular live briefs from real companies, templates, tons of brilliant inspiration, invaluable content, a weekly Q&A with Rachael, & individual work reviews from either Rachael or another flourishing designer! PLUS you will get six months’ FREE access to the MOYO Directory, where you can create a bespoke profile, upload unlimited portfolios and attract potential clients. This is a rare opportunity to build your commercial portfolio in a structured way, with the support & guidance to boost your confidence & make you raring to go!

Card Crazy are a UK based, greetings card publisher with the focus of making designers stand out from the crowd! They invest a lot of time in designing beautiful greetings cards & providing a no-nonsense service that delivers at all times. They love to celebrate & showcase their designers ensuring that they share in the success of their designs! We love our own collection with Card Crazy & we are very excited for them to share their Live Brief! You can register here for March 2014, when Module 4 begins! This is an amazing opportunity to gain REAL design experience from a brilliant brief along with the chance to present your work to an innovative company. Rachael has worked with Card Crazy on her own illustration & pattern card ranges & loved designing for them!

Many of our graduates are now big players within the design industry & we're proud to say we have really nurtured some amazing talent! You can see more success stories from current students & Alumni in this Facebook album or read some of our lovely testimonials. We are so pleased that the course & our Alumni have received outstanding industry recognition, as we have been going from strength to strength since our intial launch at the end of 2011.

WE WILL BE REVEALING EACH WEEK THE COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE CONFIRMED SO FAR. STAY TUNED!

So far we have lined up wonderful textile company Dashwood Studio (see the announcement post here) & fantastic modern homewares company DENY Designs (see the reveal post here).

ABSPD Module 4 / / DENY Designs Live Brief!

We are bursting with excitement about some of the incredible ***LIVE BRIEF'S*** that we have in store for you! Set by a hand-picked selection of ***TRULY AMAZING COMPANIES*** in Module 4 of 'The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)'! Module 4 is an advanced seven week course in which you will learn everything you need to know about building your professional portfolio. The course is crammed with masterclass video tutorials, regular live briefs from real companies, templates, tons of brilliant inspiration, invaluable content, a weekly Q&A with Rachael, & individual work reviews from either Rachael or another flourishing designer! PLUS you will get six months’ FREE access to the MOYO Directory, where you can create a bespoke profile, upload unlimited portfolios and attract potential clients. This is a rare opportunity to build your commercial portfolio in a structured way, with the support & guidance to boost your confidence & make you raring to go!

WE WILL BE REVEALING EACH WEEK THE COMPANIES THAT WE CONFIRMED. STAY TUNED!

We are so delighted to announce that modern, think-outside-the-box home furnishings company DENY Designs will be writing a Live Brief for Module 4! This global, prestigious company offers products to transform the home while supporting art communities all over the world. They believe in each product being custom-made for each & every customer using state of the art printing methods to create fresh, vibrant colours & high-end quality products. DENY Designs are a passionate group of people who want to inspire & be inspired, create & be visionaries & they want to share this with designers & customers from across the globe!

This is an amazing opportunity to gain REAL design experience from a brilliant brief along with the chance to present your work to an innovative company. DENY Designs is a company that really shows the impact & power of surface pattern design & the range it can have. Currently DENY Design produces over 30 home-wares products with plans to expand even more in 2014! It is wonderful to see the versatility you can get from one design! Their team of artists even includes some of our ABSPD Alumni such as Loni Harris, Wendy Kendall, Tammie Bennett & Vy La! Rachael has collaborated with DENY Designs herself & cannot sing their praises enough!

Many of our graduates are now big players within the design industry & we're proud to say we have really nurtured some amazing talent! You can see more success stories from current students & Alumni in this Facebook album or read some of our lovely testimonials. We are so pleased that the course & our Alumni have received outstanding industry recognition, as we have been going from strength to strength since our intial launch at the end of 2011.

DENY Designs / / New pet collection & offer!

We love to see our designs on such a diverse range of products at DENY Designs & we are so excited about our new pet collection! These cute pet beds, scarves, trays & bowls are available in 12 of our happy & bright designs. Below is a selection of our favourites! DENY Designs are also offering 20% off all of our new pet accessories with offer code: happy pet You can view my full collection online here!

'Shapes & Squares Green' pet scarf

'Shapes & Squares Blue' pet bed

'Shapes & Squares Blue' pet bed

'Abstract Border' tray

'Abstract Border' pet bowls

'Shapes & Squares Green' pet bed

'Shapes & Squares Green' pet bed

'Wheel of Wonder Turquoise' pet scarf

'Abstract Border' pet bed

'Abstract Border' pet bed

'Shapes & Squares Green' tray

'Shapes & Squares Green' pet bowls

DENY Designs / / Fun Trays & Coasters!

Happy Friday! We are so excited about some very fun new products with our licensing partners DENY Designs! They have created new trays & coasters that are not only practical but gorgeous & are perfect for showing off some of our Autumn designs like our '50's Inspired', 'Abstract Border' & 'Organic Retro Leaves'. These beauties are so versatile & DENY Designs have even come up with 7 unique ways to use them! On October 18th they are giving you 20% off all trays so you can grab a colourful bargain! You can choose between to 2 classic shapes; rectangle or square for the trays & the coasters can come with a lovely bamboo holder.

Shop the trays & coasters or to browse our full collection including summer brights or autumn shades visit the website!

'Abstract Border' rectangle tray

'50's Inspired' rectangle tray

'Organic Retro Leaves' square tray

'Abstract Border' coaster set

'50's Inspired' coaster set

'Organic Retro Leaves' rectangle tray & coaster set

DENY Designs / / Fab New Rugs!

We are absolutely in love with the fabulous new rugs that DENY Designs are now offering & you can get them in all of our fun & colourful patterns! This includes some of our favourites like the 'Floral Umbrellas' or 'Contemporary' designs plus our brand new designs like 'Wheel of Wonder' & 'Shapes & Squares'!

They currently have 30% off all woven rugs but hurry as the offer ends today! Use code: rugsrock30

You can shop the rug collection here or shop our entire collection which includes fun shower curtains, gorgeous throw pillows & lots of other bright home furnishings!

Use code: rugsrock30 to get 30% off!

'Fun Floral' rug

'Floral Umbrellas' rug

'50's Inspired' rug

'Organic Retro Leaves' rug

'Contemporary' rug

'Textured Honesty' rug

'Shapes & Squares Green' rug

'Wheel of Wonder' rug

DENY Designs / / New Woven Duvets!

Brand new woven duvet covers have arrived at DENY Designs & they make our designs look even more colourful & gorgeous! They are also currently offering 30% off all duvets if you use discount code: getwoven30

You can shop our duvet collection here as well as loads of other fun products including throw pillows, jewellery boxes, clocks, outdoor throw pillows, shower curtains & more!

'Orange Contemporary' duvet

'Floral Umbrella's' duvet

'Wheel of Wonder Turquoise' duvet

'Wheel of Wonder' duvet

'Shapes & Squares Green' duvet

Email: rachael@rachaeltaylordesigns.co.uk or kelly@rachaeltaylordesigns.co.uk

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