DESIGN NATION APPLICATION FORM DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 10:00AM THURSDAY 1ST MARCH 2013 EMAIL SUBMISSION TO:

info@andrewtannerdesign.co.uk PERSONAL DETAILS Title, e.g. Mr/Mrs/Ms: Company Name First Name (s): Address:

Surname: Email address: Daytime phone:

Post Code:

Evenings/Weekends phone:

PERSONAL STATEMENT Please write a short statement addressing all of the following sections (not exceeding 1500 words in total). An introduction to your practice Please try to provide a clear and informative summary of your practice and how this supports or develops contemporary design and craft practice

Details of projects or collaborations with industry and or the retail sector Please try to provide a clear and informative summary of any collaborations or retail products which you have worked on/with & or how you feel that this might be developed your practice

An outline of the critical context for your practice Critical context is the analysis of the framework of ideas, relations and environmental situations that you engage with and actively investigate through your practice.

How will Design Nation support the development of your practice and how can you support the work of Design Nation? Please outline how membership of Design Nation will make a difference to you and your practice and how you can add to and develop our organisation.

Any additional information that you feel supports your application

Thank you for your interest in Design Nation. All applications will be presented to a Selection Panel on Friday 25th May. All applicants will be notified by email. We regret that due to limited capacity we are unable to feedback on unsuccessful applications. Further Design Nation recruitment deadlines will be announced during 2012.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING 1. Filled out the application form (that's this one) 2. Emailed to info@andrewtannerdesign.co.uk up to 5 images of a maximum of 1MB per image in total. Please make sure you TITLE each image with the following information in the JPEG title. (e.g) JO BLOGGS IMAGE 1 PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES ARE SENT IN 1 EMAIL. DO NOT SPLIT. 3. Please make sure your main email title is Design Nation Application. 4. Make sure you do not miss the deadline of 10.00am 1st MARCH 2013. All applicants should demonstrate:-

An active commitment to supporting or developing contemporary craft and design practice An engagement & understanding of the wider contemporary craft and design context Be able to demonstrate how Design Nation can support the development of your practice Be able to demonstrate how you can support the development of Design Nation Be able to demonstrate an ability to collaborate and create new products for retail and manufacture

The Selection Panel will use the following criteria to assess your application for membership. Quality of work & making Innovative thinking and/or problem solving Entrepreneurial business approach Collaborations and connectedness to sector Ability to support Design Nation and clear indicators of how Design Nation can support their business