Competitions and live briefs

Eligibility

• Current student studying at one of our 6 colleges on a BA, MA, PHD or FdA level course.
• Disciplines including but not limited to: Graphic design, communication design, photography, painting, drawing, illustration, sculpture, and animation.​
• Examples of your work/your portfolio must be well presented in one collated file (Word, PDF or JPEG that includes multiple images).

Criteria for selection

Portfolios submitted will have:

• high-quality design and production skills,
• creative, unique and consistent style,
• examples of work which is commercially viable, for example, have wide public appeal and avoid niche themes.

How to apply

To apply for the opportunity, students must submit their portfolio or examples of their work by 10am Monday 12 June 2023 via the gift wrap application form.

Five students will be selected to work with not just a shop to design gift wrap for their online-only, UAL-exclusive gift wrap range.​

Examples of work or a portfolio must be collated into one document, either a Word, PDF or JPEG. The maximum file size to upload is 3MB.​ NB: If selected, students must be able to supply their commissioned design as an Illustrator, EPS or Tiff file. ​

Selected students will be informed by Friday 23rd June 2023. ​

Five selected students will be asked to work on three different initial designs to be sent to not just a shop by 10am Monday 3rd July. ​

Feedback on initial designs will be sent to each student by Friday 7th July. not just a shop will select one design to be worked on further. ​

Students will be asked to send over their final gift wrap design to not just a shop by Friday 17th July. ​

Copyright in the design will remain with the designer, but not just a shop will print a limited run to sell online.

Accessibility

If you believe there are any barriers to your participation in this opportunity or you have any access requirements (not limited to disability), please get in touch in advance. Contact notjustashop@arts.ac.uk to start the discussion and see how you can be supported.

Napkin design competition

Deadline: 10am Monday 26 June

We'd like to invite current UAL students to design a set of 2 napkins, to be sold in not just a shop in-store and online from September 2023. We're looking for contemporary napkin designs to print as a set of 2.

You can submit either:

Option 1 –A design that can be printed twice

Option 2 –2 different designs

If you submit 2 designs, they must visually relate to each other and be obvious to a customer that they are a set.

What we’re looking for

Designs should be appealing to the general public and represent the quality, creativity and diversity of UAL. Entries will be assessed on their originality, public appeal and the ability to create a successful surface design.

Whilst the final images must be submitted in a digital format for a printed napkin set, we encourage applications from all disciplines including but not limited to graphic design, communication design, photography, painting, drawing, illustration, sculpture and animation.

The Prize

We will select up to 2 designs to produce and each designer will receive a cash prize of £250 and 3 sets of their napkins.

Winners will be announced at the end of July and successful students will be invited to meet with the not just a shop team and have a one-to-one to discuss the production of their design.

The winning designs will be produced by not just a shop and we will need the Illustrator, EPS, or Tiff files. Copyright in the design will remain with the creator, but not just a shop will print a limited run to sell in-store and online.

We will be using Magic Textiles to produce the napkin sets. The napkins will be printed on one side of the cotton fabric and be 40 x 40 cm when finished.

Eligibility

Current student studying at one of our 6 Colleges on a BA, MA, PHD or FdAlevel course

Disciplines include but are not limited to: Graphic design, communication design, photography, painting, drawing, illustration, sculpture, animation.

The full surface design for the napkin must be 43 cm x 43 cm. This includes a 3 cm hem area. A template is available in PDF (831 KB) or JPEG (2.3 MB) format.

Criteria for selection

• High-quality surface design that suits the napkin's function
• creativity and uniqueness that represents UAL
• commercial viability, for example, have wide public appeal
• if submitting 2 separate designs for the napkin set, the designs must work well together.

The prize

Up to 2 winning students will each receive:

• Prize of £250
• 3 sets of their winning napkin set design
• winning designs sold in not just a shop in-store and online
• Professional photography of your winning design.

To enter

We will select only one design set per person but you are welcome to apply with multiple images for a better chance of selection:

Upload your design by 10 am Monday 26 June 2023 via the napkin design application form.

Submission file type: High-resolution JPEG (300 dpi) with a max size of 1MB

If selected the winning entry will need to supply an Illustrator, EPS or Tiff file.

Image format: 43 x 43 cm, this includes a 3cm hem allowance around the outside edge.