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Competitions and live briefs

A display of colourful gifts and cards arranged on a beige table against a mustard-yellow background. The items include a wrapped gift in pastel geometric fabric, a tall green-and-pink vase with a bouquet of fresh flowers, handmade greeting cards featuring floral designs, a pair of orange and blue flower earrings, a gold charm bracelet, a red and green ruffled scrunchie, and another wrapped package in marbled yellow and blue fabric. A peach satin ribbon is loosely coiled on the right side of the table.
A display of colourful gifts and cards arranged on a beige table against a mustard-yellow background. The items include a wrapped gift in pastel geometric fabric, a tall green-and-pink vase with a bouquet of fresh flowers, handmade greeting cards featuring floral designs, a pair of orange and blue flower earrings, a gold charm bracelet, a red and green ruffled scrunchie, and another wrapped package in marbled yellow and blue fabric. A peach satin ribbon is loosely coiled on the right side of the table.
Image by Yeshen Venema, Emma Shipley, Spring collection from not just a shop.

We run competitions throughout the year to provide students with opportunities to sell and showcase their work in not just a shop.

We are currently running a greetings card competition, as well as opportunities for students to have their designs turned into products sold in-store.

These provide current students who may not have market-ready products with a chance to get their work retailed. We manage the manufacturing, packaging and marketing and you do not have to be registered as a business to apply.

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Arts SU x not just a shop : Notebook Competition

Application deadline:  midnight on Sunday, 11 October 2026.

Calling all international students...

Submit a design for an A5 notebook cover to be sold in not just a shop from February 2027.

This competition is open to all current international students studying at the University of the Arts London (UAL).

Find out more on the Arts SU website.

Apply now

Useful resources

  • Retail interior with a minimalist aesthetic. The counter reads
    not just a shop. Photo by Damian Griffiths.

    Apply to sell your work in not just a shop

    If you're a student or graduate from UAL you can apply to sell your work in not just a shop through our open calls.

  • Illustration of a person multitasking
    Starting A Business by Gracie Dahl

    Freelance and business support

    Our enterprise team can support you with many aspects of setting up and running a successful business or freelance practice.

  • Illustration of people doing different types of work
    Catarina Morais, Image courtesy of UAL

    How to cost and price your work  

    This self-guided resource aims to help you understand what might determine your price for products or services.

  • Photo of not just a shop
    Image by Damian Griffiths

    Browse our online shop  

    See the kind of products we currently stock in our shop to check if your item would suit not just a shop.

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not just a shop
272 High Holborn
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