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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Anya Cooklin-Lofting

Barbara Chandler looks back at the graduate work of outstanding names in design

Barbara Chandler

London is an undeniable hub of design talent. Interior designers, manufacturers and buyers flock to immerse themselves in the city’s pool of expertise and innovation at several points throughout the year from London Design Week in March to the sprawling, city-wide network of events and exhibitions that comprise the London Design Festival in the autumn.

Most recently, though, was the 37th iteration of New Designers, the UK’s leading graduate design show that gathers 2,500 outstanding graduates from 200 flagship university design courses to showcase their work in the Victorian halls of the Business Design Centre in Islington, North London. This coalescence of new talent gives design industry employers a chance to seek out their latest hires and brings to public attention the galvanisation of the new crop of innovators to confront the issues we face today with fresh design solutions.

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