Exhibition of award-winning designs from the 4th Annual Student Wallpaper Design Competition at the Imago Gallery, 4 Clifford Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2LF from 14-20 September. This year's competition celebrates the bicentennary of Augustus Pugin and is judged by leaders from the wallpaper world
The 4th Annual Student Wallpaper Design Competition celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Augustus Welby Pugin. An Exhibition of the shortlisted and winning designs, curated by former winner Mark Amura, will be on display at Mayfair’s Imago Gallery, 4 Clifford Street, London W1S 2LF from 14-20 September. Specially commissioned pieces from a range of established and emerging designers including Sarah Milton, Louise Tiler and Emily Charman will also be on display.
The Competition this year was open to undergraduates from four colleges across the UK - Leeds College of Art, Norwich University College of the Arts, University of East London and London College of Communication, University of The Arts - and will be judged by leading exponents from the wallpaper industry and design history experts. The Brief was to take inspiration from Pugin's work and to produce a range of very contemporary wallpaper designs.
The Exhibition is one of the key elements of the Competition as it enables the students to engage with trade buyers, interior designers, manufacturers, as well as the public. It also offers the opportunity for students to participate in a series of talks and presentations on the 14 and 15 September with experts from all sectors of the wallpaper world.
Several of the students whose work will be featured in the exhibition will be awarded work experience placements within the design industry with leading companies, Zoffany, Graham & Brown, Anstey and Timorous Beasties - a valuable opportunity for both students and colleges. In addition, some of the companies will arrange for selected students to tour their factories and meet professional designers. The Pugin Society and the Wallpaper History Society will also be awarding cash prizes to the most outstanding students. And, CAMAC will be awarding its first Student of the Year Award.
Private view 6-8.30pm Thursday 13 September - by invitation only.
CAMAC Design is a charitable initiative founded by Caroline McNamara - an experienced event and exhibition organiser, graduate of The London College of Communication, University of Arts and Norwich University of the Arts, and Vice Chair of TEXERE, Textile Education and Research in Europe.
The team at CAMAC creates and delivers competitions, exhibitions, masterclasses and symposiums aimed at building links between colleges, their design students and professionals working in the creative industry. Designed to sit within the curriculum - or as special projects - and continually evolving in line with the needs of academic institutions across the UK and beyond, CAMAC’s work inspires individuality and experimentation, and provides invaluable opportunities for students to strengthen their personal and professional development.
Flagship event is the Annual Student Wallpaper Design Competition, now in its 5th Year. Originally aimed at 2nd year Surface Design undergraduates, it now attracts entrants from students studying textiles, fine art and ceramics from colleges across the UK and Europe.
Support for CAMAC comes from leading design and manufacturing companies Graham & Brown, Walker Greenbank companies Zoffany, Sanderson and Anstey, Cole & Son, Mr Perswall, Derwent Pencils, Timorous Beasties, Nue Kaliss Spezialpaper, Germany, CWV; the Warner Textile Archive and Braintree District Museum, Lotherton Hall and Leeds City Council, the Fashion and Textile Museum, Morley Gallery, the Sanderson Hotel and Morgans Hotel Group, and the Imago Gallery, Mayfair; PHR Ltd; participating colleges; and people passionate about design including Zandra Rhodes, Mary Schoeser, Tony Roche, members of the Pugin Society, the Wallpaper History Society and TEXERE.
