Website: UrbanOutfitters.com
Deadline: May 29 2013
Prize: There will be 5 identical prizes of $1000 Cash + $250 Urban Outfitters gift card + Winning designs will be produced by Urban Outfitters and sold in select stores in the US & online at UrbanOutfitters.com + Item will have a custom swing tag featuring the designer’s name + A trip to New York for an exclusive launch party

Latest show posts from our blog:
ICFF13: Negative Space, Konstfack
Diversity Now Finalists: Zines
Diversity Now Finalists: Photography
Milan13: University of Art and Design Basel FHNW
Milan13: Live Factory Make My Day, KABK

ARTS THREAD has partnered with the Churchill Centre and the Pentland Group. To enter the Winston Churchill Design Competition register and upload your entry on ARTS THREAD.
Deadline: May 31 2013
Prize: First prize £1000, Second Prize £750, Third Prize £500. All three winners will be considered for work experience at Pentland headquarters in London.

Berlin fashion Film Festival is gearing up for its second edition, which will take place in July during Berlin Fashion Week that runs July 01-04 2013. Fashion designers, filmmakers and professionals of the fashion industry are invited to submit their fashion films directly on the Berlin fashion Film Festival website.
Deadline: May 15 2013

Dates: May 10-21 2013
Location: Venues around New York City
NYCxDESIGN is New York City’s inaugural citywide event to showcase and promote design of all disciplines. Coinciding with ICFF, ARTS THREAD takes a look at the showcases from the city’s design schools.

Dates: May 18-21 2013
Location: Javits Convention Censer
, New York
The 165,000 net square feet of the Javits Center will be abuzz with more than 26,000 design professionals. The innovative Schools programs brings to ICFF Art Center College of Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Konstfack, Partnership in Academic Leadership in Sustainability (PALS), University of Cincinnati & The University of Tokyo.

ARTS THREAD’s simple guide to the best avatar and profile imagery to promote your graduate portfolio and to promote yourself on social networking sites.

Just Started or looking to start your own creative business?
ARTS THREAD is an Official Delivery Partner of the Start-Up Loans Company – a UK government-backed initiative to help young people start their own business along with FREE mentoring support to help them succeed.

Helen Stevens, founder of surface design brand Surfacephilia, and social media enthusiast, talks us through how to start using social media to market your new business.

Although you may not think you need a business plan yet and feel it’s only for larger-scale businesses, as you will see below, it is an essential tool to starting any business.