Links
Selvedge www.selvedge.org
Selvedge Magazine... offers the world's finest textile photography, unparalleled design and peerless writing. Readers share a belief in the importance of their material surroundings and a passion for the beautiful and beautifully made. Our aim is simple: to provide a textile publication which fits seamlessly into their creative lifestyle. Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping.
Design-Nation www.designnation.co.uk
Design-Nation (part of London Metropolitan University) promotes the excellence of British design internationally through its selected membership of over 180 designers and provides business advice through its Business Start-Up Guide for Designers. The website and associated catalogue (priced £8) lists all the Design-Nation members providing direct contact details for anyone wishing to buy, source or commission good design. Similarly the Business Start-Up Guide is available online (www.thedesigntrust.co.uk) and as hard copy (priced £5).
Gold Works, part of Metropolitan Works www.metropolitanworks.org
Metropolitan Works incorporating Gold Works and Furniture Works is London’s leading Creative Industries Centre, helping designers and manufacturers develop ideas and bring new products to the market place through access to digital manufacturing, workshops, knowledge transfer, advice, courses and exhibitions. Gold Works aims to support the silversmithing, jewellery and allied industries. Gold Works combines new and traditional technologies, research and learning, with industry driven knowledge transfer.
BCF Books www.bcfbooks.co.uk
BCF Books has been publishing the Craft Galleries Guide since 1992, it provides information about galleries and their makers throughout the UK ( divided regionally). It is lavishly illustrated with over 800 colour photographs and has become an indispensable resource for all craft lovers. BCF Books also publishes Second Steps, a guide to setting up a career in the craft world, which has helpd hundreds of graduates on the way to successful careers.