Artsthread | Entrepreneurs | Business loan

After graduating, setting up my own business is something i'd like to do after a few years of working in-house designing and understating how a company works. I came across ArtsThread when looking for internships for the summer and found this application for starting up a business from scratch. This is something i'll bare in mind throughout my graduate year. 

ARTS THREAD is working with School For Startups’ Launcher programme which combines government-backed startup business finance from the Start-Up Loans Company, with a School For Startups one-day bootcamp, online community and mentoring at no cost.

If you are interested in taking a loan for an expense to help you set up your new business, we can provide you a loan at an interest rate of only 6.2%.

TAKE A LOAN & GAIN EXPERT ADVICE FROM YOUR MENTOR ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

As a specialist in creative business start-ups, ARTS THREAD is here to give you all the support you need to make your new business come to life!

Specialisms covered include: 
DIGITAL / TEXTILES / ILLUSTRATION / FURNITURE / FINE ART / CONTEMPORARY CRAFT / PRODUCT DESIGN / GRAPHIC DESIGN / INTERIOR DESIGN / RETAIL / FASHION /

KEY CRITERIA: YOU MUST BE 18+ AND YOUR BUSINESS MUST BE BASED IN ENGLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND AND HAVE BEEN TRADING FOR UNDER A YEAR.

USE OUR 4 EASY STEPS TO APPLY FOR A LOAN:

STEP 1: Register your interest by emailing entrepreneurs@artsthread.com or call us on 0208 123 5019
Quick FAQ: I have a query? Answer: email entrepreneurs@artsthread.com

STEP 2 – Download the AT ENTREPRENEURS APPLICATION FORM, complete and email to entrepreneurs@artsthread.com and you will be notified within 48 hours of its receipt.

STEP 3 – After receiving your application form, we will review it and successful applicants will be emailed and sent a loan application form to complete and send back to our partner organisation Launcher, who will request supporting documents, help you finalise your business plan and cash flow projections and put your application through for review with the Start Up Loans Company.

STEP 4 – Your loan is processed and post loan support is provided by the Launcher Team, including; up to 32 hours of live teaching, monthly mentoring sessions with a mentor from the same design background, online business support with 24 hour response time and access to an online community and library.

Key Frequently asked questions & their answers -
- Applicants must be over 18
- Applicants must live in England or Northern Ireland (this includes all UK residents and EU members).
- The average loan is for approx £5,000, with lower figures from £1000+ and up to £9,900

- The loan is a personal unsecured loan and you will be required to pay back the loan within five years at a fixed-rate of interest – currently 6.2%

Link:
http://www.artsthread.com/entrepreneurs-2/

PPP | Website and Blogs | Inspiration

I am a huge fan of online research, I am always looking at blogs and website for photographers, image styling inspiration, decorative ideas, colour pallets and patterns trends. These are a couple of the websites and blogs I have been looking at over the past few weeks, each of which have inspired me to further my practice in terms of creativity, ideas or photographic concentration.

DEE - Illustrator

Link:http://alanadeehaynes.tumblr.com

Minimalissimo - Minimalist design

Link:http://minimalissimo.com

Sarah Parker - Set design and art direction

Design Milk - Art, Style, Interior, Tech - Source website

Link:http://design-milk.com

We Heart It - Creative packaging specialsts

Link:http://www.weheart.co.uk/2013/09/12/happy-shop-berlin/

Process packaging - Creative packaging specialsts

link:http://www.progresspackaging.co.uk

Inky co - Creates designer paper goods 

Link: http://www.inkyco.com.au

The Hungry Workshop - Branding and design letterpress studio from Melbourne

Link: http://thehungryworkshop.com.au

Creative Bloq - Design resources

Link:http://www.creativebloq.com

Re-Public - Graphic Design studio

Link:http://re-public.com/en

Link: http://www.thedesignfilesopenhouse.com

Trendstop | Freelance store photographer | Job

Over the past few months I've been looking for numerous jobs, one which caught my eye was the freelance photographer position available at Trendstop. The job requires the photographer to be based in Paris for weeks/ months to focus on capturing trends in galleries, stores and retail coverage.

My application _

Photographs taken in Paris - Gallaries Lafayyte - By Lisa Marina Burns

Trip to Paris | Galleries Lafayette | Printhemps

Galleries Lafayette is a luxury departments store, I visited the store to capture the existing window displays, point of sale for high end brands along with the retail and interior design concepts happening in the fashion area of Paris. Below are a few photographs I took whilst there:

Trip to Paris | l'iilustrate Boutique

Whilst in Paris I took the opportunity to look at a few of the art and print boutiques whilst there, one of my favourite vistas was to the area of Bastille, a place know for its quirky boutiques and shops, here is where i visited the I'iiustrate Boutique.

Speaking to the owner of the print boutique:

- Small print business in Bastille
- Adversities prints from artists all over the work
- Artists are paid for the prints they sell, boutique keeps a percentage

Dialogue | live brief and exhibition

Dialogue - Live brief 

Context

Dialogue - The objective is to encourage contributions for a week long, non profit pop up print exhibition and shop that will be held at the Leeds Corn Exchange in March 2014.   The theme of the exhibition is ‘dialogue’ where each creative will submit a design that will be used in a blind collaboration.  Contributors must be open to their submissions being manipulated through the use of print and the match making process, that will pair two submissions together.  This will create a series of screen printed artworks that will be displayed through the running of the exhibition.

Brief or Tasks:

Submissions - Yoke welcomes people from all creative backgrounds to the exhibition.  We’re now ready to start receiving your ideas based around the theme of ‘Dialogue.’  Submissions can take any form of the theme.  It could directly reflect on past conversations, interactions or what you consider communication is today.

Spec

Specifications - Submit to yokeleeds@gmail.com
Artwork must be:
A3 Landscape or Portrait
Vector or Halftone Images
Black & White

300 dpi

Designs submitted

Exhibition photographs