When: Wednesday 16th 10am-6pm | Thursday 17th 10am-5pm

A unique opportunity to see the work of over 50 top West of England design companies. Free admission. Also, as part of the event, Simon Waterfall will give a guest lecture – an absolute must for anyone serious about design.

Cutting edge design talent, born and bred in the West, will be on public display for the first time at a new exhibition at Paintworks to highlight the strenght of design talent in the West.

The Designers’ Showcase, organised by the West of England Design Forum, includes the creative work of over 50 companies in the region, from the fields of product design, graphics, digital media, interiors, architecture, illustration, photography and exhibition design. The aim of the event is to bring the best creative talent in these fields together to celebrate and emphasise the extent to which the West has become such a creative stronghold.

The guest speaker at the event will be D&AD President, Simon Waterfall, who not only co-founded Deepend design, the number one creative agency in the UK (three years running) and number one in the world in 2001, but then went on to set up Poke, number one digital studio in the UK.

Lecture’s opening times: Wednesday 7pm. Admission: £10, concessions £8