Since the pandemic, many young people have been struggling to make up for lost years, academically and socially, but there is a cohort of creative twentysomethings who are devising solutions to that. Last week, emerging talent from the nation’s leading art and design courses exhibited thoughtful, sustainable and occasionally eccentric products to clean the air we breathe, combat loneliness and support mental health.
New Designers, the annual graduate show sponsored by brands such as M&S, Sainsbury’s, Kenwood and Unilever, is where the high street goes shopping for emerging talent. The 3,000 designers exhibiting in the Business Design Centre, north London, were auditioning for jobs with manufacturers and some may soon be designing everything from our curtains to our kitchen equipment.
Before they enter the world
