ARTS THREAD starts a new series of Q&As with designers and makers who will be exhibiting at New Designers One Year On this summer. We speak to Grace Hamilton who will be exhibiting her work during Part 1 of New Designers 2013 from the 26 – 29 June.

The Royal Academy of Art The Hague brought a performance element to Ventura Lambrate in Milan with its Live Factory Make My Day – a celebration of work-in-progress from students and recent graduates. ARTS THREAD went along to see.

Designersblock & ARTS THREAD are currently at the The Magazzini in Milan’s trendy Tortona district. Walk through a forest of stylised trees created by Lost Heritage festooned with work from new talents plucked from ARTS THREAD’s creative portfolios.

This April students and alumni from Maastricht Academy Fine Arts and Design present The Beauty of Things, an exhibition of projects on the subject of hygiene.

HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts comes to Milan with work from its multi-disciplinary HKU Design course for established designers who are forging new connections and exploring new applications. We can’t wait to see the works in person!

We are proud to announce that award winning jewellery designer and graduate of Colchester School of Art, design and Media, Giedre Vadeike will join ARTS THREAD and Designersblock at The Magazzini. We caught up with the designer to find out about her hopes for Milan and the lessons she’s learned since leaving education.

Coinciding with Design Days Dubai running March 17-21, the shortlist of artists and designers for the Jameel Prize 3 has been announced.

Munich – Creative collective Moving On, a group of 15 jewellery students from the Royal College of Art, took their public debate on the role of contemporary jewellery to the international jewellery fair Schmuck last week.

Reykjavik – DesignMarch starts this Thursday in Reykjavik, the annual design event to show off what’s happening in Iceland. ARTS THREAD takes a peek at some of the highlights.

Students from the jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam are currently showing a project entitled Multiplay at this year’s OBJECT Rotterdam that ends tomorrow.