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Business development
This annual event brings expert speakers together to present and discuss opportunities within the design industry and ways of accessing them. Guest speakers cover key areas such as sales, commissioning, design and manufacturing.  
 
Hidden Art caters to designer-makers’ specific requests, often following a networking session, by running tailored training sessions, and by signposting members to other useful organisations or to our Pool of Specialists.
 
These themed events run monthly throughout the year, to give designer-makers an overview of an area and an opportunity to meet their contemporaries.
 
Hidden Art Pool of Specialists
Members have acces to our specialist consultants. They enhance our services by contributing to Hidden Art’s training programme, providing fact sheets, one-to-one sessions and seminars. Members can also apply to join the Pool of Specialists in order to offer their services to our members and participate in the Hidden Art Tailored Training programme. Click here for more information on joining the Pool.
 
This seven month programme aims to bring together designer-makers with specialist advisers, mentors and project partners to get a product from the idea stage into production. For further information click here.
 
Online resources
All members have access to the Members Area,  the password protected section on our website at www.hiddenartlondon.com/members (formerly the Bureau). This includes: reference directories of press, manufacturers, specialist services and international design markets; listings of design opportunities such as awards, funding and grants, training and seminars; classifieds listing items and services for sale, studio space; useful weblinks to the online resources of design, craft and business support organisations; helpdesk with factsheets and a FAQ section (currently under development).
 
Please note that all directories have moved from www.hiddenart.com to our London site,
www.hiddenartlondon.com. Designer-Maker London, Manufacturer/Retailer and Associate members are all eligible for a directory page on www.hiddenartlondon.com.