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KiosKiosK: Nottingham Creative Businesses showcase in London

Three Nottingham Creative Business entrepreneurs have been given a key stage on the Southbank of London as part of Wayne Hemingway's latest scheme KiosKiosK.

The opportunity comes as Nottingham is celebrating its creativity and innovation to enhance its profile as a creative city of national and international importance. Part of the wider push on Nottingham's creativity includes this year's Nottingham Creative Business Awards and the Roses Design Awards.

Invest in Nottingham has supported and engaged three Nottingham Creative Business entrepreneurs sonodesign, Hanna&Bella and Bags 2 Riches to showcase their creative designs at KiosKiosK.

Designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway MBE called for budding creative entrepreneurs to come forward to sell their produces from KiosKiosK which is described as an innovative 'pop up shop' that will provide free temporary retail space for start-up businesses in Central London this summer.

The first KiosKiosK will be housed for two months (July to September 2009) outside London's iconic City Hall. It will offer rent-free space for people with creative products to sell such as ceramics, artworks, creative gifts and fashion, helping new businesses with great ideas to get a step up on the ladder to success.

Wayne Hemingway said of the project: 'Whilst the first KiosKiosk is in London, creativity is spread across the nation and through my relationship with Invest in Nottingham, Nottingham City Council and the Universities in the city I know what a creative place Nottingham is.

'From an urban design perspective many of our towns and cities' streetscapes would benefit from well-designed kiosks that provide beacons of creativity. I am calling on people with creative products to wow the world to come forward to take advantage of KiosKiosK this summer.'

Sonodesign, who have entered this year's Nottingham Creative Business Awards under the Product Design category, consists of Grant Baker and Nick Jackson who are two young focused designers who believe in producing quality, homegrown products. sonodesign is a contemporary product and furniture design company that fully believes in designing simple, individual and desirable products, which are produced in the UK

Grant Baker of sonodesign commented: 'KiosKiosK is a really exciting opportunity for me to promote my portfolio as a designer and build working relationships outside of the Midlands reaching new potential customers.'
Hannah Wroe of HannahandBella is a bespoke fashion designer in Nottingham and a member of the Nottingham Creative Network. Under her label 'Hannah and Bella' she makes made to measure womenswear and costumes inspired by 1940's and 1950's design.

She will be showcasing her portfolio at KiosKiosK and selling a range of beautiful accessories and customised clothes, all handcrafted using vintage recycled fabrics with hand embroidered details.

Anna Roebuck of Bags to Riches creates contemporary designs using recycled plastics and other found elements. All of the work is created using a technique that Anne has developed over the last 5 years, which utilises plastic carrier bags and their vibrant colours
Anna, Bags to Riches, said: 'I love the idea behind KiosKiosK; being in a kiosk on the streets of London provides immediacy between yourself and the public which is really exciting.

I feel really privileged to have been backed by Invest in Nottingham and chosen by Hemingway designs as one of the Nottingham designers to take part. It's a great opportunity to meet people and promote bags2riches right at the heart of the capital.'
David Robinson, President of Speedo International and Chairman of this year's Nottingham Creative Business Awards, said: 'This is an ideal opportunity for the city's creative sector to enhance their own businesses and also Nottingham's profile as a creative city.

'Nottingham is a hotbed of globally influential talent and we hope to show the world how much excellent creative work is going on around the city by being involved in such campaigns and supporting our creative network.'

Nottingham is also looking into being the first host city outside of London to stage this new campaign.

The Nottingham Creative Business Awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 7th October at The Council House.for further information contact Tracey Meadow on 0115 9154431

Roses Design Awards will be coming to Nottingham for the first time ever on 23 October, 2009 to get involved contact James Linnington on 0115 9155382.

People with creative products to sell and who want to be part of KiosKiosK can find out more on how to get involved at www.KiosKiosK.co.uk

Source:www.KiosKiosK.co.uk|

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