HIGH STREET BY DESIGN 2012 COMPETITION

Closing Date – 30th March 2012

F.Hinds is giving another two jewellery designers an opportunity to open up sales on the high street in the second year of this annual competition. There are two categories:

1) Current students plus members of IJL’s newly qualified Bright Young Gems group

2) Any designer showing at the International Jewellery London 2011 exhibition

F.Hinds will work alongside the two winners to develop their winning pieces to be sold exclusively at F.Hinds, with the potential for a guaranteed commission, in all of its 110 high street/shopping mall stores and online at www.fhinds.co.uk.

F.Hinds is a hugely successful jewellery retailer with the flexibility to quickly bring to its stores new, interesting and most importantly saleable jewellery pieces. Designers can sometimes find the route to the high street problematic, but on this occasion the link is direct.

Entries will be electronic making the competition easy to enter for all. Please read further for full terms and conditions or tel. 01494 718502 to talk to the competition organiser.

The two winning designers will win:

150 fully created pieces of their winning design produced by F.Hinds using a well known and respected manufacturer.
F.Hinds will provide numbered, limited edition certificates for both pieces
F.Hinds will provide an attractive, presentation box for every piece
The winning items will be distributed for sale to 110 F.Hinds’ stores and photographed and featured for sale online from May/June 2012.
Winners will receive a guaranteed commission on sales after the first 150 have been sold (subject to production costs)
Winners will retain an option to design a complete collection to be sold exclusively by F.Hinds, with commission alongside the original piece, subject to suitability after further discussion
Winners will be celebrated at IJL 2012 with a dedicated seminar and Showcased free of charge

Details and Hints

Entrants are advised to visit F.Hinds’ store(s) across England/Wales – a fully detailed list of store locations can be found using the store locator above - or alternatively use the website to research the company and the type of products sold. F.Hinds’ store jewellery is predominantly gold or silver, as those are the two most popular high street precious metals. Entrants should be conscious of F.Hinds’ price point ranges – high end jewellery will not necessarily sell in sufficient numbers from high streets and shopping malls to generate a good result for the designer and F.Hinds although clearly sometimes it does.

Any design should not have been previously made, shown or sold commercially.

Designers should be aware that their design will need to be capable of manufacture to at least 150 identical pieces at reasonable production costs for F.Hinds.

Entries/Closing Date

Submit your design electronically in your chosen format, with your name, address, contact telephone number, email address and the category you are entering (Students/Bright Young Gems or Current Designers) to hsbd@fhinds.co.uk - indicating as many design specifics as possible, so that it can be translated into a CAD mock up.

For further information, please contact Pam Fenton, email: PamFenton@pfpr.biz, tel. 01494 718502. Closing date 30th March 2012.

Judging Panel

The judging panel will be made up of Andrew Hinds – Director and Gold Buyer; Sarah Jordan – Award Winning Jewellery Designer; jewellery manufacturer Bob Morrish – R. E.. Morrish; an IJL representative and a consumer representative. Winners will be notified by 30th April 2012.

The judges’ decision will be final.

Contact PamFenton@pfpr.biz, tel 01494 718502 for any further information.

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London
24 Park Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1NH
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