John Lewis Leeds invites an exciting collaboration with Leeds Arts

University students to create work to feature within the store

design of our loved&found department.

Background

loved&found is a stand-alone boutique for our favourite new and contemporary brands.
This Aladdin's cave brings together our most-coveted fashion finds in regularly updated
collections, to keep you inspired and ahead of the style set.

loved&found is more than just fashion; its about a lifestyle concept inspired by
Scandinavian designs and bringing together an eclectic mix of beauty, fashion, homeware,
gifts and art.

The area itself is playful and forward thinking product is not just displayed, its
interacted with through props for an added quirkiness.

loved&found could not be further from your typical idea of a John Lewis store. Based on
store concepts of & Other Stories, Oliver Bonas, Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters, we
envision it as more of an emporium of unusual finds, not mass stocked, and an opportunity
for small emerging brands to layer together and inspire our customer with a lifestyle story.

The loved&found range is a new concept to John Lewis stores and currently discoverable
in Birmingham, Liverpool & Leeds. This gives us our own unique space to work with and
bring to life the artistic culture we have in Leeds so if you have a concept of how your
work can be envisaged into our store, we would love to see this.

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We encourage any applicants to come and see the store space (this may greatly help with
the in store mock-up design board submission requirement!) and we are more than happy
to book appointments via email to look at the in store space and to answer any questions.

Please dont hesitate to contact visualmerchandising.leeds@johnlewis.co.uk

Entry Requirements

Any degree discipline

Any creative medium that can be framed for a gallery style feature within John
Lewis loved&found department or alternatively suitable for display on tabletops or
shelving alongside loved&found product. Such as; illustration, technical drawings,
digital design, graphic design, sketches, sculpture, paintings of any medium, prints,
frame-able printed/woven fabrics, photography - the world is your oyster!
No garments
No pieces with the potential to cause injury, or offence.
Nothing political or religious.
Maximum size A0

Submissions

1 Final outcome piece

Minimum 3 A3 design research and development boards, 1 A3 moodboard & 1 A3
final "in store" mock up design board, digitally submitted in PDF format.
Any size sketchbook research & ideas to support your final outcome are welcome.
Artist/Design statement
Business contact card design to stand alongside your outcome

If you wish to claim expenses, please include costings (up to 250) with you submission. If
your concept is selected, agreed expenses will be covered.

Winning entries will receive their work displayed to customers as part of our store design
from Autumn 2017 to Spring 2018. They will also receive John Lewis social media
promotion, the opportunity to promote their work via business cards on display alongside
their final outcome, and a fantastic accolade to include in their portfolio of work and CV.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 9am MONDAY 27th NOVEMBER

Please send submissions to careers@leeds-art.ac.uk

Submissions will be shortlisted by a panel of John Lewis representatives and successful

artist(s) will be notified within 4 weeks of the deadline date.

Installation is due to take place in January 2018. Further information will be provided at a
later date. Details of the installation will be discussed and agreed upon by the chosen
artist(s) and John Lewis, following shortlisting.

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Regulations

You must be 18 or over, and a current student at Leeds Arts University, to enter;

Entries can be individual or collaborative but each student, or group, can only
submit one entry;

Entries must be submitted by Monday 27th November 2017. Neither John Lewis or
Leeds Arts University can be held responsible for entries not received by this time;

Entrants must submit their concept, via email, to careers@leeds-art.ac.uk. It is the

responsibility of the students to make sure they are accessible and in working
order;

The copyright of all work submitted remains with the artist/designer(s); however,
by submitting work, you are agreeing that John Lewis can use your work for
promotional activities (in print, online, or otherwise). Should this happen, the
artist will be credited;

The decision of the selection panel is final;

If it is deemed none of the entries are suitable, no design will be chosen and the
brief may be re-advertised

Winners will be notified within 4 weeks of the deadline date.

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