Product is a collaborative project for artists, designers and makers in Medway. The main activity enables 15 creatives to make products through the process of ‘idea-to-design-to- manufacture’ through creative collaboration with manufacturers. Each ‘product idea’ picked will receive £1000 funding from the Product project.

We want to restore values of imagination, design and quality to manufacturing which gets lost through cheap mass production. Product is about innovation and quality creation, inspiring practitioners and innovative manufacturers to share knowledge, work with new processes, materials and make well designed crafted products. The end result will be unique crafted ‘products’ – both bespoke and prototype exhibited in a showcase exhibition.

The showcase exhibition will act as the launch of a new network event for creatives and manufacturers to meet. They can continue collaborating through the Product project, creating a recognised hub of excellence for artists and the creative industries thus providing a sustainable catalyst for development and growth.

Key dates

Deadline for submissions now closed

The fifteen ideas have now been chosen and  the creatives are being notified.

First Product meeting with the artists, designers and makers on the project

7th December 200 (10am – 4.00pm)