Over the past 10 years, Tigerprint has been working with a wide number of art and design colleges across the UK. They run projects with the colleges which usually last between four and six weeks. There is an initial presentation to the students about the business and then a design brief is set. At the end of the project the design team return for a critique and award a prize to the student who has answered the brief best.

When judging, the design team look for a strong range of skills, commitment, ingenuity, originality and excellent communication skills – essential in a studio environment!

Past placements have had work selected to go into the ranges which in many cases have gone on to be best sellers.

College Links:

As well as the college links Tigerprint also sponsor the Student Starpack Awards. This is generally focussed on the toy category: a brief is set to challenge the skills of packaging and graphics students, with a month’s paid placement as the prize.