Denver Design Incubator (DDI) Offers Portfolio Workshop

Feb. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- The Denver Design Incubator holds their second in an ongoing series of workshops open to the public.  This latest offering, a portfolio workshop, will be held Saturday, February 26th from 2:00-4:00pm at the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC), 4130 Tejon Street, Suite A, Denver, CO 80211.

Attendees will be working one on one with industry professionals including local fashion designers, college fashion professors, art directors, and graphic artists.  This is a hands-on workshop to provide constructive feedback on current portfolios, build a better understanding of the different types and purposes of portfolios, and gain hands-on education in compiling a fashion portfolio in a manner that will ultimately create future opportunities.

As colleagues, designers will be able to collaborate on ideas with the intent of showcasing not only a professional view of their best work, but creatively making it appealing and marketable.  Both emerging and established designers, as well as students and interns will work to build professional portfolios, increasing their reputation as artists and savvy marketers of their work.

This workshop will be open to the public with a total of twenty spots available. Cash, check or credit card payment of $45.00.  Reservations are suggested and can be made online through DDI’s website, www.denverdesignincubator.com or by contacting Holli Gibson, the Director of Design & Education for DDI at 720-837-1452 or holli.gibson@lamanblu.com.  Walk-ins will also be accepted at the time of the workshop, space allowing. Attendees should bring their current portfolios, pictures, and drawings.

The mission of the Denver Design Incubator is to help emerging fashion designers into business, thus stimulating entrepreneurial activity and encouraging small business growth to the benefit of the Colorado economy. The DDI will provide comprehensive facilities and services, to help students through the myriad of issues and challenges that can beset new ventures, and in so doing, enhance their chances of business success, with the end goal being for designers to leave the Incubator with successful, viable fashion businesses. DDI will create and support Denver’s position as a center of the Apparel Industry in the US, which will enhance employment and tax revenues for Colorado through the growth of business.

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Denver Design Incubator is a non-profit organization modeled after successful design incubators in Toronto, Chicago, and New York. The recently formed Board of Directors includes designers of Colorado apparel manufacturers, fashion lawyers and finance experts, design educators, and retail specialists. DDI is a 501c3 project of the CNDC.

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