Portfolio career

• I can get funding from specific places for my major project or other projects after the MA

• This involves talking to people who are not designers - use lots of imagery to inspire them

• Sometimes they will fund without thinking of planning - Look at what you can do in the research - especially in public spaces

• There is money available to do creative murals, street 'stuff' etc.

There are lots of forms available to get funding - Will need a design proposal

Competitions can be a good way to get funding

Grants aren't widely known about so can be a good way to get funding

Different councils have different amounts of funding set aside for design.

Design proposals need to:

• Be professional looking

• include imagery

• catch the reader's attention

There are some companies that will write design proposals for you. They also do the costings and other admin things for you - leaving you to do the design work. They then take a percentage of the project funding.