Jessica Hogarth featuring at Design Event MART

Jessica Hogarth at Design Event MART 2013

@JessHogarth 
www.jessicahogarth.com

At the humble age of 25 Jessica has firmly made her mark on the design world.

Graduating in 2010 she quickly fell into her first full time job, but less than a year into it she left. Jessica didn’t like the fact that she couldn’t see her designs develop from start to finish.

Four months later an American textiles company; P&B textiles wanted to collaborate to create a range of quilt work and cushions which were mass produced and sold internationally.

Jessica said collaborations with big companies such as John Lewis and P&B textiles gives her the opportunity to see her work manufactured into different items that she can’t afford to produce herself. A collaboration she’s particularly excited for is working with Graham & Brown, 12 home-grown British designers will create limited edition wallpaper for the brand which will be released in January.

Unlike Laura, Jessica enjoys the business side of her own company as much as the design elements. Jessica proudly tells me she even creates and handles her own accounts so she can track how her business is doing.

The majority of the shows Jessica has attended previously have been trade shows, so the main attraction to the Design Event MART for Jessica was the fact that the exhibition was for the public where her work can be appreciated by anyone.

Jessica at Design Event MART

By: Alexandra Chapman, University of Sunderland student