Designing to Win - Maximise Your Success In Competition
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Lead by Mark Pampling, Master Florist, World Champion
Learn How To Maximise Your Success In Competitions, from seasoned Competitor, Teacher, Judge and Student of Floral Design, Mark Pampling.
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What does it take to succeed in floral design competitions?
We all focus on Design, Interpretation and Workmanship when we create and especially so when competing, as that is how we gain points, and hopefully more than our competitors.
The game of Floral Design Competition has rules, and how well we play to those rules can decide the difference between a great design and the highest scoring great design.
We know succeeding in floral design competitions takes more than good design and creative interpretation.
The difference between a great entry and a high scoring great entry can come down not just to excellent design but also to how well the design plays to the rules of the game, The Marking Schedule.
You can increase your success in competitions by sharing Mark's learnings from thirty years in competitions - as a competitor, judge, mentor and competition convenor.
Designing to Win will show you how to balance your energy between interpretation, design, workmanship and the all-important marking schedule to achieve the highest placing possible in design competitions.
Learn by Doing
Join as a Designer in a simulated competition environment which we will organise for this learning event.
The theme for this iteration of Designing to Win will be Glass and Grass.
Design an item to the competition-style schedule written for this course and submit a photo of your item just as you would in an online competition.
Attend the First Design Forum (online) and hear Mark give you detailed competition-level feedback (with written notes) on your item.
Take your learnings from the forum and create a new design to the same schedule. Photograph and submit it too.
Then, in the Second Design Forum (online), hear Mark appraise your new item (again, with written notes).
See your learnings come to life as your first and second items are compared side by side. Gain detailed insights into your competing game that can only be obtained through this kind of hands-on experience.
Is your time on a budget?
Perhaps you don't have the time or energy to participate as a designer this time.
You can still join as a member of the audience and access all the included material in the Designing to Win package - just without experiencing the hands-on part of the process this time.
Designing to Win - Floral Competition Essentials - eBook & Video
Floral Competition Essentials is Mark Pampling's essential guide to maximising your chances of success in floral design competitions. It is suitable for anyone who wants to improve their competing game or give themselves a refresher before getting back into competing, or for floral creatives who would like to know more about the competition process.
This eBook covers a broad range of aspects of competing, including how to research competitions, analysing and interpreting the schedule, understanding the marking criteria, designing, planning and preparing for competitions, right through to tips for reviewing your competition successes and learnings.
This eBook will later be listed for $29.95 and it is included in your enrolment fee.
Designing to Win - Applied Interpretation - eBook & Video
Applied Interpretation is an eBook + video presentation giving a fully worked example of Mark’s method of approaching competition schedule interpretation. It shows you how to analyse a theme and find design solutions that answer the schedule and marking criteria.
Mark takes a competition schedule written for this course and closely examines the theme from different perspectives.
He guides you through his structured research method, identifying key aspects and examining them through the principles and elements of design, taking into account how the theme relates to any botanical matter referenced in it.
This eBook will later be listed for $29.95 and it is included in your enrolment fee.
Designing to Win - Competition Learnings - eBook & Videos
Competition Learnings is a compendium of all of the designers’ items submitted for the first and second Design Forums, with the detailed notes from Mark’s critical appraisals, highlighting, for each designer, the learnings realised from the first design to the second.
It will contain a wealth of analytical observations on design which can be of use to anyone who creates with flowers, especially so in competition.
This eBook will later be listed for $29.95. It is included in your enrolment fee, along with three months bonus access to the recordings of the two Design Forums, valued separately at $39.95.
Designing to Win will unfold according to the following timetable:
Tuesday 27 June
- First two eBooks and videos released
Saturday 15 July
- First design submission due
Tuesday 18 July
- First live Design Forum
Thursday 20 July
- Design Forum written notes released
Saturday 5 August
- Second design submission due
Tuesday 8 August
- Second live Design Forum held
Thursday 10 August
- Design Forum written notes released
Saturday 12 August
- eBook Competition Learnings released
Participation Guide
Mark Pampling has been designing, competing, teaching and judging for thirty years now and is as well known for his clear, linear design style as for his patient and inclusive way of sharing his knowledge.
- 2019 Beijing World Flower Art Contest – Champion
- 2015 Interflora World Cup, Berlin – Judge
- 2014 Fusion Flowers International Designer of the Year – 1st Place
- 9th China International Orchid Show (Sanya) – Best Creative Award
- 2014 International Flower Contest Japan – Best in Show, Gold Award and Design Innovation Award
- Asia Cup 2014 (Japan) – 1st Place – Surprise Table Display
- 2013 Fusion Flowers International Designer of the Year – 2 Silver Awards & 1 Bronze Award
- 2012 Fusion Flowers International Designer of the Year – 4th Place
- 2012 Interflora Australia Cup – Winner
- 2011 Interflora Australia Cup – Winner
- Australian Competitor 10th Interflora World Cup 2004 – 3rd Place
You can learn more about Mark here.
