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How it all began

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This weekend we celebrate the 4th birthday of our partner site, Make It In Design, a collaboration I established with designer Rachael Taylor back when e-courses were almost unheard of. We met with our lovely team for an awayday, to reflect on times past and to look ahead, and I felt incredibly grateful to our whole community for being part of this adventure of business and life.

Personally I am always fascinated by how businesses start and evolve, and collaborations are even more interesting to my nosy-parker self. How did they meet? Whose idea was it? Who does what? How do they make it work?

Well if you are a curious type like me, you might be interested in this interview with me and Rachael, all about how Make It In Design came about and how we have grown it to incorporate a design school with over 5000 students (who have created more than 100,000 designs) and a digital design magazine that has had over 2.5 million views!

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We also wrote a heartfelt open letter to our community recognizing that we can only do what you love because of you. We are truly grateful and committed to providing ongoing support to help you do what you love. You can read that letter here.

If you are a budding designer yourself, you might want to check out the 2016 Make It In Design Scholarship which has launched today, in partnership with Print & Pattern. It’s worth over $2000 – find out more here.

On a personal note, I am coming to the end of my maternity leave and am preparing for reentry in the next couple of weeks! I look forward to taking back the reigns of this weekly email, starting next week with quite a story.

Until then,

Beth

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