Support us
Birmingham Design Festival is a not-for-profit event dedicated to supporting and celebrating the international design community.
The team’s belief that high-quality design education should be accessible for all means the festival doesn’t charge high ticket prices, and as a result, support from those who can is vital to the future success of the festival.
Make a one off donation
Where does your money go?
In 2019 the generous donations we received not only helped deliver an amazing, accessible festival but also supported the local design community.
£60k
That’s how much (roughly) it costs to put on BDF taking into account all the fees, travel and expenses.
£3,000
Went to local festivals, kickstarters and projects delivered in Birmingham that help support the design & tech community.
Building for the future
We’re hoping to do more and more over the next few years for the local community and we’re just getting started.
Become a partner
Our partnerships are absolutely vital to delivering BDF and offer an opportunity for organisations who are passionate about design to support the festival whilst engaging with a broad, international design community.
Your name up in lights
Sell your wares
Reach thousands of attendees
Engage with the design community
Benefits for 2024
Partnerships for BDF last year-round with prices alternating depending on whether we are in a ‘Festival’ year or a ‘Conference’ year. Below are the benefits for the Festival in 2024, happening 6th–8th June.
Benefits
Bronze Partner
£500 (+VAT)Silver Partner
£3,000 (+VAT)Gold Partner
£6,000 (+VAT)Free Conference tickets*
Article on Birmingham Design Festival journal
Logo listed with fellow BDF partners on website & programme
Logo featured on banners/screens at the venue
Your own competitions, events/drop-in sessions and/or workshops around the festival
Leaflets/flyers at the venue and in our festival goodie bag
Festival programme ad
A stall at our Conference venue
Prominent logo listing on festival website, social media and national marketing campaigns
Vouchers/promotions on digital communications
A 30 second ad during our live event
*Conference only (Fri 9th June), doesn't include workshops which must be booked separately.
**Choose between option A and B.
Get in touch
Like what you see? We’re keen to bring you on board as part of the BDF family in 2023 and beyond. Drop us a line and we can chat further.
Current & previous partners
Some of the companies that have already shown support for BDF over the past two years.
“The BDF made it clear that, in the most genuine way, a huge amount of people are enthused by design, creativity, discussion and inclusion.
They came along to be part of it, to celebrate it or learn more about it. Against a backdrop of creative subjects being down-graded in our schools, your event in Birmingham (with the highest youth population of any European city) showed that young people are defiantly passionate and motivated about our creative industries.”
Mark Jessett, G . F . Smith
Case studies
Our partners continue to think of new and engaging ways to speak to our audience. Here are a few examples to give you some inspiration for how you can work with us.
McCann, 2018
Global agency supergroup McCann were a main sponsor of BDF2018, and took their role very seriously, getting stuck in with a unique and exciting partnership activation.
They invited creatives to pitch themselves in 130 seconds to ‘win’ a new job, from the back of a van! This challenge was hugely popular with over 40 pitches over the festival duration – and 4 candidates awarded placements – and one full time junior creative position!
Awesome Merchandise
As main sponsors Awesome Merchandise threw themselves into helping make BDF as awesome as possible – from hosting multiple workshops at ROPE Press and free to attend live-screen printing demo’s, to filming Aaron Draplin talking about his love of merch, to introducing our evening speakers at the Conservatoire!
All our attendees went home with awesome merch thanks to Awesome Merchandise, and volunteers were highly visible in their BDF t-shirts, lanyards, badges etc.
Get in touch
Like what you see? We’re keen to bring you on board as part of the BDF family in 2023 and beyond. Drop us a line and we can chat further.