It's time once again to select our Design Stars for the upcoming year! As you may already be aware, Sustainable Floristry took center stage in this year's series, and although it won't be the main theme for 2024, we are committed to maintaining the momentum and highlighting sustainable mechanics and designs going forward. So, if you decide to apply, please bear that in mind!

However, we are taking a unique approach by introducing categories for you to choose from. This will allow us to offer a diverse range of content that appeals to all types of florists and designs. The categories available are as follows: 

Wedding & Event Design

Retail Design

Corporate / Hotel / Restaurant Design

Lifestyle & Brand Activation 

We are looking for four designers for our 2024 Design Star series to produce three design videos each. If you are selected, we will work together to decide which three months you will be featured, and what you will teach in your videos based on the categories you have selected!

If you are selected as a 2024 Design Star, your responsibilities would include the following:

• Coordination & execution of one shoot where you'll film three design videos. Each video should use sustainable mechanics & practices, though it does not need to be the main focus. 
• We'll provide the flowers, you'll provide the hardgoods, tools, and any other additional structures or decor you plan to use
• Budget provided by Mayesh for videographer & photographer 
• Work with your videographer to ensure that we have each video two weeks before their scheduled air dates so that we have time to make necessary edits
• Be a guest on Mornings with Mayesh to go more in-depth on the videos & answer viewer questions
  

Please use the link below to fill out our application. Among other questions, you will be asked what categories you would like to design under and what your specific ideas are for said categories. We are looking for creativity & originality as well as technical expertise, and of course, we want variety for our viewers - not twelve different bouquet videos! (Not to say that no one can do a bouquet, just try to think a bit outside the box!) And while the focus of each video does not have to be sustainability, we would still like you to implement environmentally friendly practices in each one, so keep that in mind & let us know what that means to you!

Along with the application, you will upload a 3-5 minute "selfie-style" video introducing yourself, your design style, why you want to be one of our designers, your thoughts on floral education & sustainability, etc... Just be yourself, really! This is our way to get to know your personality & charisma on camera.

Deadline to apply: September 30, 2023