“1/4″]”7540” “yes”]”7541″ “yes”]”7543″ “yes”]”3/4″]As Dame Judi Dench, DBE said in the book, Yorkshire Made Me. “I am incredibly proud to be Yorkshire born!” And in the same book award winning author Joanne Harris said, “Yorkshire is my home. For a nomad like me that means everything. I love the people and its violent and beautiful landscape.”

Dids Macdonald, OBE., ACID’s CEO, also Yorkshire-born says, “So on Yorkshire Day, why not meet some of our inspiring ACID members who have chosen to have their businesses in this magical county? A county described by Joanne Harris who says, “It’s the spirit of the place, its magical, elusive charm, its wealth of stories its folklore. Or perhaps it’s the people – friendly, artistic, loyal, eccentric, slightly combative, perhaps but direct and never at a loss for word!” I couldn’t have said it better myself!”

All Anti Copying in Design (ACID) members join our organisation to be part of a proactive community that shouts very loudly about the value of creative originality and they all protect the intellectual property they create to ensure growth.

Why don’t you explore some of the interesting things they do?

And who better to start with but the inspiring Lola Design Ltd  whose cards we love. Lola is a design-led lifestyle brand with one specific aim: To bring joy through beautiful design.

Pickering-based  George Gold + Co – is a British furniture design company producing a growing range of pieces to accommodate themselves to the changing spaces throughout your life and  is definitely worth checking out! They also provide courses for young aspiring designers which look great fun – yet another summer holiday way to learn a new skill!

Fancy yourself as an artist? Well,  Charlotte Brown can help those who secretly yearn for a more creative and fulfilling life. She will teach you drawing skills, while sprinkling in tips and techniques! A great skill to learn in the summer holidays.

Thinking of getting married? Well look no further for a unique personalised runner than Bridestobeonline.com. Or spending your summer holidays refreshing your interiors? Take a peek at freelance textile, surface pattern designer and digital artist Catherine Davies Designs – refreshingly different.

Or take a preview of MaggieMagoo Designs who create contemporary homewares & original screen prints or glance at luxury illustrated paper goods by Stephanie Davies  and Moaning Minnie Designs – who is a contemporary designer of accessories.

Award-winning Yorkshire based silversmith, Suzanne Berry is one to watch! Her exquisite pieces are inspired by her collections of “natural materials which include tree bark, twigs, and seedpods which become immortalised in the handle of a beautifully planished jug or the curiously tactile curve of a spoon handle.”

And there’s so much more to explore:

Thomas Barnes Furniture – crafting unique furniture. Ollie Holman – designs and handcrafts exquisite sculptural pieces ranging from furniture to lighting. Turnpost – produce handcrafted, luxury beds & mattresses. Block Blitz Ltd make a powerful mineral and plant-based barrier detergent. Meghan Earle Design ltd – for hand designed, locally made prints and gifts. York based A-P design+print – the design and print professionals and MJT Artwork – a contemporary digital artist or Paper Sole Ltd.– for gorgeous greeting cards. Eastern Print Studio -offer stylish Eastern inspired greeting cards and artist & illustrator Janice Daughters Artist & Illustrator. Memelou – a fun and colourful brand of design led greeting cards. Elaara Islamic Greeting Cards – exclusively designed greeting cards for all Islamic occasions. Leesa Rayton Design Plus – bespoke jewellery design. Designer jeweller based in York – Joanna Wakefield Jewellery. Object Cor Ltd – designer cabinet handles, light switches, and interior decorative metalwork.

Artist Janilaine Mainprize and Steve Harrington-Simpson – surface designer offering unique and contemporary prints, glass, art and soft furnishings. The Great British Bridal Co Ltd – leading bridal wholesaler. Little Weaver Arts Limited – A British homewares designer featuring original drawings of wild and domestic animals of the British Isles and further afield. The Good Rug Company producer of children’s rugs and play mats and Collared Creatures lovingly designs a range of dog snuggle beds and cosy cave beds for your four-legged friend to enjoy. Highly acclaimed Yorkshire based wildlife artist, Bree Merryn Art. For over 150 years Thomas Crapper & Co. has been true to the ethos that if you buy the right quality you only have to buy once – Thomas Crapper & Co Ltd.

BabaBing! Limited – award winning, multi-functional, practical & modern designs for parents. Dowsing & Reynolds – beautiful and bespoke lighting products in vintage industrial style with Scandinavian influences thrown in for good measure. Pacific Lifestyle Limited is a leading UK based, trade only, designer and importer of furniture, decorative lighting and home accessories.