Commissioning somebody else to manufacture and distribute your own designs can be a daunting prospect. Designer Helen Johannessen talks about her own experiences with this process.

Helen describes how she moved from making pieces herself to trusting a producer to manufacture and take her designs to market on a larger scale.

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This film was collaboration with Own-it. UALs former IP advice unit. It was part of the series Own-it TV which interviewed designer-makers about practice and practical legal issues.