After plenty of submissions, and much deliberation from our team of panelists, we’ve decided on the four finalists for the Summer round of Umbro Industries. These four creative ideas will now present their cases to the panel at next Monday’s final, before the most impressive walks away with the £10,000 prize to get their idea up and running.

Choosing the best from the latest round of applicants was a tough job, because of the amount of entries and the qualities of the ideas, but we think there’s some great ideas going forward to next week’s final. If you’ve been unlucky this time around, or haven’t had chance to apply for Umbro Industries yet, you can apply for the next round now by checking out the Umbro Industries website and uploading your idea.

For an idea of what the judges are looking for, here’s a quick glimpse at the four ideas that have made it to the final this time around:

Krysko & Kashiwagi

Well-respected Manchester DJ Krysko and contemporary artist Naomi Kashiwagi are looking to team up with the Whitworth Art Gallery to mix DJing, music, art and architecture. Giving people the chance to bring galleries to life through music, they also hope to produce an album featuring all of the commissioned artists.

Streets Above

Focusing on the world of parkour, Streets Above is a multimedia project that explores the lives of those involved in this world. Released as a HD-drama series, motion comic, blog-series, docu-drama, gig nights and a mobile website, Streets Above would also host a series of events around Manchester with the money if they are successful.

Tourist Magazine

An ever evolving platform for art, music, fashion, literature, Tourist Magazine seeks to shed new light on artists otherwise ignored. As part of this project, they want to launch a series of events and exhibitions at The Soup Kitchen to encourage underground art in Manchester. They also want to accompany this with a series of printed zines and a photographic series.

A Night On The Tiles

A collaborative group of Manchester-based spoken word artists, Penultimate are aiming to create new performance pieces that blend spoken word, theatre, hip-hop, music and video on a show based around Scrabble entitled A Night On The Tiles. Developing an already existing show, they aim to make it bigger and better before taking the show on a national tour.

We’ll be sure to let you know the winners as soon as we can after next week’s final – make sure you’re following Umbro Industries on Twitter for the most up to date news.