Graphic Design Summer Show 2017

The BA(Hons) Graphic Design degree show celebrated the breadth and diversity of work from our graduating students from the class of 2017.

It was great to see a show so full of challenging, provocative and successful projects including three students nominated for D&AD New Blood awards. The rich array of work on display showcased many areas within the discipline, including – amongst others – branding & identity, design for social change, user experience, editorial design and typography.

You can see many of the graduate projects from the Class of 2017 here: http://newblood.falmouth.ac.uk/

 

Creative Advertising Summer Shows 2017

There was a very broad mix of work showing in the Creative Advertising Summer Show reflecting the highly diverse media environment today’s advertising creatives inhabit.

John Baggot and Sam Huckle’s Creative Advertising work on display at the Falmouth University Grad shows. Falmouth University, Woodlane, Falmouth, UK, 19/05/17

Harry Crotty and Sam Turnell’s Creative Advertising work being exhibited at the Falmouth University Grad Show. Falmouth University, Woodlane, Falmouth, UK, 19/05/17

Work exhibited included films and TV commercials, radio commercials, print campaigns, websites, digital advertising, social media campaigns, experiential and events, new product concepts, brand work and packaging.

To be a top advertising creative today you certainly have to be versatile.

 

STUFF Student collections Moth Design & Death + The Studio Society

Following on from the Staff STUFF Collections, which were exhibited at the end of last year, students from the School of Communication Design were invited to exhibit their personal collection of STUFF. This collection could be one which has been added to over time, bequeathed to them, multiples of objects accrued as a result of habitual buying, a chance encounter at a boot fair.

MOTH: design & death has been interested in working with staff and students instigating projects which encourage enquiry using objects and artefacts as triggers for hidden memory, micro/macro, parts and whole, constructing and de-constructing, a passion for ‘rejects’ and fragments. This projects extends into The Studio Society which seeks to promote opportunities for the community of the Graphic Design Course to share, comment and contribute to the course beyond the curriculum.

Over the last four weeks students have shared some of their collections, giving insight as to why they have this STUFF and what it means to them.

Collection_01 | Jocelyn Affleck | Story Book

‘Everybody has a story to tell, but it’s tricky to find it. I take this book with me everywhere as a conversation starter and from there on people feel like they are part of something – part of this wide network of stories all held within the broken binding of this book’  Jocelyn Affleck

Collection_02 | Louise Osborne | Royal Memorabilia | Victoria Boyle | Black Cat & Socks | Chris Rees | Keyrings

‘No amount of frills, ribbons or official crests can disguise the naffness of these objects. Such an ornate form of tat, they are simultaneously beautiful and hideous. Quite an impressive combination in all honesty. Essentially I find them amusing, a completely bizarre thing to have in your home. However for such a simple object they open a variety of discussions and memories’ Louise Osborne

Collection_03 | Su Lee | Eating Habits | Sylwia Cwieczek | Trophies | Ciaran Saward | Calendar of Blades

‘I could never even think about my trophies as a collection. You can’t buy those objects, get them as a gift or find them in the middle of the field. Even though you might like their shapes and colours it’s not why you own them. You don’t decide to collect them, they’re actually only a side effect, a proof, something that reminds you what happened.‘ Sylwia Cwieczek

Collection_04 Friday | Charlotte Skerratt |Sea Glass | Lucy Carpenter | Bottles | Armelinda Beqiraj | Imperfect Images

‘I’m so in awe of how nature has managed to create something so alluring, turning our waste into beauty. Although mere fragments of glass, they’re special to me as they remind me of happiness, the feeling I got when I found a special piece or rare colour. The people I was with, how the beach looked and sounded one evening. Within each piece is a snippet of time holding years of history and wonder.’ Charlotte Skerratt

 

Success at TypeCon 2016, Seattle

Congratulations to Joseph Hill, Louis Braddock Clarke, Callum Dean, and Ben McMillan Stage 2 Graphic Design, who have been selected for their typographic work being exhibited at TypeCon 2016, Seattle.

Results:

http://prototype.typegallery.com/prototype-results/

Overview of the project:

 

 

http://prototype.typegallery.com

protoType – Promoting Speculative Typeface Design

 

 

 

Bodmin College: Design in motion exhibition 5-8 May

GF Smith – fine paper

The BA(Hons) Graphic Design course has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with GF Smith, one of the world’s most prestigious manufacturers of fine papers.  It was with great pleasure, therefore, that we were able to host their touring Heritage Exhibition in our very own Graphic Design lobby earlier this term, and we were honoured to have Mark Jessett from GF Smith with us for the private view.

The exhibition captured nearly one hundred and thirty years of collaboration between GF Smith and the best graphic designers, photographers & artists, resulting in a catalogue of truly ground-breaking and iconic promotional materials. It featured work from contributors such as Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Bill McKay, SEA Design, Made Thought and Studio Makgill, as well as documenting the development of GF Smith’s range over the past century.