BA & MA GMD alumnus, Jaya Modi, has had her final year book project accepted by Torchlight Journal for their 11th issue – Libraries in Film and Literature. Jaya describes her approach to the project: It was so exciting for me to be able to talk about one of my favourite projects from university –…
On the launch of his second album and forthcoming residency in Southbank Centre’s Purcell Rooms, alumnus, graphic designer and musician Hector Plimmer talks to Senior Lecturer Craig Burston – a rumination on studying on GMD at LCC, exploring the pre-modded Elephant & Castle and the importance of bringing your passions into your studies. GMD: Your…
Marion Bisserier, a final year BA Graphic and Media Design student (2019), was invited to present her thesis research at the 4T Design and Design History Society Association 2019 symposium on ‘Design and Authority’ in İzmir, Turkey. Her paper Decoding Type posed the question: ‘To what extent has the invention of Unicode in 1990 served multiculturalism in type design?’…
London Design Festival; ‘Emergence’ at LCC: Sept/Oct 2019 #5 Mindworks is an online collection of design around the theme of mental health and well-being, produced by students and staff across UAL, including work from the GMD course: https://www.mindworksual.com/ This new archive resource provides reflection and analysis, promotes positive understanding and counteracts stigma. It is intended…
London Design Festival; ‘Emergence’ at LCC: Sept/Oct 2019 #4 What Does Green Really Mean? was initially developed by GMD First Year Coordinator, Craig Burston, for London Design Festival 2014. Four inter-related physical outputs; book, music compilation tape, a collection of objects and sculpted artefacts that remind one of the first time we have an awakening regarding the fragility of…
Alba Urquía, who graduated from GMD in 2019, has won a training grant to take part in a course at Joan Miró’s printmaking studios in 2020. The Fundació Miró Mallorca offers just two scholarships annually to artists interested in printmaking techniques and printed editions to enable them to attend one of the courses each summer. Alba describes…
London Design Festival; ‘Emergence’ at LCC: Sept/Oct 2019 #3 GMD Senior Lecturer Monica Biagioli describes the process of working on a Special Issue for the Journal of Organizational Aesthetics which was launched at the London Design Festival at LCC: I co-edited a Special Issue for the Journal of Organisational Aesthetics dedicated to the Design School’s…
London Design Festival; ‘Emergence’ at LCC: Sept/Oct 2019 #2 LCC students undertaking the Diploma in Professional Studies 18/19, led by Sarah Temple, recently collaborated with Salusbury World, a London charity which supports refugee children and their families. For the London Design Festival, they co-produced an installation in response to an oral history archive, taken from…
London Design Festival; ‘Emergence’ at LCC: Sept/Oct 2019 #1 The Atomic publication is the latest issue in the Im-Pressed series and was launched as part of the London Design Festival, ‘Emergence’ exhibition at LCC. The publication series is designed and edited by GMD Senior Lecturers, Alexander Cooper + Tim Hutchinson, with contributions from a range of writers and…
Congratulations to Graphic & Media Design graduate Ellie Gilbert-Ryan who won a Silver Creative Conscience Award during her final year at LCC. Creative Conscience is a global movement that improves the communities we live and work in, helping to transform the wider world. They promote socially valuable, human centred design that enables and inspires people…
Kyoto Inspiration is a scheme which gives insights into how Kyoto’s traditional culture has provided a base, nurture and inspiration for innovations in past and present-day Japan’s popular media and arts. This summer GMD student James Cozier was accepted on to the programme to visit Japan and reflects on his experience: I had the opportunity…
The 2019 Graphic & Media Design degree show, Salon XIX was a huge success and very well-attended. Below are some of our favourite photographs of the exhibition, taken by graduating GMD student, Julia Fontes Lessa. Work by the graduating students is available to view at: http://www.gmdlcc.com
