Graphic & Media Design students Stephanie Tan and Maxwel Fabiano Da Silva were involved in designing a major exhibition during their Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) year. The ‘Everyday Heroes’ exhibition came from a professional relationship that LCC has built with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team at BNP Paribas. The French bank approached the ‘Conscientious…
Declan Talbert graduated from the Graphic and Media Design (GMD) course in 2011. Since then he has had a varied and international career but is now back with us, working on UAL’s new website design… What are you doing now? “I’m currently working at University of the Arts London (UAL), as a UX Designer for a newly…
Design: Annabel Schick Last term, a group of 2nd year Graphic & Media Design students began work on a live collaboration with GMD alumnus, Alex Rose, National Careers Service Advisor for HMP YOI ISIS and HMP Wandsworth. The students who volunteered to take part in the project were; Annabel Schick; Ryan Ellis; Tom Allen, Veronica Carlin and Ewa Dykas; James Robinson and…
LCC Talent Works is a programme that funds LCC students and recent graduates to work on projects for social enterprises, charities and community groups. A number of second year Graphic & Media Design students took part in Talent Works projects this year. Under the scheme, GMD students were given training in website design and then put…
The Melt-It DIY event was a student driven project, held as part of UAL Green Week 2018, promoting sustainability through the process of recycling and designing with plastic waste. It featured three key speakers: Rodrigo Garcia with Ooho Project; Sophie Thomas on the circular economy and Happenstance Workshop with the STEW project. The event was…
Alumni Matthew Willsone is preparing to start an MA at the University of Reading, specialising in typography. He shares his story with us… “During the latter months of studying Graphic and Media Design I wanted to challenge myself to create work that was completely original, which meant developing a unique style of type design for…
2nd year Graphic & Media Design student, Emma Shore, has been working as a sign writer for Lush Cosmetics for 2–3 years, and is part of a team of 6 who are responsible for the signage in the UK and European shops, as well as any events which the company holds. The traditional craft of…
Launched 20th June 2018. This year’s graduating students are showing their work across all media in the Upper Gallery at LCC and online at: http://gmdlcc.com Exhibition opening hours: http://events.arts.ac.uk/event/2018/6/21/LCC-Degree-Shows-2018-Show-2/ Students have also been responsible for publicising the show across social media. Follow @GMDLCC on both Instagram and Twitter for coverage. https://www.instagram.com/gmdlcc/ Tweets by GMDLCC
To mark the 50th anniversary of ‘1968’, a year of global protest and unrest, the Design Activism Research Hub (DARH) is staging an exhibition in the LCC Library with related events for students and staff during May. The exhibition displays visual artefacts and publications related to activist concerns in London at that time; from international…
Netta Peltola is a GMD alumnus who has just completed this stunning project with Jotta Studio www.jotta.com THE GREEN RAY — Canal Convergence 2018. Scottsdale, Arizona, US If you watch the sun descending as it sets behind the horizon line you may be lucky enough to see a phenomena called the ‘green ray’. Inspired by the appearance of…
Sophia Tai graduated from GMD in 2017. She is currently a UX/UI designer at Mporium Group, a fast-growing Artificial Intelligence based tech startup in central London. Her job includes exciting challenges with room for growth, a great support system and help in preparing her own Professional Development Plan. Sophia has also just been accepted on to…
Multidisciplinary designer and GMD alumnus Daniel Britton’s new typeface has now gone viral on sites all over the world. It was featured in February’s Design Indada 2018 in South Africa and the 2017 Global Grad Show. The font is named after the common reading disorder and ‘Dyslexia’ replicates a dyslexic person’s experience of reading. Approximately…
