We invited final year GMD student Richard Underwood to respond to a lecture by Thomas Thwaites in January, part of the Design School Lecture Programme. ‘I first encountered Thomas Thwaites when I came across his toaster in the V&A. As an object it immediately caught my attention and as a story I was captivated. Over…
What does it mean to be ‘creative’? What’s the point of a creative education? What happens at art school? The work of GMD students at LCC has been featured in a new book which explores creativity through a series of essays and interviews with over 30 high-profile contributors, alongside lavish images of artworks, exhibitions and actions…
Review by final year student, James Land In the second of this term’s Design School Lecture Series, Pentagram’s Eddie Opara came in to discuss the role of design and modern technology, as well as demonstrating his impressive design background. “The problem graphic design has, is when you try to define it.” LCC Alumni, Opara, identifies not as a graphic…
The Design School has curated a series of design lectures for the Autumn and Spring terms at London College of Communication. Nicky Ryan, Dean of the Design School has proposed the titles of the lectures which explore disciplinary territories which need particular consideration, critical analysis and debate. Each lecture is introduced by an academic and will have a…
This year’s Degree Show, Salon XVI, was a great success – thanks to everyone that participated and attended. The exhibition may be over, but the GMD graduates’ work is available for viewing at: http://gmdlcc.com/#index The social media story of the show is also online: https://storify.com/GMDLCC/salon-xvi-gmd-degree-show-2016
Venture three have been working with the UNCCD on an on-going brief to promote the Great Green Wall to the world. Venture three opened this brief further by inviting final year BA GMD students at LCC to help us make the Wall famous. In answering the brief, students were asked to think about raising awareness in unexpected…
Second year Design student Dian Sofia together with Peter Moorhead and Daniel Liakh from Games Design and Advertising respectively, have just launched the Arts:Live student radio in UAL. Arts: Live is an independent student radio situated in the heart of Elephant and Castle. The proverbial gateway to both halves of this great city, we represent…
Sarah Temple recently collaborated with GMD students and alumni: Sine Jorgensen, Camille Leproust, Andres Ayerbe, Romain Meunier, Jessica Bishopp, Arianna Tilche, Sarah Sajid, Netta Peltola, Rikke Holst and Sophie Chatellier on a particitipatpry installation entitled ‘Caretakers’ as part of The Cultures of Resilience Exchange event. Cultures of Resilience (CoR) is a two year, cross UAL…
PastedGraphic-2 GMD tutor Sarah Temple has worked with MA student Jessica Ball of LCF to develop a new UAL Sustainability Society, a recently formed creative network of UAL students and alumni created to discuss, share, collaborate and foster future practices: putting ideas into action. On Thursday 16 July they invited UAL Alumni who are working…
The Design Activism Research Hub (DARH) had their inaugural show at LCC this week, the group (including GMDs Sïan Cook) aims to investigate the graphic design codes and visual communication conventions that communicate ideological positions and support social and political activism. While situating activist visual communication within a social, cultural and historical framework, the group…
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