Be Aware

Some great work from final year students of the London College of Communication. These photographs were taken in the month June 2010.
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Calling All 2nd Years

I was looking through the creative review website and came across this amazing opportunity that might interest some 2nd years who are interested in going on placement.
Ad agency Wieden & kennedy Amsterdam has launched The Kennedys, an apprentice programme for all young creative’s from within all disciplines. It offers the opportunity for participants to move [...]

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Bas Jacobs/Underware

LUNCHTIME TALK
BAS JACOBS
UNDERWARE
FRIDAY/19/11/10
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
ART COLLEGE FOYER
1PM
For more than ten years the pan-European design collective Underware has been creating versatile fonts, surfing the waves, conducting type workshops, running the radio station Typeradio. The company was founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs and Sami Kortemäki, based in Den Haag, Helsinki and Amsterdam.

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What Makes a Good Design Good?

Here a question I think will get us talking. What makes a good Design good and a Design bad? Is it the layout, the use of type, the designer? Who decides when it’s a great design? And what makes a bad design is it the same thing or something different?

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The Independent

The Independent has just launched ‘i’, its new daily newspaper “designed for people with busy, modern lives”.  But what exactly is it for?
Editor-in-chief Simon Kelner claims that the 20p title is “the first quality daily paper to be launched in Britain for 25 years”
I have to say that the results are however a little confusing, [...]

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Happy F&B

Happy was established in Gothenburg in 1997.  They are a graphic design company that want to help and maintain client’s brand.  They produce a range of design medium, ranging from branding, identities and package design.  I believe that their work is beautifully produced and every piece has a different feel and look.  Here are some [...]

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It’s Show Time!

Photograph by Amy McAuley with special thanks to Rachel Hood and Alice McKee
It’s ‘Show time’ folks! Yes, it’s that time of year again and with the final year degree shows fast approaching the Faculty is a blur of activity. An atmosphere of excitement, hysteria and exhilaration prevails and once [...]

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Drawing Unlimited

Drawing Unlimited promotes and celebrates the experimental drawing work of UU students across courses and across year groups.
The Drawing Unlimited Project (School of Art and Design) took place in November 2009 and March 2010. Students used drawing to motivate, challenge, inspire and make links.
The workshops were designed to explore traditional drawing methods alongside digital methods [...]

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