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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Bryan Edmondson (SEA) Lecture Postponed!

Screengrab: http://www.seadesign.co.uk/#/about-sea
Bad news everyone! The Bryan Edmondson (SEA) Lecture that was to take place on the 22nd April (this Thursday) has unfortunately been postponed due to problems with flights within the UK. It is hoped that this event will take place in the next semester, we will [...]

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John Simmons Talk

John Simmons is an independent writer and consultant, and a director of The Writer. His latest book 26 ways of looking at a blackberry explores the creative power of constraint in business writing.
On Wednesday January 20 at 6.45pm, John Simmons will confabulate, natter, converse powwow, ruminate, parley, communicate, chitchat, spill the beans, discuss, orate, present, [...]

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Celebrating 160 Years

‘A School of Design for Belfast 1849-1960′
Written by Mike Catto
Designed by Seed Studio
The Ormeau Baths Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the School of Art and Design Belfast. The exhibits present an exciting visual record of the excellence produced by past staff and graduates from 1849 to the present [...]

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Wanker or Genius?

I understand if the title of this post gets flagged, or ends up as ‘W***er or genius?’ but this is the title of the talk that a few of us were recently at in London; a kind of interview meets discussion with world re-knowned graphic designer Neville Brody. The talk had been greatly anticipated in [...]

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3D Week

On Monday 16th November Channel 4 launches its celebratory 3D week, an event which will host a varied range of programmes from classic movies to magic tricks. Although 3D movies have been around since the 50’s the practice is currently being hailed by some as the next big thing in cinema with 15 3D movies [...]

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Culture Night Belfast – 25th Sept

Friday 25th September witnesses the launch of Belfast’s first ever Culture Night. Located in the Cathedral Quarter this event provides a unique opportunity for the you to enjoy a variety of cultural activities including workshops, performances, tours, music, outdoor cinema and much much more.
So come along and enjoy this extravaganza !!
Visit Culture Night Belfast website [...]

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