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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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 to the city and work at the agency for six months, with pay.

It is open to any young talent with a European passport. Six people will be selected and be asked to move to Amsterdam for six months. W&K will cover travel expenses; they will also provide accommodation and pay you the minimum wage.

This will give you the opportunity to see what it’s like to work in advertising. The 6 students will work as a separate group within the agency but will be sent actual assignments and genuine deadlines.

The project will start on 1^st June. To apply, submit and answer this question ‘What does the future look like?’ along with your details online at http://www.thekennedys.nl/ the deadline for entries is 30^th March.

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.

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, from these photographs the layout has a lot happening and there doesn’t seem to be too much white space.  There are splashes of colour sections, making the days of black and white long gone.  There are many boxes of text and tabs everywhere and looks more suited to the web.  Every though the internet is at its peak do we want that in our newspapers?

The point of the newspaper is that it can be consumed in a small amount of time.  The News Matrix (above) provides 15 stories over a spread, each with only a mere 40-wordparagaph. 

This new design isn’t surprising given that the owner of The Independent Alexander Lebedev, famously turned The Evening Standard into a giveaway.

The most successful sections are the ones devoid of advertising.  A Health spread gives the impression that there’s a more in-depth feature to be read. 

Creative Review believes that this new reading experience is to fit in with the pace of contemporary life and the moment just adds confusion.  I have to disagree with this; to me it doesn’t seem easy to follow.  I want to look at a spread and know what the main headlines are immediately and not have to take time to read each section to find what I’m looking for.

I know that it is difficult to get everything perfect straight away but I feel to create a user friendly newspaper it still needs a lot of work.  This is just my opinion and I’d be interested to know what you think?

Use the force….and click on this link, lol i know it’s cheesy but i couldn’t resist. If you’ve a interest in Star Wars/Paper Craft/Animation then this will be your cup of tea or if you like quirky stuff then this is also for you!

Skyscraping Bookmarks

These bookmarks are created from the 3 tallest building in Sweden to a scale of 1:1000.  They also have produced a bookmark for the world’s tallest building The Burj Dubai.

Magazine holders

These holders have been illustrated in different styles and periods. Together they create an entire city on a book shelf.

Eguale

Every package tells a little story of its own about the product, the bird, and their origins.

Goteborg & Co

This design is based on a combination offering the diversity of a big city and the friendliness of a small town.

Systembolget

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 again this year promises a show par excellence so come along to York Street Belfast between the 7th–19th June for this inspirational event.

Photograph by Amy McAuley with special thanks to Rachel Hood and Alice McKee

A special thank you to Amy and Rachel our placement students at ‘Seed’ for being invaluable members of the team. Amy has worked tirelessly throughout the year to ensure the exacting standards of Design for Visual Communication are met and her professionalism is evidenced by the design work she produced for the Ulster Festival of Art & Design. Although Rachel has only been with us for a short time this dynamic duo have worked over and above the call of duty and we wish them every success for their final year!

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 e.g. drawing over still and moving imagery projected onto large rolls of paper, using paint, ink, crayons, pencils, drawing directly onto video footage via a drawing tablet and collaborating with others to devise drawing methods, improvise tools and solve problems.

Very special thanks to filmmaker Brian Davis: brianphilipdavis.com

‘Artists Series: Milton Glaser’ by Hillman Curtis

I am aware that this interview has been online for some time now, but if like me you sometimes lose sight of why you are doing what you are doing this is the perfect remedy. Milton Glaser’s words of wisdom inspire and reaffirm.

Hillman Curtis offers an inspirational insight into the wonderful workings of the mind of Glaser. This is graphic design comfort food and whether you see yourself as businessman/artist, social commentator or like Glaser all of the above, there is inspiration here for everyone.

You can view more of Hillman Curtis’ ‘Artists Series’ here: hillmancurtis.com