UCAS 2014

Our lovely new UCAS stand was taken to London this week. Come and see us in Manchester on 24th + 25th November.......have a dip in the 'ball pit of curiosity'!!

Fonts, fun and festivities

First year Graphic Design and Illustration students journeyed down to the capital to experience the creative delights and hustle and bustle of the city whilst visiting  a host of great design studios and creative practitioners.

Included in their 3 day 'tour' included  Coley Porter Bell (Branding & Packaging), YCN (Young Creatives Network), Dalton Maag (Typeface Design), Tate Modern, Brixton Village and Borough Market amongst other attractions. Thanks go to the studios for their time and inspirational presentations.....

 

Baking sense of design...........

Creative workshop from Level 4 students....cakes, pastries and bread.....all made from card, paper, glue and paint. Extremely tasty and very low on calories!!!

Creative Culture.....

Level 6 Graphic Design students visited some of Manchester's finest design, branding, advertising and creative agencies and studios with a view to gaining insight into industry expectations including portfolios, employability, work placements, personal promotion and the do's and dont's if you want to succeed.

The studios delivered insightful, inspirational and entertaining presentations and took time from their extremely busy schedules to outline their great work and show students around the busy studios - whilst at the same time sharing experiences and advice in order to help with getting that first creative 'foot in the door'.

Within each studio they also managed to get first hand guidance and advice from Staffordshire graduates Sian Ford (Havas Lynx), Gary Devreede (Reform), Will Teal and Harry Heptonstall (Love) and Mike Emerson 

(The Chase).

Huge thanks go to all of the studios and agencies and the staff who were suddenly joined by 27 inquisitive third year students! Additional thanks to those who presented, were very patient and shared invaluable advice - and made the trip a great experience!

Havas Lynx - John McPartland, Aimee Stapleton & Trevor Johnson

Transmission Creative - Grant Mitchell

Reform Creative - Gary Devreede

Love Creative - Harry Heptonstall & Patrick Harvey

The Chase - Mike Emerson & Steve Royle

Not so United Kingdom....

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2014/august/what-the-fuk