oday my K College colleague and I, who also teaches on the HND and BA programmes, took a trip to the Design Museum to attend the tutors’ brunch and to receive the briefing for the forthcoming ‘Design Factory’ brief 2014/15. Now in its fourth year K College students have managed to rise to the occasion […]
Lettering: Objects Examples Practice at The Letherby Gallery
For those interested in type and lettering, a visit to the Letherby Gallery at Central St. Martin’s should be on the ‘to do’ list. Along with some relatively recent work the “exhibition explores the rich history of lettering through a selection of key historic books and manuscripts from the college’s Museum & Study Collection and Central Lettering […]
How to Get into Graphic Art (A Q&A Session)
his week I was kindly invited to participate as a panel member in a Q&A session about ‘Getting into Graphic Art’ held at Tunbridge Wells Museum. Lead by Jeremy Kimmel, the museum’s Audience Development Manager, the panel consisted of Panini’s Comic Editor, Ed Hammond; designer and illustrator Matt Stokes of design agency Gingermonkeys, and finally, me, […]
Comics (Graphic) Journalism & Visual Reportage
raphic Journalism, or what is sometimes referred to as Comics Journalism is no new thing. One might, for example, consider that Trajan’s column or the Bayeux Tapestry are elaborate, one sided renderings of actual events. And, prior to photography, journals and newspapers were simply illustrated. The Graphic—An Illustrated London Newspaper is one such example. Many of […]
Experiments with dry embossing
‘Aut tace aut loquere meliora silentio.’ Meaning: Unless what you have to say is better than silence, be silent. I’ve been trying out embossing tools with varying degrees of success. I’ll be returning to this as it’s a technique with potential.
Jack in the Green, Hastings
or a number of years now I have attended the Jack-in-the-Green event at Hastings. The May Day celebration which had largely died out in Hastings in the late 1880s was revived in 1983. Since then, the parading of Jack continues to attract huge crowds. Recently, the organising committee put out a request for a design […]
Graphic Design Graduation at Canterbury Cathedral 2013
nother year passes and another successful cohort of Graphic Design students graduate at Canterbury Cathedral. This year saw the small cohort gain two firsts, seven 2:1’s, three 2:2’s and no 3rds. Most of the students pictured here have secured work or placements with the design industry, including freelance design, book cover design, and one has […]
“What I wish I had known when I was a design student”
arely, if ever, can education mirror precisely what is happening in industry. Consequently, there is an ongoing challenge to identify workable solutions to help bridge the gulf between the two. One such way is by asking guest speakers from industry to come in and talk to and work with the students and staff, and yesterday […]
Calligraphy & Lettering at the St. Bride Library
oday was a good day for exhibitions in London. Firstly, we took our students to see the Association of Illustrators’ exhibition at Somerset house of which I’ll discuss in another post. After this, my colleague and I headed over to the St. Bride Library, just off Fleet Street, to see an exhibition of calligraphy and […]