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CO M M U N I C A T IO N 2008 LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
Welcome to the latest Yearbook from the BA (Hons) Visual Communication at Leeds College of Art & Design. The course has been running for over 12 years, exploring what it means to be a visual communicator, supporting students to develop their own practice, trying to use visual communication to make the world a better place. As you will see from our current level three students, the course is as diverse as ever but with the common theme of developing real life projects. We have also included a snapshot of levels one and two to give you a sense of how learners progress through the course. Throughout the work there’s a sense of community to the learning process and a real enthusiasm to the projects. If you have picked up this Yearbook and are interested in getting involved with the course, get in touch.
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Year Three Student Pictures Year Three Students Year Three Dissertation Titles Year Two: How the course changes Year One: How the course starts
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Course Summary
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Year Three Bibliographies
Welcome to the work of the BA Visual Communication Year 3 students As you will see from the range of work within this catalogue, students have taken the opportunity to engage with issues and processes that mean something to them. This year group have shown commitment to work independently and to engaging in critical debate with their peers and tutors. Each student has worked with clients and audiences to test and develop their abilities. All their work demonstrates a willingness to engage with the real world in a meaningful way. We have enjoyed their successes, worried about their anxieties, struggled with their difficulties and admired their ambition. We now wish them well in their future careers. We would like to thank the other tutors for their blood sweat and tears supporting individual 3rd year students this year. Graham Tansley & Samantha Jones
Fred Bates Nick Cass David Collins Sharon Hooper Christian Lloyd Annabeth Robinson Mike Smith Ross Williams
BA Graphic Design BA Visual Communications BA Visual Communications BA Visual Communications BA Visual Communications Fd/BA Digital Media Fd/BA Digital Media BA Photography
Year 3 Students:
You can find out more about the students and their work by visiting http://viscomgraduates.co.uk
Thomas Allan p. 4-5
Alice Armstrong p.6-7
Holli Barrett p.10-11
John Beadnell p.12-13
Claire Beckley p.14-15
Tom Box p.16-17
Fiona Calvert p22-23
Jill Carruthers p24-25
Ali Clark p.26-27
Richard Darby p.28-29
Stephen Davis p.30-31
Thomas Eames p.32-33
Samuel Gieben p.34-35
Sofia Haouar p.36-37
Jamie Howell p.38-39
James Isles p.40-41
Jabe Kay p.42-43
Thea Kelly p.44-47
Peet Barker p.8-9
Nikki Bratt & Mark Cooke p.18-21
Kathryn McCanny p44-47
Adrian Lamont p.48-49
Sarah Moloney p.50-51
Jenny Nicol p. 52-53
Liam O’Neill p. 54-57
Hollie Revel p. 54-57
Bryan Okello p.58-59
Joseph Owen p.60-61
Lucy Parish p.62-63
Jordan Platt p.64-65
Robbie Porter p.66-67
Robin Price p.68-69
Tom Purdy p.70-71
Joel Richards p.72-73
Débora Serém p.74-75
Chris Sewell p.76-77
Daniel Simmen p.78-79
Sarah Smith p.80-81
Tom Sweeny p.82-83
Jennifer Tazob p.84-85
Matt Watson p.86-87
Steve Watson p.88-89
Lindsay Wilson p.90-91
Hannah Winchester p.92-93
Craig Winward p94-95
Magdalena Zdanowicz p.96-97
Thomas Allan mrtomallan2@hotmail.com
‘Sex, Drugs, Rock and Wrestling’ is a drama short film. In my years being at the Art college in Leeds, I noticed that there are a lot of people who have a certain look, the girls seem to look like Kate Moss wannabes, and a lot of the boys seem to try and look like Pete Doherty. I decided that this was the basis for me to write a story. Its filmed from the perspective of the man/geek, and his journey from lonely geek, to looking like a rock star, getting the girl, subsequently dabbling with drugs, and dying in the process. In the film I am trying to put across my views on how young people today can struggle with their identity, and this can have adverse effects, especially when they get involved with things they don’t really understand such as drugs. As the film has moments where drug consumption is present, I used this as a chance to be more experimental with my filming, shooting scenes with hallucinations for example. ‘Scrap’ is a promotional film for a use and re-use company called ‘Scrap.’ The company acquires materials from companies, that would otherwise have been
dumped, and they re-use the materials for art workshops, and sell on cheap to students.
Previous project: I was the camera/ editor/narrator for The Sorrell Foundation Young Design Programme Film 06/07. This was a high pressure job, as I had literally five months worth of filming to filter through, and make a concise twenty minute story. The Sorrell foundation was a documentary on students helping kids to redesign areas of their school, to make it an environment they would like.
“Well that was a wonderful film” John Sorrell, Co-Founder of the Sorrell Foundation
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Alice Armstrong pinktoaster@hotmail.co.uk
For my final major project I wanted to focus on my career interest, which is event organising. Part of this project was to hold a music festival I had previously organised in a past project. All proceeds of the festival went to Curraghs Wildlife Park, on the Isle of Man, where, £720 was raised. Above are clips from the promotional video and the festival logo i created. I extended this project, to get out of my ‘comfort zone’ in the I.O.M and organised a further music event in Leeds, where I learnt that although there are more bands, and live events. Booking and finding available bands and venues, was a bigger challenge. I over came these difficulties and finalised 6 bands to play the successful event. Previous project: For this project I wrote my own brief on band promotion. Throughout the project I created a desirable and suitable logo for a particular band of interest, which, I then went on to experiment with how, I could portray this logo into a range of cd’s, album covers and merchandise. “I think you organised it really well, considering the time you had to do it, and the fact that you weren’t even on the island until the date of the event” 6
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“Yeah, it turned out great, the kids seemed to enjoy themselves, and that’s what its all about really” Attendee of festival
Peet Barker peetbarker@googlemail.com
Having felt that my visual skills had both reached (and quite possibly breached) their creative potential, it was time for an admission: design was not my forte. It was also the time for a revelation: writing was. I was, however, somewhat aprehensive about sticking a great big post-it on my forehead that read “writer”. I hadn’t yet proven myself and still felt very much like I had nervously infiltrated the Illuminati. Thus, I adopted a new name for my new interest: Raconteuring. This project in particular was about focussing on the last unexplored area of that interest- script writing for comedy. The three-episode script for the sitcom is based around the bizarre yet relatively mundane lives of short-tempered cynic Dean Moriarty, extremely intelligent but socially inept Carlo Catch and bohemian conversationalist Hattie Noveselic. Beautiful and tragic, literature has had an infinite influence on my writing style and voice- last week I was Sal Paradise; this, I am the Count of Monte Cristo. I don’t know what shape I will eventually settle on- but rest assured I shall still be rambling and scheming at my typewriter in a cloud of words for many more years to come. 8
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Previous project: ‘AffamÈ’ - A self initiated visual exploration of the oxymoronic nature of being; clarity in contradiction; orchestration in randomosity.
“Take the day off; go to the zoo; learn the greek alphabet; build a birdbath- I don’t care- Just get out of the building and away from the expensive equipment, ok?” Mia Tranoryde
Holli Barrett holli86@msn.com
Educational fun is the main theme of this project. Using the kitchen as an environment to encourage and stimulate children, I have developed an interactive website for parents and pre-school children. I have supported this website with a range of material and an activity book which branches off from the kitchen environment. My project content complies with The Foundation stage curriculum. I have worked exclusively with the early learning goal: Knowledge and Understanding of the World. My objective was to encourage parents to encourage their children to engage in beneficial entertainment. In order to achieve this, investigative behaviour and independent thinking is essential. I have created a range of easy and fun activities for parents and children to do together, both on and off line, arousing their personal thoughts and opinions of the social world. This project has allowed me to advance my talents as a web designer whilst exploring my love of illustration thus developing the skills needed to create an interactive website. I hoped to demonstrate my potential as a web designer. http://www.bisckidz.co.uk 10
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Previous project: ‘Darli Bar’ - A promotional website for a local bar to encourage adults aged 18-29 to regularly visit. http://www.thedarlibar.co.uk
“Holli has really captured the children’s imagination, they enjoy baking the Bisckidz characters and colouring them in on the computer. Many parents have commented on how the children enjoy visiting the website and how user friendly it is” Andrea Cooper, 22, Nursery Nurse & Mother
John Beadnell jlbeadnell@yahoo.co.uk
Moving-Image editing practice is the unifying theme for this collection of film pieces. Through this multi-faceted programme of work I hope not only to demonstrate an aptitude for editing, but also to hone my skills as an editor, with the intention of working in this field. Initially I produced a music video for Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone for the D&AD. Secondly I undertook a factual project documenting the lifestyle of surfers and family-men on the south coast of Cornwall, entitled Gimme Some Salt. I also co-edited Sarah Moloney’s thriller film; a relationship which mirrored professional practice; that is to say, editing under the direction of another which improved my efficiency on Final Cut. The main thrust of this project is Gimme Some Salt. I set-out with the intention of demonstrating that all surfers do not conform to the stereotype of a “bum”, and that in fact they can be respectable citizens who have a positive attitude to the work/ life balance. Alongside this I was keen to convey the fact that it may be the feeling of freedom which surfing brings, that allows for such a harmonious existence.
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Project project: Title: D&AD Bob Dylan Music Video Like a Rolling Stone. An edit of found footage, which gained “In-Book” recognition from the D&AD.
“John really got to grips with our mentality down here [in Cornwall], and he gets across that great feeling of surfing and beach-life.” Chris Davies, 39, Surfer and Postman
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Claire Beckley clairebeckley@live.com
My illustration has been inspired by some contemporary female fantasy painters and illustrators such as Ana Bagayan. I wanted to explore creating imaginary worlds and I also wanted to examine how I work as an illustrator. I created a collection of investigative drawings and projects to explore my working practise. I also took on some smaller projects that would allow me to put my work into a professional context. This included a brief to create horoscope illustrations for BBC Slink teen web magazine which I exhibited at my end of year show. The Scorpio sign features in this catalogue. In researching into the illustration industry, I went to an event by The Association of Illustrators and I looked into different possible career paths. My investigation allowed me to learn about the industry and learn a about myself as an illustrator and together it has allowed me to develop a more professional working practise.
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Previous project: ‘Bunny and Kitty and the apple tree’ is an illustrated a children’s picture book for ages three to four. The book was based on two characters; Kitty and Bunny and I created four more titles for the series. My book was read to the children at Granary Children’s Corner Day Nursery and they enjoyed it so much they wanted it to be read to them again.
Tom Box
tomjbox@googlemail.com
This project was centered around my desire to simply make things; Using my hands and superior brain to construct visceral interpretations of my disjointed thought processes. My mind conjures some disturbing images, and I enjoy sharing these with the public. This project began as a simple modelmaking brief, but after much scheming, the project morphed into a film-based endeavour; My sketches and sculptures were given a purpose via the decision to make videos featuring my creations. I’ve challenged myself to squeeze together the boundaries of what I can imagine and what I can create by experimenting with new materials and processes whilst working in a field entirely new to me. I try to learn fresh skills with every project I undertake and these films have opened up a new avenue for my abilities, focussing my professional desires and giving me a greater drive to take my art where I want it to be. Exploding heads are funny.
Previous project: ‘Utopia/Dystopia 3000’ This project was centered around visually exploring current and theoretical sciences that could impact on our lives in the future, for better or worse.
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“Oh my god...” Alistair Freegard, Director; Wharfedale Films
Nikki Bratt & Mark Cooke nick_nack100@hotmail.com
kook81@hotmail.com
My I Like is an art project that has encouraged over 1500 people to share their likes and dislikes. It all started in December 2007, while watching the film ‘Amelie’ in which the narrator introduces new characters by describing at least one thing they like or dislike. Motivated by the film, My I Like was conceived in a flurry of luggage tags, wooden pins and Dymo tape. There are various elements used to gather people’s likes and dislikes, the first, and simplest of which, being luggage tags that are displayed in rows. The brown card tags are double sided with ‘I like’ in blue Dymo on one side and ‘I don’t like’ in red on the other. These were made available to order in the form of ‘Postal Packs’ which contain all the elements for someone to set up a My I Like tag display in their area. From the point of creation My I Like has had a distinct aesthetic quality, using natural materials and textures with the odd quirk here and there. These styles were carried throughout the entire project, giving My I Like its individual and stylised branding. www.myilike.co.uk myilike@hotmail.co.uk 18
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Over the months My I Like has hosted several workshops and events, working with many different groups of people; such as Heydays, the creative arts group for over 55 year olds and Key Stage one and two children at Shakespeare Primary School among others. During these sessions the My I Like model was developed, encouraging people to depict their likes and dislikes using paint, pens, modelling clay and a variety of other media. Continues on next page...
Nikki Bratt & Mark Cooke nick_nack100@hotmail.com
kook81@hotmail.com
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A website was created which is updated daily presenting a selection of the best submissions; it also offers a range of customisable My I Like branded merchandise. Along with the website, the project resulted in an exhibition at West Yorkshire Playhouse and a limited edition art book.
“I like the simplicity, postal tags as a device are inoffensive and appeal to everyone to write on.” Greig Anderson, Designer, Curious Design Agency, Glasgow
This project has helped us to develop and refine our organisational skills, people skills and ideas development. It has given us the opportunity to work across many different fields such as web design, events management, product development and graphic design. We’ve met lots of lovely and interesting individuals along the way and learnt many weird and wonderful facts about people. The My I Like project has helped us to understand the human race a little better and have some fun in the process. 20
“It created a really enjoyable atmosphere with people discussing likes and dislikes with colleagues who they don’t generally deal with within their working day. The company have now taken this concept and adapted it to use in an exercise to help us assess the organisational culture within the office” Annette Wray, Accounts Manager, Friends Provident International
“Liked the natural theme, brown paper, wooden pins. Very aesthetically pleasing.” Katie Moore, Centre for Self-Organising Molecular Systems,
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Fiona Calvert fiona_calvert@hotmail.co.uk
Initially I wanted this project to document the decline of seaside towns along the east coast of England. After visiting the Jean Christophe Ballot exhibition ‘Urban Landscapes’, I was inspired by his stark images that portrayed wealthy cities and shanty towns in the same shot. After examining the reasons behind their decline I found that the rise of low coast airlines have played a significant role as they have allowed more people to be able to travel abroad on a limited budget. There is an important personal aspect to my project as I spent a lot of my childhood in Scarborough and the reason that I chose to document this seaside town over any others on the east coast. Several trips to Scarborough and two overnight stays in B&Bs have resulted in a change in direction as to my intention in portraying Scarborough’s decay. Whilst large parts of the town are run down and desperately in need of repair, there are also aspects of beauty. The recent bank holiday made it obvious that Scarborough is still a place for the family.
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Previous project: ‘What is it about the concept of death that both fascinates us and repels us?’ My brief for this project was to create a series of images that were inspired by forensic and crime scene photography. My intention was not to reconstruct an actual crime scene but to create an incident in which the presence of a body provokes the viewer to question what has happened.
“These photographs remind me of the times I spent at the seaside with my family but also how times have changed since then. I’ll always come to Scarborough because of the memories I have here.” 23
Jill Carruthers jill_carruthers@yahoo.co.uk
My final major project is an exploration of curating collections made from car boot sales, and car boot sales and the social connotations surrounding car boot sales. I hope to look at the type of people who attend car boot sales and why. Through my project I am hoping to discover what people think of as valuable and why, and how I can explore this idea through collections I make at car boot sales. I have been to 6 different car boot sales over the past 3 months in various different areas around the north of England. From these car boot sale I have made 5 different collections and photographed each item and made a catalogue for each collection. I am bringing these collections and their catalogues back into the environment in which they were originally purchased in order to explore whether they have now gained in value because they have been considered and curated in a specific way. I chose to explore curating as I eventually hope to become a gallery curator.
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Previous project: For this project I worked with Older Active People, a community group that enables the elderly to go on day trips, go food shopping and get out the house. I produced an interesting documentary photography project and gave the group members cameras in order for them to take pictures for themselves during a day trip to Meadowhall in Sheffield. I then exhibited their work alongside mine in the college’s winter exhibition.
‘‘An interesting concept, well thought through and looks good. Really eye catching.”
“What a clever idea! Looks very professional. I don’t think people will agree that the objects have gained value because of this exhibition though.”
Ali Clark
sanstempsmort@hotmail.com
We all have our ways of experiencing a city, especially if we happen to live or work in that city. We fall into routines and patterns that start to dictate where and how we move within a space. With the internet based project ‘Withoutdeadtime’ I aim to open up urban geography and the cityscape as sites of exploration and creativity. Through a series of games and tasks I hope to inspire others, and indeed myself, to embrace the city, it’s rhythms, it’s quirks and it’s secrets.
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Previous project: The face of popular music would be very different today if the kids hadn’t been swapping ‘tapes back in the ‘80s. Tape Trade Yes is an online community of people who love music and long to share their exquisite tastes with others.
“Withoutdeadtime: every city should have one; it’s a ‘cutting edge’ group of like minded artists hot to trot to far flung corners of their cities to boldly go where others have been before (but not really paid any attention.!) Camera in one hand, portfolio in other, it’s the most rewarding thing I’ve done since marrying Mrs Forde!” Stephen Forde
Richard Darby richard.darby@hotmail.com
For my final major project I began a new journey to explore my skills as an illustrator and to take on briefs that would help build up my portfolio in this area. Over the last three years I have become more and more conscious of the need for designers to take an ethical responsibility for their work and always take into consideration the impact their work has on the environment. The culture of skateboarding has always been creative and visual, with by-products such as videos, stickers, skate magazines, board graphics and clothing. For many years I have worked in skate shops and by doing so I could see that the majority of brands were still using environmentally damaging processes for producing their products. My T-shirts are made from 100% organic cotton and manufactured under the highest of ethical standards. They are printed by hand using water based inks and produced to a quality that can rival those of current leading skateboarding brands. Therefore I see no reason why companies today have any excuse for not integrating ethical and environmental management into their day-to-day businesses operations
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Previous project: Work for Hey Moonshaker and The Blues, these comprise of mainly gig posters and flyers.
“Richard has been amazing since the moment I began working with him, he continuously excels my expectations with the work he has produced for me and I trust him completely.� Andrew Balcon (Client)
Stephen Davis mr.davis-09@hotmail.co.uk
In preparation for a PGCE next year, my FMP is a series of workshops aiming to bridge the gap between A Level and HE Art education. Combining both Art and Music lessons together in order to show how both influence and relate to each other. These workshops were informative whilst maintaining an enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere, but the key is to teach the advantages of cross-combining subject areas. The workshops focussed on developing pupils’ perceptual and interpretive skills, exposing them to ideas uncommon to their every day experiences in and out of the classroom. The workshops were three one hour sessions, that explored mark making to a variety of sounds. The first workshop mixed mark making, exploring textures in response to sounds. For the first half of the second workshop, unknown to them the abstract work that they had produced in the previous lesson, was then presented to the pupils music teacher who interpreted the artwork through a live musical performance on piano. For the second half of the workshop pupils were played varied excerpts of orchestral music and interpreted the musical textures and 30
timbres into visual shapes and shadings. The last workshop combined the previous workshops processesand skills to develop a final colour painting.
Previous project: Title: Who Am I? Acrylic and Wax on Canvas
“He is clearly very passionate about the subject and this was reflected in the pupils’ response to the work that he had prepared. He demonstrated excellent subject knowledge and a breadth of knowledge across all of the arts.” Mr Chris Smith, Lead Teacher in charge of Music,
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Thomas Eames whatdoidonow@hotmail.co.uk
My project is aimed at recruiting students by focusing on aspects of student life that aren’t often known to students before they come to university. The main focus of this project is to outline my graphic design and illustration skills. I chose this topic because within the last year I have been obsessed with student life and in this final project I wanted to sum up my time at university and communicate what I’ve learnt and experienced in the last three years.
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Previous project: This project focused on issues of student activity around Hyde Park, witch is the area I’ve lived in for the past three years, I took a number of different locations from around this area and combined them with illustrations. This particular postcard is showing freshers hanging around the local shop.
Samuel Gieben samgieben@googlemail.com
I don’t know what I was trying to do when I started this project; as usual I ended up exploring my ideas and process and turns out I made some prints and t-shirts and did some freelance work and put my website together and took the name Werok, which is short for we are okay, ‘cause we are. http://werok.eu Previous project: Illustration for Ennui Gnaws At Me
“Pure face, nasty nasty. 3000% OK.” Gwylo / Dirtyload Records
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Sofia Haouar s.haouar@hotmail.com
I have always been interested in animation and the alternative worlds that this medium can allow the viewer to be transported into. For this project I have developed my own 3D stop-motion animation that focuses on taboo subjects. My work predominantly looks at the dark side of human nature and its complexities, the intention being to shock, entertain and amuse the viewer. My work will be submitted to the Bradford Animation Festival along with other Animation Festivals up and down the country. My intention is to gain recognition and generate interest in my work. The project has enabled me to get a thorough understanding into all aspects of the animation process, allowing me to approach my work in a professional manner in the future. Previous project: The intention of this piece of work was to produce sculpture relating to an area of Leeds. I sculpted a chicken using wire that relates to the rare breeds farm at Temple Newsam. “Subversively comic, celebrates the bizarre characters in everyday life.� David Younger, Published Poet.
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Jamie Howell absentminded-creative@live.com
Throughout my degree i have always struggled with finding direction for my work and what i want to be. Committing to one practise is a constant battle as I’m reluctant to let go of the different things i enjoy, to concentrate on a more purposeful direction. I find illustration the most natural way to express my creativity but have never given it as much time as i would have liked. Amongst other briefs, for my final major project I’m pushing my illustration to develop my portfolio. After graduation I’m taking a year out to see some of the world and i want to have a healthy portfolio in place for when i come back. My FMP is a personal project about finding myself as an independent practitioner and an exploration of me as an artist.
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Previous project: The brief for this project was to explore collections and collectors. My final outcome was four handmade books made from found papers and discarded materials. The idea behind the project was to give value to materials, that had been deemed to have no value, by using the qualities of what a book represents.
James Isles jambo2k3_7@hotmail.com
Post is a PDF based art magazine that builds links between the creative courses College of Art and Design, Leeds Metropolitan and The University of Leeds have to offer. The magazine predominantly brings together artists, events and views held by individuals on graphic design, illustration, photography, fashion and film courses.
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relationship between these institutes and to promote young artists within the up and coming art scene of Leeds. Check out Post magazine at: http://www.postmagazine.org.uk Previous project: This piece of work represents a journey though England
Jabe Kay jabekay@gmail.com
No Future: ‘Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives—all that was over.’ —H. G. Wells, The Grey Man Signifiers flow like a river. There is no resting place in discourse, no last word. There is nothing outside the text. Truth, beauty, and goodness exist, if only as functions in culture. When culture collapses, the last man stands alone on the shores of oblivion, and truth, and beauty, and goodness are drowned. Increasingly, our concepts of past, present and future are being forced to revise themselves. Welcome to the ‘no place’. I’ve been lost in this dark fantasy realm forever, driven to illuminate the things I’ve observed. Image making is an extension of thought and feeling; conceptual and expressive. Pictorial literacy can be a reality but what hope is left when great works of literature are covered with rubbish? A pencil, paper, Illustrator, Photoshop— these are the tools with which we can build a better image world; a world of colour and symbolism and meaning. Always judge a book by its cover. 42
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Previous project: Fully Destructible Environments. Forms break down and cannot last forever. A piece of reportage from Vis Com yr. 1.
“A mix of vivid and thought provoking imagery. A genre I had not previously considered but will in future.” Bob Taylor
“Fantastic, An improvement on the original covers. I particularly like the title in the building on The World Inside.” Lesley Hill
Thea Kelly & Kathryn McCanny kelly.thea@gmail.com
kathryn.mccanny@gmail.com
This project set out to challenge the ‘Gallery’ as a context in which art is viewed and by whom. We are working to develop a model, presenting the work of contemporary artists to broaden the understanding of art and what art can be to young people. We focused our thinking around the spaces and surfaces art can be created and placed. We believe that the ‘Art Gallery’ as a mechanism can at times grant artwork relatively unfounded status. By working with youth groups to deconstruct the experience of viewing artwork we hope to both promote participation in the arts and broaden audiences. Ultimately we’re trying to make visual art more accessible to young people. All of the sessions had an underlying focus on: • Audience • Context • Intervention • Changing behaviour
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We facilitated sessions delivering information and exploring ideas surrounding our main themes. Following this, the groups were able to use the information to contextualise their own work and take ownership of the project to produce a considered outcome. We identified that technical ability was thought to be a fundamental component in the production of art, leading our audience to believe they were unable to participate in the formulation of ‘worthwhile’ art. We promote creativity and thinking outside of the box. We believe the idea is imperative and consider art to be for everyone.
Thea Kelly kelly.thea@gmail.com
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Kathryn McCanny kathryn.mccanny@gmail.com
Previous project: “Ennui Gnaws at Me” is a quarterly zine designed to showcase fresh illustrative talent. Issue one ‘Nature and The Obscene’ features young artists from across the UK.
To obtain a copy, for more information or if you would like to get involved please email: ennuignawsatme@hotmail.co.uk
Adrian Lamont blueade@hotmail.com
Urban Art: Designer Toys and models are a growing urban phenomenon and are showing rise to new urban artists who produce characters. I believe there is space in this scene for characters that have developed personalities and individual characteristics. The Freeek Bears are a group of six model characters each with a different view on life, most of which are bad ones. I produced the characters in the hope that people might see a side of themselves in one of theses freeeky characters; will you find your inner Freeek?
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Previous project: Burn for Your Art Print: Screen Printing
Sarah Moloney sarah_moloney@hotmail.co.uk
I wanted to use my Final Major Project as an opportunity to learn more about filmmaking and develop my skills within it. This led me to be involved with the making of a very short photography based piece, in a very short timescale with no budget, for the organisation ‘Womens Health Matters’. The aim was to advertise the services of the organisation whilst celebrating International Women’s Day.
of the audience, seen in an old photo in the bar, decides to prey on the bartender’s exhausted state of mind.
My other side project, The Curious Find, is a short fantasy/comedy about the imagination and indifference of a child and her friendship with an unlikely character after finding an old looking magical book in a playground one day.
It was shown on the BBC Big Screen in Leeds Millennium Square on International Women’s Day this year. However, the main focus of my efforts this term has been the making of my short fictional thriller film, Row A, Seat 7. It follows a young bartender’s shift late one night in a theatre bar that ends in his untimely death. Trouble starts to brew when the spirit of a deceased member 50
Previous projects include, filming documentary footage in Bosnia, which follows my own experience of Bosnia and the unforgettable experience of meeting the people who have been eternally affected by the atrocities of the 1992 War.
“All at Womens Health Matters are thrilled with our short film and will definitely be using the film at future events and the photos for other projects” Sally Blyth, Womens Health Matters
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Jenny Nicol jennynic01@hotmail.com
Over the past two decades, climate change and environmental damages have been heavily highlighted in the media, exposing the damage we are causing to our surroundings. I think public awareness is very important, however over emphasis on the negative implication of peoples actions, or lack of, fueled by often aggressive and disproving campaigns, can create negative public opinion towards the environment. I want to inform people about the environment in a positive way, that is engaging but not in you face. I have been illustrating interesting environmental facts, letting the vibrant and colourful illustrations capture the viewer’s attention and then draw them to the fact incorporated in the illustration. I want my illustrations to make people think about their impact on the environment and what they could be doing to improve it. This is a project that I can constantly expand, finding new ways on innovatively informing people and promoting green living.
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Previous project: A self initiated project to build on existing etching skills, becoming familiar with aquatint and chine colle. I developed four monster characters and presented them in a handmade box with cover slip
“These prints are so beautifully illustrated that they caught my attention straight away and it was only then, through looking closer I noticed some words and stopped to examine them further and understood the message. Very Successful.�
Liam O’Neill & Hollie Revell liam@liamoneill.co.uk
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For our FMP we wanted to embark on something that would take us out of our comfort zones and also allow us to experiment with different forms of communication, which we may not get chance to do after the course. We are both environmentally aware individuals, which lead to produce this eco-based project. We wanted to use our abilities as designers and communicators to provoke people in asking themselves questions about their own effect on the environment, and how they could reduce their impact. The campaign wegiveafuck was born. The name is controversial which attracts attention immediately, with the overall focus directed towards the bigger picture of our environment. Through various site-specific interventions we have placed in and around Leeds, we aim to communicate our urgent environmental message and promote green living. Please visit our website to find out more about the campaign: www.wegiveafuck.co.uk info@wegiveafuck.co.uk
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Previous project: ‘Council Estate Chic’ Brief - Reportage: Reporting the city. Bound book format.
Bryan Okello beeboy3000@hotmail.com
Regarding my Final Major Project, I decided to produce a presentation of my work being commercially used in fields where appropriate. This involved websites, commissions, working within the community, collaborations, networking and the general exposure, for my body of work and illustrative/graphic style. From as far as I can remember, I have always had a strong interest in drawing and sketching. This developed from a love of graffiti and street art, until finding my niche within illustrations. I have entered numerous design competitions, such as E4 competitions, D&AD, Nike 1-1, Don’t Panic Posters, and have been involved in outside projects involving my artistic abilities, weather graphic design, flyers, graffiti projects, animation...etc. I enjoy the art of customization, image reproduction and putting ideas as images. This project has been beneficial, exciting, challenging and has taught me vital lessons such as greater confidence when dealing with clients, time management, understanding new processes and techniques whilst also exploring new ideas. 58
Previous project: Hosted my first exhibition, exhibiting my art at the Burley Lodge Communality centre.
“Congratulations with the fab art work. It was really pleasing to see. Quite the pen pusher with a eye for visuals!� Lornette Smith (Jumbo Records)
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The intension of this project is to create works of contemporary graphic design that come to life in the urban domain and reawaken a sense of wonder about one’s environment. The project attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the project and their relationship with their surroundings. Ultimately the aim of each piece is to inspire fellow citizens to maximize their potential creativity and individuality within the public urban realm. The medium is the message.
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Lucy Parish lucy.parish@yahoo.co.uk
I have always loved ironic, satirical, camp art, which often faces criticism from other political and aesthetic perspectives. For example, the most obvious argument is that camp art is just an excuse for poor quality work and allows the tacky and vulgar to be recognized as valid art. I’d like to argue that in doing so, camp art celebrates the trivial and superficial and form over content. I try to emphasize a staged camp quality to my kitsch colourful sets juxtaposed with strong social messages: exploring how people perceive cross-dressers to be. My shots are highly stylised visual clichés of cross-dressers, ridiculing the clichés themselves. Whilst expanding and refining my own style of work I have recognised my audience, developed further in the art of styling and creative direction and feel my drive to create more is at my strongest. Previous project: ‘Burlesque: Before the show.’ The pictures I had styled and created were for a new burlesque troupe wanting to experiment and gain pictures for their portfolios. Being project manager, creative director and stylist was a great task but equally a great experience. 62
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“You’ve got a unique style and attitude that puts you ahead of many of your contemporaries, fire in the belly.” Norrie Harman, Artist
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Jordan Platt jordantheplatt@hotmail.com
It is my ambition to work as graphic designer after graduation, in this project I identified what was lacking in my portfolio and undertook a series of live briefs that would tie up the missing skills that an employer is looking for. The briefs saw me leaving my comfort zone working with clients requiring fast turnaround and a need for professionalism. At my work placement at a printer I gained valuable knowledge into the print process, which in turn helped inform the design process. The project as a whole has given me the insight into the pressures of being a designer, working for clients and learning how to react to these challenges in a professional manner.
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“Jordan has unique talents distinctive from the other ten or so designers I’ve given work to. He has an enthusiasm and drive that means I don’t have to set him deadlines or check how he’s getting on. And whilst many of the designers I’ve been involved with have had a creative flair, Jordan also has the organisational skills and eye for detail that I’d expect of a professional with years of working experience.” Eddy Pinkney, Editor, The Play Guide
Robbie Porter robbieporter85@hotmail.com
After being tucked in at night as a child, I remember often hearing the disconcerting phrase “don’t let the bed bugs bite” as my parents swiftly left the room and shut the door behind them. However, I don’t remember ever being told specifically how to stop the bedbug if it did in fact try and bite me; all I knew was that it was my responsibility not to ‘let’ it. As you can imagine this caused many sleepless nights not only from the fear induced by imagining swarms of these deadly insects feasting on my body, but also from the hours spent lying awake trying to figure out how, if the opportunity presented itself, I would try and convince the bed bug not to bite me. For my final major project I decided to take this phrase, which had caused so much trouble in my youth, and use it to design a set of children’s bed linen with accompanying soft toy and packaging, the process of creating which has caused many more sleepless nights with bugs on the brain again.
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Robin Price robin.price@hotmail.co.uk
Produce a body of illustrative work in response to environmental and social experiences and observations. My Final major project will enable me to take on a variety of commissioned and self set briefs with the aims of securing industry knowledge, experience and professionalism. Previous project: the Tea house (2007) The Tea House is a student space in a the hyde park area. its was set up to enable visual communication students to use the space to their needs as a studio, exhibition space or social meeting place. The Tea House’s main aim is to be a free and relaxed environment with a friendly and helpful atmosphere in which to discuss and exchange artistic interpretation and development. The tea house also has a functional website show casing residential, member and guest artist portfolios
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Tom Purdy tom_purdy@hotmail.co.uk
This project is based around producing a short dramatic film based on ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’, a short story by Roald Dahl. I’m especially interested in cinematography as a career path, and so this serves as a platform for me to make something that looks really cool. Coming from a background of music videos, the cinematic aspects of my work seemed to be my strength, so I intended to play with this in my first foray into dramatic film making. When it comes to ambitions, I’m not sure I have any concrete ideas though I have learnt that some kind of career in moving image and film is a strong possibility. Previous project: My previous work has been based around producing Music videos for local bands in Leeds. These stills come from a collaborative project I was involved in, where my interest in cinematography started to settle.
“You’ve definitely an eye for this kind of thing, have you thought of a Visual Communication degree?” Rob Pountney, Foundation Tutor Previous to Viscom
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Joel Richards jrflojo@yahoo.com
Filthy Social Branding: Filthy Social is an events and promotion company who specialise in hosting club nights with a strong emphasis on electronic dance music. Filthy Social required brand identities for two forthcoming club nights that clearly distinguished them from competitors and reflected the sophisticated nature of the events.
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Débora Leitão Serém deboralserem@gmail.com
My final major project features a collection of live briefs, with a wide range of methods and media. The purpose of this project was to develop my visual skills, build up my portfolio and most importantly to find a suitable design style for myself. This project has allowed me to be as creative as possible and so, I formed my designer name, deboralserem, as well as a brand name for my design products, Selahprojects. Selah was taken from the Bible; it has many meanings, such as: stop and listen, interlude and peace. As a Christian it has a special meaning in my life. This brief has also given me experience with various companies, to both print and order materials from, for specific jobs.
“Debora has developed her own unique style and has really flourished in her final year.” Simon Harrison
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Christopher Sewell sewell_1985@hotmail.co.uk
It Ain’t Half Grimm Up North: As an illustrator my work for this project has centered on the theme of northern folktales, allowing me to develop my style and have free creative reign. Contemporizing the folktales has brought them up to date, developing a sometimes-sinister range of illustrations. My work usually begins life hand rendered moving into digital form for final touches. I really enjoy the process of seeing an idea come to life on the page after being battered around in my head. This creative freedom has been offset with numerous competition briefs and freelance work for a wide variety of clients, all to keep me on my toes. I am always on the lookout for interesting opportunities and people to work with in creating some great illustration. Previous project: Collecting, Collections, Collectors. This illustration was used in a book I produced on Collecting, Collections and Collectors. I wanted to visualize the feeling of my palms sweating when given the opportunity to handle 18th century documents from the Portland Collection. 76
“Chris achieved the results we were looking for first time. I would recommend Chris to an agency and wouldn’t hesitate to work with him again in the future.” David Follon & Stuart Kerry, England Design Agency
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Daniel Simmen danielsimmen@hotmail.co.uk
The focus of my final major project was to do a series of smaller live projects exploring graphic design within a promotional context, by designing flyers, posters, websites, business cards, etc. I was looking at what the client wanted to say about themselves through type, colour and images. Concentrating on what it is they are promoting and how I can communicate that in the most efficient way to the desired audience whilst producing something that was also aesthetically pleasing to the client. Through this process of design, working and communicating with clients in live projects I will learn the skills that I can use within the professional graphic design industry.
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Previous project: For this brief I was designing the branding and promotional materials for a Leeds based band called Thieves. I had to research into the style of music that they played and work closely with the band to produce a suitable outcome for the band that could be recognisable and work within many different contexts
Sarah Smith sarah@ensemblearts.org
Over the course of this project I have investigated the nature of contemporary community arts by volunteering with a variety of pre-existing groups working in the field. I helped parents and their children to make pots, ceramic clocks and bookends at Swarthmore; assisted elderly people with learning disabilities whilst they made sculptures and collages with Pyramid of Arts; and aided CALLS, a Little London residents group, in the planning and organisation of their Community Day. I have also researched into the theory and literature behind community arts, in preparation for my MA Community Arts which I will be undertaking in September at the University of Cumbria, and have talked with a variety of practitioners to gain their perspective and insight into the essence of the field in which they work, and in which I plan to forge a career. I then spent a long time reflecting on what these experiences mean for me, both as a person and as an artist/practitioner and how they can better inform my work. However, it has only strengthened my underlying motive for engaging in such work: to help others improve their lives or their communities through the use of art. 80
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Previous project: From the Prinzhorn Collection to Ashwood Day Centre. I facilitated an arts workshop for mental health service users. The participants were asked to make artwork which related in some way to their experience of mental ill health. The results were made into a book which was displayed at the course exhibition.
“Sarah has been very helpful during the class. She is very intuitive with offering help without being in your face and doing it for you. She is an asset in any class and has a wonderfully kind way about her.� Member of the Swarthmore pottery class
Tommy Sweeney time-to-waste@hotmail.co.uk
Time to waste: The project is a study into how we waste our time. We all have our own responsibilities, jobs and commitments, but we all have the time to let lose and spent some time doing the things we want to do. Here at time to waste we want to know how you spend yours. Time to waste packs holding a disposable camera, stamped addressed envelope and a flyer with instructions have been found in many major cities around the UK, with the idea of the finder using the camera in any way they want and posting it back. The photos have then been used to form an online magazine, accompanied by a hardback book. Time to waste is an on going project and hopefully their will be many more issues to come. Previous project: Boxjam was an electronic music festival held at the Faversham in leeds. The event was a fundraiser for Oxjam, a event for the charity Oxfam. My role was to make control of the interior layout, providing the opportunity for the people who attend to get creative and have a go at some live graffiti around the theme of boxes.
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Jennifer Tazob jrice192005@yahoo.co.uk
For my final major project I decided I wanted to make a photographic book about farming in Britain. I grew up on a farm and I’m from a farming family. I regularly go back home to help out so it is a topic that’s very important to me. The books aim is to explore farming as it is now, the problems it faces, why it is in decline and how the public react towards it and perceive it as an industry. I decided I wanted to make a photographic book because I really enjoy photography and I aim to go on to do a MA in photography. Through this course I have also developed an interest in typography and designing a book not only seemed the best way to explore this subject area but also to be able to join my two interests of typography and photography.
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Previous project: The Communication Project was one of the first briefs I did in the third year the aim of this brief was to chose something we were interested in and develop a project that would allow us to experiment and be a little bit playful. I chose to do a book of children’s nursery rhymes using only typography. The words told the story but also acted as the illustrations. The shape of the book also acted as an interactive toy as well.
Matt Watson matt@sample-design.co.uk
My final major project is split into two, still working as a collaboration for all our unsigned band promotion and freelance work with jamie howell. The other half of my FMP is to allow me to push my creative photography. It is something i enjoy in my spare time and as well in my work. This project is an experimental challenge for me as it gives me the chance to take my hobby seriously and apply myself as a creative to different aspects of photography and image making. It gives me the opportunity to create compelling form within photography on a fine art aspect of image making. As
my portfolio is mostly graphic design, this allows me to make my portfolio stronger for the future. As for life after Viscom, I have already secured a job at advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather in Dubai, as a Junior Art Director. Previous project: Band promotion hey!robot! This project was to create a brand identity for the band in which they can market themselves in the unsigned music industry.
“It was kinda’ in a cardboard box but had all the details of the band and all the tracks on the outside of the packaging, which is pretty unique” BBC Radio Sheffield - Raw talent
Steve Watson stephen_j_watson@hotmail.co.uk
I wanted to further pursue my passion for film and video by producing a series of short videos that would show my versatility and a range of styles in my portfolio. Having previously worked in a small team on video projects, part of the challenge for me has been having the freedom to portray my own personal style and identity whilst ensuring that I don’t become too insular and protective about my ideas and ways of working. The majority of my work prior to this project has been music video production so I was looking for briefs that would vary my portfolio, as I don’t want to be limited to working in one particular area after I have finished the course. My responses to Channel Four’s 3 Minute Wonder have enabled me to approach making a documentary in two different ways, from both a personal and detached point of view. My Viral Advertising work has highlighted an area of film and video that I am keen to pursue after the course. Previous project: Thom Yorke’s ‘The Clock’ Music Video (D&AD Student awards 2007) This was a collaborative year 2 project entry for D&AD. It was during this project 88
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“Steve is an all round professional, great fun to work with, and very ‘on the ball’. Despite being half naked most of the time, he didn’t giggle once and made both my boyfriend and I feel very comfortable throughout.” Fiona Dollan, (actress in Nando’s viral)
Lindsay Wilson linswilson@yahoo.co.uk
‘As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.’ ‘Good Fruit’ was born from my passion for travelling – just as so many people have. Too many people do the same things, see the same sights and in effect have the same experiences. My brief was to promote a different approach to visiting places unknown to you. I set up around 75 ‘tasks’ to complete some on a one month trip around Europe. The end product is a different experience and many pieces of art – resulting in a 150 page book, an activity book for others to use and many web-based outcomes. I hope to spread this method of travelling. If you’d like to see more, please visit www.goodfruitblog.blogspot.com It’s a project much larger than the time-scale and I’ll definitely be carrying it on after the course.
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Previous project: This was one of the most rewarding and educational projects I have been involved in. The music video was shown on MTV2 last year. I had many key roles – not only as the band’s guitarist, but mainly produced the video. I documented the shoot on vide and was assistant editor. Please see www.myspace.com/mothervulpine
Task no.7 Leave a self-addressed, stamped postcard in lots of places with instructions for the person who finds it to write on it and post it. ‘Attirei - Paris’ Postcard reads: Hi Lindsay! We are sitting in the Attirei and are waiting for the music to start...looking at this amazing wall and saw your postcard! My cousin is sitting next to me: she studies in Freiburg/Germany, but teaches in Paris for half a year. I live in Frankfurt and spend a week of my holidays in Paris. I like this city so much. We just came from the restaurant ‘Chantier’, which is really good! The music just began...We enjoy our wine! What are you doing? When did you visit the Attirei? We are waiting for your email :) Julius and Zena
“It (Good Fruit) encourages you to think creatively about how you experience your environment. It can also act as a reminder to force you out of the comfort zone of doing typical touristy things, and to be more self-reflexive on your own position as a traveler..” Gianna Goulding, user of Good Fruit
Hannah Winchester hannahwinchester@hotmail.com
I produced a short stop frame animation for children aged 3 - 5. I worked with the children at Blenheim Primary School which helped me decide upon characters and a storyline. ‘Waffles’ is a 4 minute pilot for the ‘Milton’ series - other episodes are currently being written and put into production. ‘Waffles’ introduces the main character Milton, a young blue aardvark, and his younger sister Olivia. Throughout the episode they interact with each other, the audience and the narrator and learn through play. Milton becomes distracted by a delicious scent and follows it towards a Waffle House, unfortunately he learns that waffles are not for aardvarks but suffers the consequences by gobbling them all up anyway. I particularly enjoyed the character development part to this project, which is something I would like to continue with in the future. I hope to continue with the ‘Milton’ series in my own time, but also professionally. I will be entering the pilot into numerous animation festivals this year and next, which will promote my work and my skills.
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Previous project: Mr Scruff - Blackfoot Roll. A music video produced in stop frame animation. The 3D characters and a 2D background created a dynamic and fun atmosphere, which suited the songs relaxed yet vibrant beat.
Craig Winward craig_winward@hotmail.com
‘Moving Image’ presents a diverse series of connections made between dance and projected imagery, within an overarching film context. Around a basic theme of travel, all aspects of the production have been developed through a sustained process of collaboration, creating a truly intermedial sequence of choreography and film. The soundtrack composed for the piece references several styles of music, all of which are reflected in the dance and video designs that accompany it. Creating ‘Moving Image’ has been an enjoyable opportunity for me to work with an innovative professional choreographer, allowing me to design video sequences for a performance context. Following Vis Comm I intend to pursue video design in the production / live performance sectors.
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“During this project Craig has had some wonderful creative ideas and has been excellent in listening to my requirements and ensuring that they were fulfilled. The Dance-Film project has been very demanding - he has shown himself to be extremely hard working and a true leader. His strong but gentle manner brings out the best in those working with him. As a company director and seasoned advisor/lecturer I know how rare it is to find a student of Craig’s caliber. I will continue to use Craig’s services and I wish him continued success in the future” 95
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Magda Zdanowicz magda.zdanowicz@yahoo.co.uk
I always like to think of myself as an Illustrator. During my last year of Visual Communication course I realized that is exactly what I would like to do in my future carrier. My FMP brief was to create illustrations for the fairytales, dedicated for very young audiences. Each of the illustrations was created using watercolours, coloured pencils, and markers and finished in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Communication with my Client was an extremely good experience. We had been working via internet, so quick response was really important and necessary for the short deadline. My Client had a series of meetings with potential audience in the age between eight and twelve to get the feedback to each illustration. The book was published in Poland and already has an excellent response. My Client is planning to publish the second part of the fairytales and she has asked me to be involved. Our next move it will be promotion of the book in England, including a Polish-English version, which I was asked to design as well.
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“Magda is very creative, full of ideas and she has true passion to what she is doing. Our communication was splendid; I had an immediate response to all my suggestions. To show how I appreciated Magda’s work I wrote a special dedication for her at the first page of my book. I look forward to working with her again.” Anna Slowinska, Author
Dissertations Thomas Allan: Post 9/11: The effects of American Politics and Ideologies on American TV and Film output. Alice Armstrong: How music and art respond to shock tactics in different ways and what is it that makes them accomplish this? Peter Barker: How Has Rum Drinking Been Represented and Mythologized As A Deviant Social Activity? Holli Barrett: How have the Representations of Gender Changed in British Sitcom Over the Years? John Beadnell: How does the image or spectacle of fear manifest itself as a tool of control in America? Claire Beckley: Does ideology affect the accuracy of popular tabloid news? Thomas Box: The Creation and Use of Artificial Realities’ Nikki Bratt: In what ways does mass media have influence on the body shape and society’s perceptions of beauty and the desirable? Fiona Calvert: Was Punk a Positive or Negative Influence in English History? Jill Carruthers: An Exploration of how Semiotic Devices and Audience Reception Theorists Assist an Audience in Decoding a Play in a Foreign Language Alison Clark: How did Riot Grrrl use the zine format to resist media hegemony and was this a positive action? Mark Cooke: Could climate affect colour choice in design? Richard Darby: Advertising to children: To what extent are children vulnerable consumers? Stephen Davis: Creativity: What is it? Can you teach it? And can it be Assessed? The constraints and tensions of creativity within Art and Design Education Thomas Eames: How identities are created through Internal and External Influences Samuel Gieben: What is the function of the authorised discourse about the graffiti subculture?
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Sofia Haouar: Is Visual Media Today Responsible For Common Eating Disorders?’ James Howell: The creative process: the unpredictable and the mistake James Isles: How do spatial practises in modern day society influence how we perceive space and its potential? Jonathan Kay: Advertising agency? Poststructuralism through the entropic signs of our time Kelly Thea: Does Global Capitalism Allow for the Formation and Progression of Sustainable Communities? Adrian Lamont: Designer Toys: The Rise of a Modern Day Antique Kathryn McCanny: How is the beauty discourse used as a mechanism of power to keep women subordinate to men? Sarah Moloney: How can ‘Women’s Cinema’ be read both as a response to, and as a product of, the patriarchal film industry? Jennifer Nicol: To What Extent are Bio fuels Sustainable in the Transport Sector, with the EU and US Setting Targets for 10 Percent of Transport Fuels to come from Bio fuels by 2020? Brian Okello: The Art of Rebellion’ Liam O’Neill: What are the social and ethical roles of the graphic designer? Joseph Owen: To What extent are creative sub-cultures able to function spatially within urban modernity? Lucy Parish: Does Pornography cause violence to women? Or do radical antipornography feminists need to review their theories, due to women exploring pornography? Jordan Platt: Could it be Argued That Consumerism Has created a Man Made World of Simulation and Hyperreality? Robert Porter: An analysis of the contradictions within Surrealism, focusing on the practice of psychic automatism in relation to the uncanny Robin Price: An exploration of “What it is to be green” in the UK in 2008
Thomas Purdy: An exploration into weather fine art is justifiably elitist Hollie Revell: To what extent does John Lennon signify countercultural resistance and the shifting sociocultural forces of the sixties? Joel Richards: Can advertising be considered art? Debora Serem: Human Trafficking: to what extent is it still an issue today? Christopher Sewell: What effect has new media art had upon the gallery? Daniel Simmen: Concerse All Stars, Surviving economic and social problems and a change in function to become the Icon that we regard them as today. Sarah Smith: Art Preservation and Conservation: A study into its use and the problems arising there from, with a discussion on the role of Ephemeral Art. Thomas Sweeney: Mental Health: Creativity and Social Connotations Jennifer Tazob: The Influence design has on the consumer within the context of Book design. Matthew Watson: The effect colour has on the consumer in advertising in the 20th century. Stephen Watson: Brass Eye Special: Paedogeddon - Parody Pushed Too Far? Lindsay Wilson: What does ‘selling out’ mean in the contemporary music industry? Hannah Winchester: What is the image of ice cream in contemporary society? Craig Winward: Does the use of film and video in the theatre diminish the integrity of the medium, or are they an inevitable result of postmodernism? Magdalena Zdanowicz: BLUE, WHITE or RED: Reassessing signs of Feminist film theory and the appearance of Feminist characters in Krzystof Kieslowski’s movie Trilogy: ‘Blue’, ‘White’ and ‘Red’
Year Two
Christian Lloyd & Nick Cass
The way we approach learning and teaching on level 2 has always focused on the idea of ‘the penny dropping’; the moment when everything falls into place and where learners make the realisations they need to propel them forward. This year pennies have dropped all over the place, some of them falling spectacularly while others have just appeared at students feet. There’s been a broad range of audiencefocused projects, competitions and live briefs helping the penny drop; Becky Brock & Kay Bauer received a commendation for their Young Creative Network competition brief; Liz Ainge organised a Guerrilla Video / Outdoor AV night in Leeds; Ralph Peskett has been involved with Best Joined Up live illustration events; Kyle Harvey and Merlin Mason had typography work published in Dig magazine; while Kay Bauer, Cat Wicks, Merlin Mason, Ibi Khan, Rob Jarvis, Jason Long, Bryony Edwards and Phil Wiseman have been involved with the Young Designers Programme working in interdisciplinary teams within schools across the city. Luke Hoyes and Katy Eyre organised an exhibition at the Common Place while everyone had their work shown at the Collecting, Collectors & Collections exhibition in December.
Graphic design and illustration have been a prominent feature this year, with plenty of interesting work being produced for commercial projects, self initiated briefs and collaborations by Laura McBride, Tom Williams, Laura Siragher, John Pett, Laura Stubbs, Jon Moore, Luke Hoyes, Luke Carroll, Becky Brock, Kay Bauer, Ryan Gregson, Tom Bing, Cat Wicks, Pete Baxter and Alex Esquerdeiro. We’ve had a few animators and film makers emerge from the course, both Eleanor Woodburn and Matt Saunders have had worked screened; Will Campbell has been working on character development; while Phil Wiseman, Ibi Khan and Jack Scott have all made short documentaries. Community involvement is an important element of the course and a number of students have started to explore community arts and education as specialist areas. Amy Balderson worked with East Street Arts; Tom Williams and Joe Kelly started to use graffiti projects within youth work settings; Laura Stubbs organised a book club; Alex HumeHumphreys organised a recycling campaign in Woodhouse and Becky Johns ran art workshops with Cancer patients. We’ve also had few photographers with Rob Jarvis documenting life on the road
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with his band; Cathy Gilbert documenting other people’s bands and Rhiannon Oliver dressing people up in 1940s clothes and photographing them at The Armley Tea Dance. There’s been a lot of online activity this year, Rob Kirk has had a strong presence in Second Life designing furniture for high street banks; lots of live web briefs, online portfolios and a thriving online community through blogs and discussion boards. A good example is the Viscom Breakfast Blog, established by students to share reference points http://viscombreakfastblog.blogspot.com As you can see, there’s a broad range of approaches under the umbrella of visual communication, however all the students have a shared commitment to personal development, collaborative learning and a desire to engage with real audiences. Level Two will be spending the summer doing work placements, while the staff will be getting ready to help with the next set of pennies.
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Year One David Collins
This was a particularly exciting year for all Level One students and staff with a lot of changes to the structure and delivery of the course. These have come partly from the change in validation body from Leeds University to the Open University but also from some significant innovations within our longstanding briefs and modules. We introduced: a new theory module which encourages students to explore the meanings and potential uses of visual communication, a Personal Development Blog allowing students to chart their individual practical and academic journey throughout the year, a module directly focused on exploring the role and significance of technology within the contemporary world of communication. Possibly the most important change though was the introduction of a Final Major Project at the end of the year - a seven week project where each student undertook a self-directed brief, resulting in a wide range of projects, much of it involving partners beyond the college. We couldn’t have a asked for a more talented and enthusiastic group to pioneer the the new-improved BA Vis Com and we’re all excited to see what they do over the next two years. 102
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BA Visual Communication We are interested in asking the question: how can visual communication be used to improve the world? The course will encourage you to question, debate and define your role as a visual communicator, exploring the what, who and why of communication as much as the how. You will creatively explore ideas that are personally relevant to you, developing the content of your work as much as its visual qualities. Working with other people is an important aspect of what we do, and you will collaborate with fellow students, engage with clients on live briefs, enter competitions and work within community settings, always 104
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embracing the idea of giving an audience to your work. We provide a broad programme of study across a range of disciplines from which you can make informed choices about your own direction. Skills are developed in a range of media that include graphic design, illustration, photography, book design, typography, printmaking, web design, digital media, video and animation. It is possible to maintain a multi-disciplinary approach by working across a wide range of areas or by making more specific choices.
First year You will explore the idea of visual communication through a variety of approaches, including documenting the world around you, telling stories and solving design problems. You will be introduced to a range of visual communication disciplines and work in a range of media, such as design for print, illustration, photography, web design, video and animation. Visual Skills, Communication Skills, Communication Technology, Communication Design, Visual Communication, Personal & Professional Development, Critical Studies & Electives
Real life briefs Throughout the course there are many live briefs, working directly with clients, communities and audiences as well as opportunities to exhibit your work and enter competitions.
Second year Audience-focused projects, competitions and live briefs will develop your work in a range of contexts, encouraging you to respond to other peoples visual communication needs. The second year will help you focus on areas of interest and support you in preparing for work placements. Visual Skills, Communication Skills, Communication Technology, Communication Design, Visual Communication, Personal & Professional Development, Critical Studies, Enterprise in the Creative Industries & Electives
Resources You will have access to Apple Mac suites with industry standard software; a photographic studio and darkrooms; printmaking workshop; library and internet resources and a Visual Communication studio.
Third year The third year encourages you to take a more independent and professional approach to your work, clarifying your ambitions and goals and supporting you in how you achieve them. Applied Visual Communication, Personal & Professional Development, Dissertation & Final Major Project.
Work placements Work placements take place at the end of the second year. We will work closely with you to develop a portfolio and the professional skills you need to secure and undertake placements that are appropriate to your areas of interest.
Progression & career opportunities Former students have found careers in all areas of the creative industries, including TV and the media; graphic design, publishing and advertising; arts management and the voluntary sector; illustration and photography; digital and new media; community arts and art therapy; become self-employed or established their own businesses. Many of our students develop careers in arts education from schools, youth work to museum and gallery education. Other students have gone on to study post-graduates in a range of areas. Awards D&AD Awards 2008 – commendation Music Video YCN Awards 2008 – commendation 2 second year students illustration
Bibliographies Thomas Allan Browne, S.1993. Video Tape Editing, Post Production Primer. New York,Boston Focal Press Cheshire, D. 1982. The Video manual. New York, Van Nostrand Reihold. Gregory, M. 1979. Making Films Your Business. New York, Schocken Nichols, B. 1991. Representing Reality. Indianna, Indianna University press Rabiger, M. 2004. Directing the Documentary. Oxford, London. Rosenthal, A. 1990. Writing, Directing and Producing Documentary Films and Videos. USA, Southern Illinois university press Russell, P. 2007. 100 British Documentaries, London, BFI. Swain, D. 1981. Film Script Writing. Peter Barker Bell, J. - ‘Creative Writing Coursebook’ Bernays, A. - ‘What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers’ Booker, C. - ‘The Seven Basic Plots’ Blake. - ‘How to be a Sitcom Writer’ Freud, S. -’The Joke and its Relation to the Unconsious’ Morreale, J. - ‘Critiquing the Sitcom’ Rishel, M. - ‘Writing Humour’ Reissman, C. - ‘Narrative Analysis’ Smith, E. -’Writing Television Sitcoms’ Holli Barrett Sure Start. 2001. Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Banks, H and Handsley, S. 1998. Knowledge and Understanding of the World (Learning in the Early Years). Scholastic Gray, S. 2003. Knowledge and Understanding of the World (Goals for the Foundation Stage). Scholastic Sodhi, S. 2006. Nursery Education. Scholastic John Beadnell Nichols, Bill. 1991. Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary. Bloomington/ Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Peralta, Stacy (dir.). 2002. Riding Giants. Sony Pictures. Reis, Karel; Millar, Gavin. 2006. The Technique of Film Editing. Oxford/ Boston: Focal. Scorsese, Martin (dir.). 2005. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan. Paramount. Claire Beckley Adobe (2007) Adobe illustrator CS3 Classroom in a book, Berkeley, Peachpit.
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Adobe (2007) Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Classroom in a book, Berkeley, Peachpit. Blythe, B. (2008) Big Eye Art resurrected and transformed, London/ New York, Merrell Publishers Limited. King, D. (2007) San Francisco, Art of modern Rock, Chronicle Books LLC. Klanten, R. and Hellige, H. 2007) Illustive 2 contemporary Illustration and it’s context Minedition (2007) Bologna illustrators exhibition of children’s book annual 2007, USA, Penguin. Internet: http://firefluff.co.uk http://nudemagazine.co.uk http://theAOI.com http://varoom-mag.com, Events: AOI: How to survive as an illustrator, 12 March 2008, Loughborough University. Thomas Box The Cinematic Mode of Production Johnathan Beller Designing Movie Creatures and Characters - Richard Rickitt Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes - Matt Hanson The Complete Book of Puppetry George Latshaw The Encyclopedia of Modelmaking Techniques - Christopher Payne Designing with Models - Criss B. Mills Nikki Bratt & Mark Cooke Baran, S.J., 2002. Introduction to mass communication : media literacy and culture. London, McGraw Hill Fletcher, A., 2001. The art of looking sideways. London, Phaidon Press Ltd. July, M. & Fletcher, H., 2007, Learning To Love You More, Germany, Prestel Kessels, E., 2005. In almost every picture. Amsterdam, KesselsKramer O’Hagan, O., 2007. I lick my cheese and other notes. Great Britain, Sphere Oser, B., 2005. Fuck this book. California, Chronicle Books Patrikios, J. & Sly, M., 2007. Dear Future Me, hopes fears, secrets, resolutions, Ohio, How Books Phillips, I., 2002. Lost and found pet posters from around the world. New York, Princeton Architectural Press Radtke, O.L., 2007. Chinglish: Found in Translation. Utah, Gibbs Smith Rothbart, D., 2005. Dirty Found, Vol. 2. Canada, Westcan Rothbart, D., 2007. Dirty Found, Vol. 3. Canada, Westcan Wang, Y.Y., 2007. Me in my bag. Taiwan,
Garden City Publishers Warren, F., 2005. Post Secret. New York, Harper Collins Warren, F., 2007. A lifetime of secrets. New York, Harper Collins Internet: http://beta.grouphug.us http://www.chinglish.de http://www.engrish.com http://www.flatmatesanonymous.com http://www.foundmagazine.com http://www.fuckthiswebsite.com http://futureme.org http://ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com http://www.onesentence.org http://www.overheardeverywhere.com http://www.picturesofwalls.com http://www.postsecret.com http://www.signsoflife.goose24.org Fiona Calvert 55s. (2001) ‘Andre Kertesz’, Phaidon Press Limited, New York. Bailey, L. (2006) ‘Forever England’, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK. Baker, S. (2000) ‘Streets & Spaces’, Lowry Press, UK. Erwitt, E. (2007) ‘Elliott Erwitt’, Thames & Hudson, London. Gadd, R. (2003) ‘Passion and Precision: Photographs from the Collection of Margaret W. Weston’, Monterey Museum of Art, California. Janssen, C. (2005) ‘Finding Thoughts’, The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Lensfield, L. (2002) ‘New York’, teNeues Publishing Group, Belgium. Internet: http://www.guardian.co.uk http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk Exhibitions: Jean-Christophe Ballot ‘Urban Landscapes’ Jill Carruthers Benjamin, W (1935) The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Crimp, D, (1996) On The Museum’s Ruins, USA, MIT Press Ltd Elsner, E & Cardinal R, (1994) The Cultures of Collecting Karp, I & Lavina, S. (1991) Exhibiting Cultures Monrmann, N. (2006) Art and its Institutions, UK Serota, N. (1997) Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art Museum Journal Leeds Discovery Museum Internet: http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/ exhibitions/artnow/markdion/
default.shtm http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ leedscad Alison Clark ‘Guy Debord and the Situationist International’ – Tom McDonogh ‘Society of the Specticle’ – Guy Debord ‘The Revolution of Everyday Life’ – Raoul Veneigem ‘The Situationist City’ – Simon Sadler ‘The Situationist International: An Introduction’ – Simon Ford Internet: http://adbusters.org http://artscouncil.org.uk http://bopsecrets.org http://uncarved.org http://postsecret.com http://secretleeds.com http://learnngtoloveyoumore.com http://creative-city.co.uk http://projectfreesheet.org http://nothingness.org/SI/ http://notbored.org/SI.html Richard Darby Concrete To Canvas: Skateboarders’ Art - Waterhouse & Penhallow Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age - Heller & llic Street Sketchbook - Tristan Manco Hand Job - Michael Perry Beautiful Losers: Contempary Art & Street Culture - Rose & Strike Street Logos - Tristan Manco Internet: http://www.idressmyself.co.uk http://www.earthpositiveonline.com http://www.beat13.co.uk http://www.outcrowdcollective. blogspot.com http://www.colourmaker.com.au Stephen Davis Craft, A (2001). “An analysis of research and literature on CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION”, Report prepared for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Downing, D & Watson, R (2004). “School Art: what’s in it? - Exploring visual arts in secondary schools, Slough, UK, National Foundation for Education Research Publishings, Eisner, W.E (2006). “The Arts and creation of the mind”, Yale University Press Elkins, J(2001). “Why Art cannot be taught”, Fryer, M (1996). “Creativity teaching and learning”, London , Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd, Artist Influence:
Mark Rowan-Hull Internet: http://www.rowan-hull.co.uk http://www.ofsted.gov.uk http://www.qca.org.uk http://www.teach.gov.uk http://www.gttr.ac.uk http://www.nsead.org Thomas Eames Street logos by Tristan Manco Graffiti World by Nicholas Ganz London Street Art Book Street Sketchbook by Tristan Manco Street Art Uncut by Matthew Lunn Ma’claim Finest Photorealistic Graffiti Book Hand to Eye Street Art: The Spray files by Louis Bou Freistil – Best of European illustration Samuel Gieben Thinking Course Edward de Bono Made You Look Stefan Sagmeister Beautiful Losers Aaron Rose & Christian Strike Magazines: Swindle Lodown Internet: http://www.drawn.ca http://www.fecalface.com Sofia Haouar Production management For Film And Video – Richard Gates Animation Writing And Development – Jean Ann Wright Understanding Animation – Paul Wells Signs and Meaning In The Cinema – Peter Wollen Internet: http://www.fat-pie.com http://www.pearcesisters.co.uk http://www.lofg.com/thegents.php http://www.familyguy.com Jamie Howell ‘Young, Sleek and Full of Hell’ - Aaron Rose ‘All Messed Up: Unpredictable Graphics’ - Anna Gerber ‘The Golden Age of Neglect’ - Ed Templeton Helvetica Documentary - Gary Hustwit Internet: http://www.youarebeautiful.co.uk Kerry Roper http://www.misprintedtype.com Eduardo Recife
James Isles Vice magazine The Leeds student newspaper / LS2 The Met newspaper / Lime Variant magazine Size? Creative review graduate guide The Cut magazine A little less conversation magazine No-Title magazine Sandman magazine Short list magazine Wonderland magazine Mag-art. Innovation in magazine design Internet: http://www.dontpanicmedia.com http://www.electronicbeats.net http://www.leeds.ac.uk http://www.lmu.ac.uk http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk http://www.pdf-mags.com http://www.mixam.co.uk http://leeds-events.blogspot.com Jabe Kay Ballard, J.G. (1995). Crash. London: Vintage. Burgess, A. (2000). A Clockwork Orange. London: Penguin Classics Camus, A. (1999). The Outsider. London: Penguin. Dick, P.K. (1999). Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. London: Gollancz Haslam, A. (2006). Book Design. London: Laurence king. Huxley, A. (2004). Brave New World. London: Vintage. Palahniuk, C. (2006). Haunted. London: Vintage. Poyner, R. (2001). Obey The Giant. Berlin: Birkhäuser. Rivers, R. (2007). Book Art. Switzerland: RotoVision. Silverberg, R. (1978). The World Inside. London: Panther. Takami, K. (2007). Battle Royale. London: Gollancz Wiedemann, J. (2007). Illustration Now!. Cologne: Taschen. Zamyatin, Y. (2007). We. London: Vintage. Adrian Lamont Ohannessian, K. (2007). The Artists of Urban Vinyl - Jeremy Madl - Brent Nolasco - Kidrobot. http://www. fastcompany.com/articles/ Walker, A. (2007). Beyond Plastic Kidrobot - Urban Vinyl - Dunny. http:// www.fastcompany.com/magazine/ Phoenix, W. (2006), Plastic Culture - How Japanese Toys Conquered the world, Kodansha International, Tokyo - New York - London.
Budnitz, P. (2006), I Am Plastic - The Designer Toy Explosion, Abrams, New York. Vortigern’s Machine, (2000), Illustrated Comic by James Jarvis & Russell Waterman, http://www.strangeco.com Juxtapoz flyer, (2004), The Dunny Show @ New York’s Visionaire Gallery, http:// www.juxtapoz.com Sarah Moloney Cooper, P. & Dancyger, K. (2000) Writing the Short Film. United States of America, Focus Press. Films: The Shining. (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick. The Orphanage. (2007) Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. Nosferatu. (1922) Directed by F.W. Murnau. Tideland. (2005) Directed by Terry Gilliam. Spirit of the Beehive. (1973) Directed by Victor Erice. Pan’s Labryinth. (2006) Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. LiamO Neill & Holli Revell Ed. Ehmann S, Hubner M, Klanten R Tactile (2008) Berlin Alastair Fuad The Eco Design Handbook (2002) Thames and Hudson, London Baur R, Boom I, Area 2 (2008) Phaiadon New York Bryan Okello Street Art the spray files. Louis Bou. Collins Design. (November 22, 2005) The Art of Rebellion 2: World of Urban Art Activism. Christian Hundertmark. Publilkat; Cover Title edition (April 14, 2006) Wall and Piece. Banksy. Random House UK (April 1, 2007) The Guerilla Art Kit, everything you need to put your message out into the world for fun, non-profit and world domination. Keri Smith. Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (July 26, 2007) Movements in art since 1945; Issues and Concepts. Edward Lucie - Smith. Thames & Hudson Ltd; 4Rev Ed edition (1 Aug 1995) Internet: http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/ p194/bambookidd http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyedentity http://www.myspace.com/bambookidd http://www.freewebs.com/judedraws/ index.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/kidinvisible/ index.htm http://www.ilikedrawing.co.uk Lucy Parish Anderson, G & Heller, S. 2004. The Designers Guide To Astounding Photoshop Effects. Ohio: How Design Books. Blanchard G & Commoy, P. 2000. Pierre et Gilles. New York: Merrell Publishers Limited. Caplin, S. 2002. How To Cheat in Photoshop. Oxford: Focal Press Evening, M. 2004. Adobe Photoshop For Photographers. Oxford: Focal Press Jaeger, A-C. 2007. Image Makers Image Takers. London: Thames and Hudson Jeffreys, S. 2005. Beauty and Misogyny: Harmfull Cultural Practices in the West. USA, Routledge Harrison, K. 2008. Kerryharrisonphotograhy. com. [photography] http://www. kerryharrisonphotography.com/ Meyer, M & Meyer M. 1994. The Politics and Poetics of Camp. USA: Routledge LaChapelle, D. 1999. Hotel Lachapelle. USA: Bullfinch LaChapelle, D. 2005. LaChapelle Land. USA: Channel Photographics Tyler,C-A. 2003. Female Impersonation. USA: Routledge Jordan Platt ‘Graphic Design that works’ (2004) Rockport Publishers ‘Communicating with rough visuals’ – Alan Swann (1989) Phaidon ‘Graphic Design Now’ – Charlotte & Peter Fiell (2005) Taschen ‘Graphic Design Cookbook’ – Lenoard Koren & R. Wippo Meckler (1989) Chronicle Books ‘The Complete Graphic Designer’ – Ryan Hembree (2006) Rockport Publishers ‘Building Design Portfolios’ – Sara Eisenman (2006) Rockport ‘How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul’ - Adrian Shaughnessy (2005) Laurence King Publishing ‘100 Habits of successful Graphic Designers’ – Plazm (2003) Rockport Robbie Porter The Art of Looking Sideways – Alan Fletcher Tactile, High Touch Visuals - Sven Ehmann National Geographic Magazine World Museum - Liverpool
T.E.D - Technology, Entertainment & Design conference It’s nice that – Design blog A Bugs Life – Pixar movie Robin Price The Book of General Ignorance, (2006), Lloyd, J. and Mitchinson, J. The Book of Animal Ignorance, (2007) Gray C. Passing Time in the Loo. (2003), Anderson, S. W. Ready Made - How to make (almost everything. A do-it-yourself primer. (2006) Berger, S. and Hawthorne, G. FUCK this book (2005), Oser, B. Illusive - contemporary illustration and its context. Klanten, R. and Hellige, H. Exhibitions: China’s First Emperor, April 2008, the British Museum, London Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 - 2008, April 2008, the National Portrait Gallery, London Alison Watt: Phantom, April 2008, The National Gallery, London Niki de Saint Phalle, April 2008, the Tate, Liverpool Permanent Collection, March 2008, the National Gallery, 2008, London the Turbine Hall, 2007 and 2008, the Tate Modern, London From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870 - 1925 from Moscow and St. Petersburg, January 2008, the Royal Academy, London Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde. September 2007, The Tate, Liverpool Global Cities, August 2007, the Tate Modern, London http://www.aoi.co.uk http://www.humus.nu http://www.bbc.co.uk http://www.gaurdian.co.uk http://www.vault49.com Tom Purdy Lamb to the slaughter (1953) Roald Dahl. Elephant (2004) Gus Van Sant Requiem for a dream (2000) Darren Aronofsky You and Me and Everyone we Know (2005) Miranda July Babel (2006)Alejandro González Iñárritu Mr Nichols (2006) Andreas Riiser London to Brighton (2006) Paul Andrew Williams
Débora Serém Magazines Computerarts Computerarts projects Eye Embroidery Creative review I.D. Websites http://www.welikestatic.com http://100artworks.com http://un-plugged.co.uk http://www.opusunderground.com Chris Sewell From the Beast to the Blonde by Marina Warner Illustration Now! 2 by Julius Wiedemann Illustration 101 : Streetwise Tactics for Surviving as a Freelance Illustrator by Max Scratchmann Illusive : Contemporary Illustration and Its Context by R Klanten http://www.woostercollective.com http://www.theaoi.com http://www.dazeddigital.com http://www.computerarts.com Sarah Smith Barndt, D (ed) (2006) Wild Fire: Art as Activism, Toronto, Sumach Press Burr, V (2001) An Introduction to Social Constructionism, London, Routledge. Cooper, M and Sjostrom, L (2007) Making Art Together: How Collaborative Art Making Can Transform Kids, Classrooms and Communities, Boston, Beacon Press. Escude, M (2007) Fantastical Portraiture: Female Prisoners in Argentina Escape ‚Äì Through the Magical Magic of COLLAGE, Vice Magazine, April 2008, pp 90 ‚Äì 98. Foundation for People with Learning Difficulties (2008) Foundation for People with Learning Difficulties. http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/ Kester, G (2004) Conversation Pieces: Community & Communication in Modern Art, London, University of California Press New Society (1988) Grassroots Initiatives: A Selection from New Society, London, Bedford Square Press Petty, G (2004) Teaching Today: A Practical Guide, Cheltenham, Nelson Thornes Rowntree, D (1992) Block 1 Overview Essay: Knowing our learners in ODL, Milton Keynes, The Open University
Stillwell, J and Unsworth, R (eds) (2004) Twenty-First Century Leeds: Geographies of a Regional City, Leeds, Leeds University Press. Jennifer Tazob I’m A Real Photographer by K. Arnatt Forever England by L. Bailey Photographing Italy by G. Calvnzi Magnum Ireland by B. Lardinois & V. Williams Henri Carter-Bresson the man the image the world a retrospective by J. Brenton. Magazines: Creative Review Portfolio Baseline Matt Watson How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul - Adrian Shaughnessy Whatever you think, think the opposite - Paul Arden Its not how good you are, its how good you want to be - Paul Arden Helvetica Documentary - Gary Hustwit www.famewhore.com www.motivesounds.co.uk www.vault49.com www.milesdonovan.co.uk www.peepshow.org.uk Steve Watson www.rebelvirals.com www.theviralfactory.com www.aspectfilmandvideo.com www.fourdocs.co.uk www.dandad.co.uk www.nandos.com www.youtube.com The Documentaries of Louis Theroux Extraordinary People www.bbc.co.uk www.spicerandmoore.com Lindsay Wilson Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher, ‘Learning to Love You More’ Benrik, ‘Lose Weight! Get Laid! Find God!’ H. Eijkelboom, ‘Paris-New YorkShanghai’ Frank Warren, ‘PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives’ Anders Nilson, ‘Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow’ Kim Hiorthoy, ‘Tree Weekend’
Hannah Winchester Adelman, K., (2004) ‘The Ultimate Filmmakerís Guide to Short Films’ Davis, T., (2001) ‘Stage Design’, Ebrahimian, B., (2006) ‘Theatre Design’, Laybourne, K., (1999) ‘The Animation Book’, Lord, P., & Sibley B., (1998) ‘Cracking Animation - The Aardman Book of 3D Animation’, Patmore, C., (2003) ‘The Complete Animation Course’, Scott, J., (2002) ‘How to write for Animation’, Simmons, A., (20004) ‘Armatures’, Animation Supplies. http://www.animationsupplies.net Wells, P., (2007) ‘Scriptwriting’, AVA Publishing, Switzerland. Winder, C., & Dowlatabadi, Z., (2001) ‘Producing Animation’, Craig Winward Staging The Screen - Greg Giesekam Audio-Visual Art & VJ Culture Michael Faulkner Collaborators exhibition - V&A Museum, London Brief Encounter - Kneehigh Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Into The Hoods - Zoonation, Novello Theatre, London Timecode Break - Toronto Dance, ROH, London Waiting - Lea Anderson Magdalena Zdanowicz Bettley James, 2001, The Art of the Book. Cardwell Steve & Munson Mark, 2004, Skateboard Stickers Daly Niki, 1999, The Boy on the Beach Faulkner Keith & Lambert Jonathan, 1999, The puzzled Penguin Horne Alan, 2000, The Dictionary of 20th century British Book Illustrators King Laurence, 2003, Still Bored Petty Kate & Maizels Jennie, 2002, The Wonderful World Book Scheffler Axel & Whybrow Ian, 1996, The Bedtime Bean Waterhouse Stephen & Bruce Lisa, 2000, Engines, Engines A colourful Counting Rhyme. Magazines: Communication Arts, 2008, Issue May/June Computer Arts, 2008, Issue 149/June Print, 2007, Issue May/June
For a full bibliography listing please visit: http://viscomgraduates.co.uk
We would like to thank everyone who have supported our students during this vibrant year
Garry Barker
Mike Flower
Bernice McBride
Fred Bates
Tony Garth
Sophie McIntosh
James Beighton
Joanna Geldard
Richard Miles
Paul Bennet-Todd
Ian Gilmore
Neil Owen
Frances Bosley
Chris Graham
Adrian Parker
Sam Broadhead
Roger Grech
Debbie Powell
Stephen Buchanan
Karen Green
Ollie Redding
Matt Burton
Brenda Hollweg
Annabeth Robinson
Nick Cass
Sharon Hooper
Mike Smith
Yasmin Coggins
Sam Jones
Marcel Swiboda
David Collins
Toby Juliff
Graham Tansley
Karen Dennis
Christian Lloyd
Mick Welbourn
Jane Denton
Eddie Lockhart
Ross Williams
Judy Ethridge
James McBeath
Brian Wraight
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