University of Portsmouth. School of Art and Design Showcase by Sarah Houghton

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Welcome This brochure celebrates the work of our students and alumni, and showcases our facilities and successes. The University of Portsmouth is located at the heart of an historic yet vibrant and fast-changing city. The Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries has an excellent reputation for educating creative practitioners, with many of our students winning prestigious awards. We take pride in the fact that our graduates are highly employable, informed artists and designers with an individual voice. The School of Art and Design is centrally located in modern buildings with excellent studio and workshop facilities, offering both traditional production methods and the latest digital technology. Our enthusiastic and knowledgeable technical staff are experienced in supporting and bringing out the creative potential of our students. At Portsmouth you will be taught by lecturers who are skilled practitioners and researchers, who will guide you in achieving your personal and professional goals. You will learn through projects which allow you to research a subject area and develop your practical skills. This experience is enriched with critical and cultural debate, and connected to professional real-world contexts through our links with industry. We are committed to preparing you for the world of work. Our courses are structured to allow students to challenge concepts and pursue their own ideas, which we feel is crucial to art and design education. Michèle-Anne Dauppe Head of School, School of Art and Design

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As a student in art and design it is important to live somewhere with a vibrant alternative scene. Jake Greenfield 2nd year photography student

I love the amount of activities that the university has available – there really is something for everyone! Lucy Pittard 2nd year graphic design student

Particularly within Eldon Building, there are a multitude of workshops on offer (incl. silkscreen printing, woodwork, etc.). They are also open to every course. You are given the opportunity to build upon a variety of skills thus allowing yourself to stand out from the crowd as a creative professional. Oliver Tubb 3rd year illustration student

I like how friendly people are! ... I love to learn new things, so getting intro duced to and using other facilities was awesome. Jeanette Pejnovic 2nd year fashion and textile design student

1 1 Vicki Lamberton – fashion and textile design 2 Nathanael Yeo – graphic design 3 Daniel Taylor – graphic design 4 Balazs Hajnal – graphic design 5 Lauren Hunt – illustration

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Harry Stewardson – graphic design Joy Miessi – illustration Hai Huang – data visualisation design Samara Martin – photography

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I have grown an awful lot as a person and as a designer because of this course and this university. I wouldn’t change it for the world! Jasmine Hotham 2nd year graphic design student

Living so close to the beach but at the same time being able to enjoy all the conveniences of a city. Krasimira Butseva 2nd year photography student

The potential job opportunities that come from being on the course ... played a major factor in me coming here. Ryan Robinson 2nd year graphic design student

The course leader is very pro-active in emailing us work experience opportunities as well as commissioned briefs. Kathleen Winter 2nd year photography student

The course allows deeper enquiry into areas that interest me and to work towards creating a thorough research project and visually pleasing design. Hayley Yates MA student

Portsmouth is a great city and the university offers a lot to its students. The great range of facilities across all schools and the brilliant library all help in making this a great university to study at. Kate Cronin 3rd year illustration student

The library is amazing. Maria Velazquez 3rd year photography student

I like being in the city. It’s constantly moving and full of life. Sarah Biggs 2nd year fashion and textile design student

The workshops and facilities are excellent. Emily Dixon 3rd year fashion and textile design student

There is always additional help and support available through Purple Door and CCI, and Purple Door continues to help you after your time at the University.

1 Michelle Kettle – illustration 2 Xi Lu – data visualisation design 3 Sirajai Ariya – fashion and textile design Helen Russell – photography 4 Krista Dyulgerova – photography 5 + 8 Thomas Jacobs – graphic design 6 Chloe Brook, Karen Chanakira, Cassis Jones, Jake Bougouneau, Amie Murphy – graphic design 7 Lauren Hunt – illustration

Abeda Siddique 3rd year fashion and textile design student

I didn’t want to live in London because it is too expensive. Studying in Portsmouth means I can get to the capital quite easily.

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Luke Barter 2nd year photography student

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COURSE

BA (Hons) Fashion and Textile Design BA (Hons) Graphic Design BA (Hons) Illustration BA (Hons) Photography

MA Data Visualisation Design * MA Graphic Design MA Illustration MRes Creative Industries

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There are opportunities to have placements to gain work experience. Companies taking part have included:

Debenhams • Monsoon • Teatum Jones • Shopitize • Portsmouth City Council • Aspex Gallery • schools including: Admiral Lord Nelson School (workshops), Meon Junior School (mural painting), Fernhurst Junior School (mural painting) • Hampshire Museums and Archives Service • Kew Gardens • Royal Navy Museum • Make Architects • Glowfrog • NME • Amanda Kelly Design Studio • Bryce D’Anice Aime • Charlotte Taylor • Ciel • Collective Apparel • David Longshaw • Groundlings Theatre Company • Jasper Conran • Joules • Liberty • Lipsy • Marks & Spencer • Mary Katrantzou • Mayhem Magazine • Mumo Design • Nikki Strange • Nylon Magazine • Peaks of London • Pyrus • Renee London • Tatty Devine • Intel • Write On Trend • Michael Hoppen Gallery

Second year photography student, Elliot McRae, gained work experience at NME in London, helping with all aspects of the music magazine’s operations, including image sourcing, managing the archive, working on picture desk, creating graphics and page layouts and working with Getty Imaging.

• Sandwich year student, Emily Streatfeild, gained a six-month placement with fashion label Mary Katrantzou, where she was responsible for developing surface pattern ideas for the spring/summer 2015 collection showcased at London Fashion Week. Emily worked on hand embroidery and traditional craft finishing techniques which were utilised in contemporary designs.

• Third year Illustration student, Sophie Burgham, gained work experience at Kew Botanical Gardens, London, working in the Fungarium, supporting her research for her project based on mushrooms. This led to her successfully gaining a Universal Curator Internship at the Natural History Museum, London.

E C U LT U R VISUAL UNITS

The teaching of visual culture provides a core of critical analysis and debate which informs, challenges and evaluates historical and current thinking and practice. Research skills are developed and extended, and art and design practice is contextualised to give greater understanding.

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Live projects with real clients are an important part of the curriculum. Examples include working with:

Teatum Jones Anglepoise David Longshaw Fenner Paper Pyrus Partimi Kendall and Simms OneAnother Timebanking UK Headway Boots NHS Queen Alexandra Hospital Wetherspoon Aspex Gallery The Collaborators Ciel Zakee Sharriff ←

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At Portsmouth, self-employment and startups are supported by a dedicated team at Innovation Space. Examples of successful startups by Portsmouth graduates include:

I Love Dust • Strong Island • Territory Studio • Lethal • Magic Torch • Daff Illustration • House of Sunny • Roxie Sweetheart • Mia Mia • The Bright Agency • Tim Bowditch • Stuart Leech • Tom Langford • Darryl Snow • Vicky Chan • Chris Butler • The Photography Lounge • Diode Digital • Agent8 Design • Inky Goodness • Jack Margerison

We are really proud of third year graphic design student Mike Dean who has been designing an events camera app that allows anyone attending an event to upload photographs to one album for all to see – capturing all those moments in one place. Venteo is free on iTunes. www.venteo.co.

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All of our courses have a strong focus on professional skills and employability. These are some of the companies our students have gone on to find employment with:

MEDIACOM • SKY • SOMO • Vive Unique Top Shop • All Saints • • • Fat Face Cath Kidston Selvedge • Forever21 • Marks & Spencer • Jasper Conran • Joules • Boden • New Look • The Shirt Company Graphic design Aardman Digital • I Love Dust • Saatchi and Saatchi • Sky Sports • Precedent • Sky News • Corke Wallis • Other Media • And Design • Orion Publishing • The Graphic Design House • Ellipsis • Salmon • Rich Media • Thunderhead • Found Studio Photography The Guardian • Net-a-Porter • Wimbledon • Metro Imaging • Daily Mail • Big Sky Studio • Aspex Gallery • Shepperton Studios Illustration Puffin • New Scientist • Penguin Random House • 2000AD • University of Southampton Data visualisation design

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Some students go on to work on a freelance or self-employed basis with clients such as:

Marks & Spencer • Source magazine • Virgin Music • MTV • Hallmark • Dixon Balston Design • Play Station • The Commonwealth Games • Agent Provocateur • Latitude Festival • Diesel • Frieze Art Fair • Polydor • The Guardian • Getty Reportage • Boots • BBC • Oxford University Press • Channel 4 • New Scientist • E4 • Sony Entertainment • Transport for London

S ST UDIO AND IES FAC I L I T

Enjoy developing specialist skills. Seen here: traditional wood workshop, laser cutting, photography studio, CGI modelling, Wacom tablets, art shop.

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Learn through creative experimentation. Seen here: letterpress, screen printing, graphic design studio, illustration showÂ preparation.

Hi-tech and low-tech facilities at Eldon offer both traditional and industry-standard digital options. Seen here: fashion and textiles studio, sewing workshop, digital computer suite, fashion show, public spaces.

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National and international student competition briefs form part of the curriculum and have resulted in many outstanding successes such as: The 33rd International Japanese & Chinese Drawing Competition Bo Sun Lam (winner) → 1 New Designers Eric Downer (Designer of the Year winner) → 2 Andrew Lethbridge (Webb deVlam Associate Prize) Jamie Carr (Screening Prize winner) Holly Deagle (ABSOLUT winner) Crowded Clothing Joanne Manning (winner) →

Calumet Student Photography Award Phoebe Bland Platform Exhibition – Aspex Gallery Nathan Klein (selected), Tsvetelina Ivanova (selected) Clothes Show Live Young Journalist Of The Year Jeanette Pejnovic (finalist) Macmillan Prize Children’s Books Arran Mackintosh (highly commended) Format International Photography Festival Nathan Klein (selected)

Sony World Photography Awards, Youth Category UK Alecsandra Raluca Drăgoi (overall winner) → 4

Pingyao International Photography Festival Nathan Klein, Albina Leka, Maria Paloma Velazquez 5

International Society of Typographic Designers Award Laura Wilder, Jake Bougouneau, Chloe Brook, Nathanael Yeo, Romina Vicci Carvallo, Mike Dean, Joshua Lynch, Phil Cresswell → 5 Textile Federation BETA London Kirsty Wright (winner) → 6 Front Row Society Kirsty Wright (winner) Young Creative Network Award Jack MacRae, Daniel Taylor, Hayley Davis, Johannes Liesmann (winner); Jasmine Hotham, Jefferson Robinson (overall winner) Pickled Ink Award Fay Dalton (winner)

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It’s amazing to have conversations about my work with some of the best photographers in the world. Amie Friend 2nd year photography student

I value that we are able to work with fashion and textile designers which enables us to gain strong commercial awareness and experience of working within this industry. Also the enterprise element of the course is particularly interesting … Emily Dixon 3rd year fashion and textile design student

I enjoyed the group aspect of the course where you were encouraged to work together. Rupert Travers MA student

I now have a greater understanding of research methodologies and the value it has in the practice of graphic design. Hayley Yates MA student

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Paige Alexis Jones – illustration David Ablett – graphic design Sophie Joyner – fashion and textile design Albina Leka – photography

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Tsvetelina Ivanova – photography Charlotte Bower – fashion and textile design Carl Reed – illustration Georgia Quaddy – graphic design

I value the great teaching resources available here at the University of Portsmouth. We have access to a great range of printing studios including screenprinting, letterpress and intaglio as well as digital studios. I also value the great teaching on the course keeping us engaged and enthusiastic about projects set. Kate Cronin 3rd year illustration student

Collaboration with the fashion students has been fun and helps build my portfolio to a professional standard. Claudia Bridge-Parkin 3rd year photography student

Coming back into the educational environment has given me the opportunity to look at the new media, the digital world, and to try and understand what it is and how it’s going to affect all of our lives. Mark Smith MA student

I value everything I’ve learnt and what I’ve been able to achieve with my new found knowledge! As well as doing the stuff I love, I value the confidence it’s given me. Jeanette Pejnovic 2nd year fashion and textile design student

I value everything the lecturers put into teaching us the ways of graphic design and how we can improve ourselves to be better designers in the world. I’ve learnt so much from them and through my own practices I have made work that I’d never thought I could do. Jasmine Hotham 2nd year graphic design student

There is a wide variety of camera equipment accessible on free loan. Luke Gardner 3rd year photography student

The facilities are great ... The teaching staff as well, as they are always on hand to give advice and feedback. Ryan Robinson 2nd year graphic design student

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The thing which I have most valued about the course is the way in which we are advised to work. On top of visual investigations and outcomes, we also do extensive textual research on our given/chosen subjects. This seems to be a skill which other art-based courses do not offer.

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Sam Barclay – graphic design Katie James – fashion and textile design James Harrison – illustration Xin Tang – data visualisation design Joe MacWilliams – data visualisation design Sarah Ollis – illustration

Oliver Tubb 3rd year illustration student

The indispensible knowledge our tutors bring to our course is impressive.

Russell Stewart 2nd year photography student

Over the three years I feel the course has challenged my understanding of what photography is. I feel I can do so much more with photography than I first imagined. Samara Martin 3rd year photography student

Our technicians are always on hand to help us with a lighting set up or prepare an image ready for print. Kayleigh Muir 3rd year photography student

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SAM OD THIRGO d 2014 Graduate graphy h s) P oto BA (Hon

Where do you work now? I am a photographer for the international premier online luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter. We work with brands such as Alexander McQueen, Gucci and Valentino. In my role, I photograph all the clothing and accessories that are sold on the website. I also work closely with social media and the editorial divisions of the company. What kinds of projects do you remember enjoying working on when you were a student at the University of Portsmouth? I can’t single out any specific units, because I really just enjoyed doing all the projects at university. I think it was because photography was a broad course, allowing students to take our own path within photography. Learning so many different types of photography eventually allowed me to find my own niche.

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Looking back, what do you think you gained from your experience on the course? Learning to use both old and new cameras was not only fun, but was also a way to help us understand the importance of experimentation. I also felt the tutorials were very good for me, as they gave me the opportunity to express my ideas, be challenged and so through this process, I got to understand myself much more. What advice would you give a student just starting their course now? A key element in my work is having the ability to work with others, and so I would recommend students to bear this in mind. It’s not just you working alone with your camera. You still have to meet up with clients, editors, printers, designers, stylists, models, hair and make-up artists, agents, and so on. So being able to handle working alongside other people is as important as knowing how to use a camera. This is something that can be learnt at university, by collaborating with other students. I remember the many group exhibitions we had to organise as part of the course, which I understood as my opportunity to work with people. What longer term goals do you have that you can share? For the foreseeable future, I just want to keep developing my skills and knowledge of my practice; it is a must to stay on top of the game.

JADE LEN SPRANK d 2012 Graduate tration Il s) lus BA (Hon

Where do you work now? Since graduating I have worked as a freelance illustrator under the guise of ‘Sprankenstein’ in my own illustration/screen print studio. It’s a really special space with enough room to set up a 4-arm carousel screen printer as well as photographic equipment. In the studio I am largely focusing on my own personal projects at the moment (illustrated short poetry zines mainly) and producing a range of illustrated goods that I sell online in my store. My clients include: Polydor, Universal Records, Fierce Panda Records, Leefest, Latitude Festival, Lomography, Frieze Art Fair and Diesel. My commissions really vary (which I guess is the beauty of the illustration industry). They include album covers, logo illustrations, character designs, pattern design, editorial illustrations etc. What sort of projects do you remember working on during your years here at the University? I can easily recall the workshops throughout my time at Portsmouth: collage, intaglio, screen printing. Also my final major project which was the majority of my third year. The 30

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great part of studying at Portsmouth was the fantastic print room which we were able to use for all our projects. You could experiment with letterpress machines for typography, intaglio for those fine lined etches and drawings, and play around with mixing the formats together. It was a wonderful thing to have at your disposal. Come to think of it, I should have used it more! Looking back what do you think you gained from your experience on the course? The main thing that I took away from the course was to not just stick to what you’re good at. It took a while for me to break out of that habit, but once I did I began to truly experiment with mediums I hadn’t considered before. It taught me not to be afraid if you try something and it just doesn’t work. Without making those trial and errors, you don’t get the best final pieces that you are capable of. What long term goals do you have that you can share? My long term goals are (and have always been), to continue to write and illustrate my own works and get them published if possible. Illustration and creative writing are very important to me personally, so as long as I am doing this in some capacity, then I am continuously reaching the goal I have set out. What advice would you give to a student doing the course now? Go wild. This is the best opportunity to try anything and everything. Don’t play it safe.

REECE TAY LO R d 2013 Graduate ic Design h s) Grap BA (Hon

Where do you work now? I work in London at a branding and marketing agency called Corke Wallis. What kinds of projects do you remember enjoying working on when you were a student at the University of Portsmouth? I most enjoyed working on the International Society of Typographic Designers Award, major project and second year branding and identity projects. These were the most memorable because it was easy to really get lost in the brief and completely form a solid and substantial piece of work that was developed and refined over time. It was great to push, explore and get lost in these projects that were all directed from our ideas and research – where we came up with the brief. Looking back what do you think you gained from your experience on the course? It was great to gain an understanding of how to develop concepts, push ideas and learn ways of overcoming problems/obstacles in the design process. It was also great to form an understanding of how studio life is while in an educational environment working with other passionate designers.

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What advice would you give a student just starting their course now? Use the first couple of years to truly develop a full understanding of historic and contextual references by getting stuck into the research. This will benefit you later when trying to understand how and why to make good design decisions and what you need to do and consider to create a solid piece of work. What longer term goals do you have that you can share? I hope to gain more experience and keep learning from the experts in this field which I am passionate about to hopefully gain a master’s and have my own design agency.

NIKKI E STRANG d 2010 Graduate ion and a s) F sh BA (Hon Design ti x Te le

Where do you work now and what do you do? I work as a freelance textile print designer for various studios, as well as working for myself with my own accessories label Nikki Strange. Who are your main clients and what kinds of work do they commission you to do? I work for a range of textile print studios who sell my work to clients internationally through such trade shows as Premiere Vision & Indigo. I also work directly with clients such as Marks & Spencer, producing exclusive prints in various colour ways and getting them ready for production. As well as this, I art license my designs to be used for a variety of surface design products including packaging and branding. What kinds of projects do you remember enjoying working on when you were a student at Portsmouth? The industrial context unit where we had a ‘live brief’ which meant working with the Womenswear label Pyrus. Working in this manner meant our work had to be in keeping with the brand’s ethos and style, making us really understand what it’s like to work for a commercial, yet high end, fashion label. 34

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Looking back, what do think were the main things you gained from the course? I really enjoyed working with the other students and tutors as I felt we learnt so much about each other on the course and gave each other ideas. I also loved how much creative freedom we had (which I don’t think I realised at the time!) It was such a great opportunity to be really self-involved and to push boundaries through using lots of different mediums to find out where your strengths lie. What advice would you give a student just starting their course now? Try as many different techniques as possible and constantly experiment and evolve so that you’re always challenging yourself. I would advise that it’s always good to get away from the computer and go back to basics i.e hand drawing, draping, collaging to create new ideas so that you’re really able to get lost in what you’re doing. I would also say it’s so important to start getting work experience as early as possible, so that you begin to understand the industry you want to work in, and figure out what’s right for you and what’s not so that, as you evolve and grow through the course, you can really identify your skillset. What longer term goals do you have that you can share? I’d very much like to keep growing my business by developing more products and accessories whilst working on as many different projects as I can. It’s an exciting time to be a print designer as you can branch out into so many different areas, which is very much what I’m discovering right now.

S MARKU DT BURKAR d 2013 Graduate edia igital M D ign for MA D es

Markus is based in London and Berlin. He worked for NOKIA’s mapping service, called HERE, as a senior interaction designer and after the MA he took up the opportunity to lead the NOW TV web product experience for SKY in London. What was the best thing about your course that prepared you for getting a job? The most important thing I learned is to look a bit closer into design problems before jumping into solutions, to challenge the ‘why’. Why am I doing this? A simple question but a very important one when working in design. In general the course allowed me to expand my skillset and to learn more about prototyping with motion design, research and conceptual thinking and I gained a solid domain expertise in data visualisation from a design perspective. As a consequence of this I attended the Visualized conference in New York this year. The course gave me the confidence I needed in my current job as an interaction designer. I feel prepared for any upcoming challenge. We were an international team with people from the UK, China and Germany and we benefited a lot from each other, I enjoyed every single minute. 37

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What message/advice would you give to new/current students on your course? Try to explore as much as you can in this course, take part in events your tutor encourages you to go to and profit from the options the faculty offers you, like the sketching sessions. I believe it is really important to see this course as an opportunity to broaden your horizons. Take initiative by yourself, discuss with your tutor which additional skills you might need to acquire to complete your major project. I personally took additional coding classes and I attended a design workshop as I am particularly interested in the interplay between technology and information design. Seek early conversations and you get all the support you need to graduate with an amazing project. At the time Markus was studying, the MA programme Data Visualisation Design was called Design for Digital Media.

ST UART N L AMBO d 2013 Graduate sign ic ph D e MA Gra

After completing BA (Hons) and MA Graphic Design, Stuart began working with a local design agency. He currently works for various international and national clients on typographic, branding and digital projects. What was the best thing about your course that prepared you for getting a job? Learning the fundamentals of graphic design was crucial to me; understanding the rules of typography, typesetting and layout have really helped me in the field. These are skills that are transferrable to many media and would be sorely missed had I not learnt them on my course. The study of the design process was also largely influential too as it allowed me to begin working in an iterative manner. During my time on the course I began to understand how important it is to test your work, research your audience, and how working on projects at a conceptual level can really benefit the overall outcome.

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What message/advice would you give to new/current students on your course? Most importantly, I would encourage everyone to enjoy the learning process as it allows you to work with many new techniques and explore different areas of design with more freedom; use the course to experiment as it is the best time for you to do it. Begin researching any other skills you might also be passionate about (mine happened to be type design) and I would recommend maintaining a good understanding of typography as this has helped immensely since graduating. Keep practising and reflecting on your work as you will notice your work getting more refined over the course of your time at university and beyond.

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