patternzine by Surface Pattern Design Swansea

patternzine 4th edition

Abbie Joslin

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the 4th edition Surface Pattern Designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-published Patternzine

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WELCOME

to the 4th Edition of Surface Pattern Design’s self-published Patternzine! This is our pattern charged round-up of what has been happening in Swansea this last year - there’s been a lot going on! This zine shares some of the reasons why we think our programme rocks and celebrates some of the most fantastic student experiences of the year! We’ve always known that our students get a first class student experience, and this has been recognised by the Guardian university league tables where we ranked 8th in the UK for Fashion & Textiles and 1st in Wales. HOORAY FOR US!

First years working on their wallpapers

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New Designers and H&M The Story of Us and Them Goes Full Circle

A selection of this year’s graduates exhibiting at New Designers 2018, will bring a story that started at ND 2015 full circle. It’s a full 3 years since the H&M talent recruitment team approached the Surface Pattern Design graduates of 2015 at New Designers. H&M were so impressed by the students they met that they approached us to run a live brief in Autumn 2016 resulting in a group of our 2nd year students going to Sweden for 3 months during the summer of 2017 to work at their design HQ. One of our alumnus, and ND One Year On alumnus, Rosie Cook, is now working full time as print designer at H&M. The students graduate this year and will be coming to ND themselves. Who knows who they will attract to their stands (T48 and JC66) and what amazing cycles of opportunity and employment they will generate. What comes around goes around at New Designers – we love that. We look forward to welcoming the H&M team back too.

Megan Thomas and her design in production

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Here’s our ND H&M timeline Summer 2015… H&M visit New Designers, London, and meet graduating Surface Pattern Design students. H&M invite Surface Pattern students to apply for their internship scheme. Daisy Jenkins, 2nd into 3rd year Surface Pattern student embarks on a three month paid placement with the brand in Stockholm. Autumn 2015… H&M visit the programme in Swansea, they speak to students about future placement opportunities and interview graduates for Print Design roles. H&M offer a significant live brief for the programme in Autumn 2016 Autumn/Winter 2016/17… H&M visit in October to brief their live project. Four separate AW 2017 trends are briefed to address one of the key H&M customers using the H&M Fashion Triangle working method. Students embark on design process through drawing, shop reporting, competitor research, customer profiling, mood boarding, colour analysis, pattern development and fashion drawing. A WebEx link up to Stockholm HQ is held for a mid-project critique in November. January 2017… Exhibition of student work is held in response to the H&M live brief tailored to the BA(Hons) and MDes(Hons) Surface Pattern Design programme here in Swansea College of Art. H&M return to judge the live brief and select their winners and runners up at the show. Alumni attend to interview for permanent Print Designer roles in H&M 3 lucky winners, and 3 lucky runners up are selected to go to Stockholm for 3 month long paid placements in summer 2017!

Summer 2017… Students enjoy an incredible internship at H&M headquarters, Sweden. Each student goes to a separate section of the brand; mentored and trained by the H&M inhouse structure. Rosie Cooke, Surface Pattern, ND and One Year On alumnus, is called to Stockholm for a second interview and is taken on as print designer for lingerie & nightwear - she moves to Stockholm in August – AMAZING! Students return for their final year of study boosted by such an intense and beneficial learning experience. June 2018... Three of our H&M interns are #comingtoND – they are highly employable; talented and experienced designers. We look forward to welcoming the H&M team back to the stand

We love a story with a HAPPY ending. Incredible student experience = HAPPY Surface Pattern students Employable graduates = HAPPY visitors to ND Employment within H&M HQ = HAPPY graduates + Happy H&M patternzine

the Eley Kishimtoto project

Mark Eley is one half of the duo ELEY KISHIMOTO. He was appointed as a UWTSD Swansea College of Art Professor of Practice in 2017 and is working closely with Surface Pattern Design students during his professorship. Established in 1992, London-based print studio ELEY KISHIMOTO have gained global notoriety through a plethora of outputs ranging from fashion and interiors to many far reaching and diverse design collaborations. The brand has become associated with their freedom to decorate anything and everything and Mark Eley is currently bringing this spirit to Surface Pattern, daring to ask our students to BE PREPARED TO PATTERN THE FUTURE.

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7 “Mark Eley encapsulates all that we hope to instill in our students; an unquenchable thirst for creativity and design, an extraordinary energy for generating work and an openness for collaborating with like-minded creatives.” - Georgia McKie

Flash Pop Up iPhone X A surprise Flash project, set by Mark for the 2nd year students to complete in a week! He tasked the students with designing a new cover for an iPhone 10 in response to 3 live themes from their Japanese partners. He attended the opening of the exhibition and awarded prizes for his pick of the best designs. Amazing what you can do in a week!

ELEY KISHIMOTO Project

Swansea Street Wrap

Mark challenged the

3rd & 4th year students

2nd years to make their

have been busy designing

projects about who they

pattern interventions

are as designers, not

for the city through

who ELEY KISHIMOTO are.

a project called

He asked them to look

#swanseastreetwrap.

deeply at what makes

The winning designs, voted

them tick, and to consider

for by the public, have

the integrity of how they

revamped High Street’s

design and make work.

previously unloved utility

Inspired by the compelling boxes. This regeneration visual identity of the ELEY

vibe hopes to echo ELEY

KISHIMOTO brand, and how KISHIMOTO’s proactive it has spanned 25 years,

approach towards

addressing countless

patterning the world, and

surfaces and functions the the duo’s empowering

“I am so honoured to be given the Professor

2nd years went for it! It

spirit of creativity and

was AWESOME!

community.

of Practice role at UWTSD, and to be able to work it in a way where I am involved with the Surface Pattern Design student progression.” - Mark Eley

What we love about Δ Their iconic print and pattern signature, key to the identity. LOGO FOR brand’s ANY COLOURED/PRINTED MATERIAL

MATCHED 286C to design integrity and craftsmanship. Δ Their vision, addressing contemporary culture withTO a PANTONE commitment CAN BE and ANY SIZE, BUT MUST BE SCALED PROPORTIONALLY. Δ The freedom they embrace to decorate anything everything!

Δ The multi-disciplinary ethos of ELEY KISHIMOTO is directly aligned to the ethos and ambition of our programme. Δ Their spirit of collaboration which we have welcomed and embraced! Δ The ‘Flash’ pattern, and the fact that Mark always wears it! Δ The ELEY KISHIMOTO spirit of community, inspired by Brixton. Swansea Street Wrap is our homage!

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Surface Pattern D Class of 2018’s Top 8s Brilliant things about Swansea

The Beaches - Even if the weather may not cooperate all the time, it’s always lovely. The Gower coastline, sunsets over Rhosilli (you need to visit Rhossili!) Study by the Sea!

The City - Everything is within walking distance, everything is central, great shops!

Wind Street - The infamous nightlife! There is always somewhere to socialise day or night…. a cute local café, villagey Mumbles or Wind Street’s finest!

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I scream you scream we all scream for ICE CREAM! Verdi’s versus Joe’s? Cheap and cheerful living costs. There are loads of places to feel inspired by - local museums and galleries. The unique Swansea culture is warm and welcoming to everyone that visits – FABLAS! It’s up and coming, so much regeneration going on, making Swansea even better, great opportunities and events happening - Biggest Weekend - just saying.

Thainara Ferreira

in UK for

Academic

Experience in th Times Higher

Education Student

Experience Survey 2018

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intern at

iPhone

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Live projects, taking part and winning Feeling like all your hard work has paid off.

Degree Show opening night - Seeing everyone’s work up and feeling proud of what we all achieved.

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The Surface Pattern studio space and studio life - Listening to music whilst doing work with friends.

Placements – We went global! Study trips with Uni friends – from Botticelli to the Biennale - London, Barcelona, Venice.

Being selected for New Designers. Making friends for life in Townhill Halls and nights out together in Wind Street! The dedication of, and relationships with the Surface Pattern Design team, boosting our confidence - and they are just lovely to talk to.

Hopes & Dreams

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Be happy and always love what we do, being creative every day! To be designers in established companies. To see our work sold through great shops, on products all over the world! Set up our own brands one day. Travel, live and work abroad in a warm country and see the world!

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YYEARS EARS pathways & ers pathways

To have people know our names because of the work we create.

We hope never to get bored of what we’re doing, to work in jobs that let us grow and continue to have new opportunities.

Making sure we never lose touch with the amazing friends we’ve made in university, and possibly work together as a team!

exhibit at OBJECT Rotterdam

students win commissions for new SA1 campus

fantastic studio

Memories & Highlights

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OBJECT 2018 Rotterdam The Material Lab

We have a saying in Wales that good things always come in threes. So when International Artist and Researcher Jan Koen Lomans asked if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to show student work at OBJECT 2018, Rotterdam, we thought weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d send three of our best MDes Surface Pattern Design students to give an insight into how we think, how we innovate and what our students and graduates can do.

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‘The Material Lab’ @ OBJECT was a concept and materiality driven exhibition of work exploring technical innovations within laser cutting and engraving, 3D casting and digital and silk screen print.

“Through OBJECT I learned key skills about how to display and put up my work while interacting with people from

across

creative

industries.

Gaining contacts with other artists and companies has helped me with research for my current work. I plan to use this information when looking for employment after I graduate and hope to be able to use the experience to inform my future exhibitions.”

-Stacey Mead Jan Koen Lomans

Stacey, Jess, Abbie (L-R) at Object

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Venice There must be something in the water

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Our Makers get re-Making Venezia Beautiful Work at the Degree

Catrin Walsh (2nd year)

Show and at ND inspired

explored her experience

by our travels by 3rd year

of the Biennale for her

Melissa Payne. Working

ELEY KISHIMOTO Project.

expansively across the broad

Responding to her

range of material processes

beautiful travel journal, she

available on Surface Pattern,

installed her own floating

she has developed a visual

city; slotted, bobbing and

language through enamel,

immersive. Playing with

glass, ceramic and textiles,

pattern on pattern,

drawing inspiration from

creating echoes of peeling

the artists and makers she

layers, etched through, and

encountered at the Biennale,

with line laid on, Catrin

and of course the imposing

emulates the Venetian

beauty of the city itself.

palette of rich chalks . Catrin Walsh

Melissa Payne

Our lecturing and technical staff show their work internationally. Anna Lewis and Tim Stokes, have been selected for an international exhibition held during La Biennale Architettura in Venice, starting May to November 2018. Both works (pictured) seek to address issues of relationships, connection or disconnection. Their art considers the body within spaces, the manipulation of the body, storytelling and ideas of identity.

Left - Tim Stokes | Right - Anna Lewis

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Swansea is our happy place

Emily James

Bethan Ames

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