Amelia’s Magazine | Middlesex University: Ba Hons Fashion Design, Styling and Promotion Graduate Show 2011 Review

Middlesex graduate show 2011-Fashion Strikes Back by Sufiyeh Hadian
Fashion Strikes Back by Sufiyeh Hadian.

I was a little unclear whether Fashion Design, buy Styling and Promotion that I saw on display were all part of the same course as I whipped through the upper halls of Free Range, web but I’ve decided to cover them in one blog nonetheless.

Middlesex graduate show 2011-Rosie Thompson-Agnew's At Your Disposal
I liked Rosie Thompson-Agnew‘s At Your Disposal, which featured brightly screen-printed luxury consumer goods. I guess this is a commentary on rampant consumerism – always an intriguing thing to tackle as someone studying fashion promotion.

Middlesex graduate show 2011-Fashion Strikes Back by Sufiyeh Hadian C-3POMiddlesex graduate show 2011-Fashion Strikes Back by Sufiyeh Hadian Darth Vadar
At the other end of the spectrum Sufiyeh Hadian had spray painted and encrusted some familiar Star Wars characters. I have no idea what it all means but I was most amused by these models of Darth Vadar and C-3PO. Fashion Strikes Back indeed.

From the fashion design on display the work of these three caught my eye:

Middlesex graduate show 2011-Elina Mourmouris
Elina Mourmouris has created lovely wide shapes for shoulders and legs combined with bright splash prints.

Middlesex graduate show 2011-Abigail Lee
Abigail Lee has also gone for the baggy look but in splodgy monochrome

Middlesex graduate show 2011 Michaela Phillips
Michaela Phillips did wide sleeves and splashy green with black and greys on a very appealing dress

Middlesex graduate show 2011-Louise Johnson
Louise Johnson opted for a spotty approach in oversized shirt form.

But. Not one website between them. Gah. I hope to do a bit of teaching at Middlesex University next year so here’s hoping I get a chance to talk a bit about the importance of an online presence. I have a feeling that I am going to be writing about this a lot when reviewing the graduate shows this year. Again.

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Amelia’s Magazine | UWE Illustration Degree Show – Break a Lead 2013: Review

Jodie McNeil naked men
I regret to say that I have been somewhat remiss in my coverage of the annual stand alone UWE Break a Lead illustration show, despite this course turning out some top illustrators, including quite a few who have contributed to Amelia’s Magazine (although not in recent years, sadly). This year the graduating students chose to show at the Truman Brewery as part of Free Range, in a cavernous room adjacent to the UpMarket – a smart move it turned out, as this part of the exhibitions was much busier than elsewhere due to intrigued passing traffic. Here’s my pick of the talent:

Jodie McNeil uwe
I liked large scale illustrations of quirky domestic and religious inspired narrative situations, by Jodie McNeil (see also the top of this post).

Elizabeth Loveday Birchley lady
Elizabeth Loveday Birchley
Elizabeth Loveday Birchley created curious ladies and texts using old fabrics and embroidery instead of traditional paint.

Man cabinet by George McCallum
George McCallum gun shirt
George McCallum took a jovial approach to his show, building this striking man cabinet in yellow which he featured alongside a pastel patterned wooden gun held aloft by a man in a short sleeved shirt with a distinct 80s vibe. Miami Vice eat your heart out. His most recent tweet describes an intriguing next project: ‘started work on my bird house squats. based on abandoned millionaire mansions and counsel flats’...

Jack Bailey newspaper
Jack Bailey - Dancehall in the Foodhall
Jack Bailey used a minimal colour palette to produce a series of bold narrative illustrations with a humorous edge. I particularly liked Dancehall in a Foodhall – his image of ladies eating oversized fastfood.

Madison Shackell-York safari
An atmospheric ages old safari landscape pattern by Madison Shackell-York would not look out of place in a Nobrow publication.

First World Problems- laptop makes my legs hot, by Adeel Khan
Adeel Khan addressed a host of First World Problems in a poster: ‘Laptop makes my legs hot‘ was certainly one I can relate to!

Jess Warby
Characters by Jessica Warby UWE
I liked these characters by Jessica Warby, who specialises in complex decorative narrative illustrations created in a variety of media.

Brittany Molineux bottles
Brittany Molineux lighthouses UWE
These lighthouses by Brittany Molyneux are part of a picture book that won her a commendation for the Macmillan children’s book award. She enjoys exploring surreal narratives.

Fox By Amy Mattingley
A minimalist approach to illustration was practiced by Amy Mattingley, who created this lovely fox.

Joyce Lee - mac_scottish
Joyce Lee native american
These Scottish and Native American characters by Joyce Lee make use of juicily simple saturated colour palettes. She is also a qualified web designer and developer, so hopes to integrate both disciplines in the future.

Alison Beecham- portraits and mouths
Decorative eyeballs by Alison Beecham
I adored strange collages by Alison Beecham, featuring odd mixes of body parts and these ace decorative eyeballs.

Jayde Perkin
Lastly, Jayde Perkin uses a painterly approach to tell narrative tales such as this story of beach life.

I’ve got many more show reviews to catch up on, so keep an eye on the website to discover future graduate talent!

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Amelia’s Magazine | Middlesex University: Ba Hons Illustration Graduate Show 2011 Review

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block garden
Illustration by Emma Block.

I had a quick scout through the Middlesex University Illustration degree show and discovered a few wonderful illustrators, viagra approved two of whom will be well known to Amelia’s Magazine readers…

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block shelfMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block etchingsMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block etchingsMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block teacups

Emma Block showed off her wonderful collaged and delicately painted designs in muted colours, but sadly there were none of her fabulous brightly coloured fashion illustrations in evidence, many of which you will have seen on these pages and which appear in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration. By all accounts this was a case of fashion illustration being considered a lesser art by tutors, something which drives me to utter distraction. Why should this be so? Good fashion illustration is like any other kind of illustration – it should tell a story and create a forceful, inspiring or intriguing narrative which makes the onlooker want to know more. Plus it should be beautiful to look at to boot. Why is this different to other types of illustration? Grrrrrrrrrrrrr *wrings hands in despair*…..

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Claire Francis
Collaging is a technique much favoured by some of the other Middlesex illustrators. Fortunately it’s a style which I like a lot, possibly because it’s similar to the way that I have worked over the years, Sara Fanelli having been a big early inspiration for me. Claire Francis (above) does lovely autumnal coloured illustrations that feature squirrels in the woods.

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Samantha GriffithsMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Samantha Griffiths
Samantha Griffiths (above) has a similar collaged style which looks somewhat 70s in her choice of colours. Cute animals and sweet scenarios.

But girls, where are your websites? I’m not getting much when I plug in the addresses you have given on your business cards. Blimey. *rolls eyes*

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011 Gemma Travis
On a different kind of tip Gemma Travis is somewhat obsessed with chihuahuas and she had created some fun images which made me giggle.

Carousel by Stacie Swift
Carousel illustration by Stacie Swift.

It was also contributor Stacie Swift‘s degree show but for some reason I missed her display. Apologies Stacie, I was racing through in quite a hurry and didn’t know to look for you. Instead I shall leave you with one of Stacie’s colourful images (below) for Amelia’s Magazine, created for a review of Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl.

Flesh-and-Blood-by-Stacie-Swift

See more of Emma Block’s lovely illustrations for Amelia’s Magazine and find her in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration, available online here. For those of you who would like to learn more about the importance of a good internet presence for creatives why not come along to my ACOFI Book Tour talk this Tuesday 7th June at Tatty Devine, Brick Lane, facebook event here.

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Amelia’s Magazine | Middlesex University: Ba Hons Illustration Graduate Show 2011 Review

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block garden
Illustration by Emma Block.

I had a quick scout through the Middlesex University Illustration degree show and discovered a few wonderful illustrators, viagra approved two of whom will be well known to Amelia’s Magazine readers…

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block shelfMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block etchingsMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block etchingsMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Emma Block teacups

Emma Block showed off her wonderful collaged and delicately painted designs in muted colours, but sadly there were none of her fabulous brightly coloured fashion illustrations in evidence, many of which you will have seen on these pages and which appear in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration. By all accounts this was a case of fashion illustration being considered a lesser art by tutors, something which drives me to utter distraction. Why should this be so? Good fashion illustration is like any other kind of illustration – it should tell a story and create a forceful, inspiring or intriguing narrative which makes the onlooker want to know more. Plus it should be beautiful to look at to boot. Why is this different to other types of illustration? Grrrrrrrrrrrrr *wrings hands in despair*…..

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Claire Francis
Collaging is a technique much favoured by some of the other Middlesex illustrators. Fortunately it’s a style which I like a lot, possibly because it’s similar to the way that I have worked over the years, Sara Fanelli having been a big early inspiration for me. Claire Francis (above) does lovely autumnal coloured illustrations that feature squirrels in the woods.

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Samantha GriffithsMiddlesex illustration graduate show 2011-Samantha Griffiths
Samantha Griffiths (above) has a similar collaged style which looks somewhat 70s in her choice of colours. Cute animals and sweet scenarios.

But girls, where are your websites? I’m not getting much when I plug in the addresses you have given on your business cards. Blimey. *rolls eyes*

Middlesex illustration graduate show 2011 Gemma Travis
On a different kind of tip Gemma Travis is somewhat obsessed with chihuahuas and she had created some fun images which made me giggle.

Carousel by Stacie Swift
Carousel illustration by Stacie Swift.

It was also contributor Stacie Swift‘s degree show but for some reason I missed her display. Apologies Stacie, I was racing through in quite a hurry and didn’t know to look for you. Instead I shall leave you with one of Stacie’s colourful images (below) for Amelia’s Magazine, created for a review of Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl.

Flesh-and-Blood-by-Stacie-Swift

See more of Emma Block’s lovely illustrations for Amelia’s Magazine and find her in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration, available online here. For those of you who would like to learn more about the importance of a good internet presence for creatives why not come along to my ACOFI Book Tour talk this Tuesday 7th June at Tatty Devine, Brick Lane, facebook event here.

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Amelia’s Magazine | Middlesex University: Ba Hons Jewellery and Accessories Design Graduate Show 2011 Review

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Louise McKay photo by Amelia Gregory
Ceramic pendant by Louise McKay. All photography by Amelia Gregory.

The Middlesex Ba Hons Jewellery and Accessories display at Free Range Art and Design Show was by far the most impressive part of the exhibition held on the weekend of the 4-5th June at the Truman Brewery. It’s no wonder that this is one of the most respected jewellery degrees in the country, order with an extremely high quality of work on display throughout. Only a few weeks back I met Myia Bonner, a recent Middlesex graduate who is already producing some brilliant work with the Metric Collective just one year out of college. Here are some of my favourite finds:

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Joys Cheung photo by Amelia Gregory
Joys Cheung had produced some clever acrylic bangles – I particularly liked their use as plastic bag holders, the bright colours of the disposable bags becoming something beautiful in themselves, and ever ready to be used down the shops.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Samira Mazloom photo by Amelia Gregory
Samira Mazloom had some lovely chunky shell shaped rings with gems in the spikes. How I would love one of those on my hands.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Jenny Konnaris photo by Amelia Gregory
Jenny Konnaris used metallic leather to create flat laser cut neck accessories. During 2010 Jenny worked alongside Hussein Chalayan to produce jewellery and eyewear for his Mirage A/W 2010 collection which might explain why she has a website showcasing her work. Her final degree collection was inspired by Narcissus, questioning the idea of perfection through conscious asymmetry.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Kirstie Maclaren photo by Amelia GregoryMiddlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Kirstie Maclaren photo by Amelia Gregory
Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Kirstie Maclaren photo by Amelia Gregory
The stunning work of Kirstie Maclaren crossed the boundaries of jewellery and fashion, with origami influenced cascading folded garments that move position to change shape. Simply gorgeous. The images of a model were taken from Kirstie Maclaren’s blogspot. Keep an eye on this one!

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Rebecca Ng photo by Amelia GregoryMiddlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Rebecca Ng photo by Amelia Gregory
Rounded button hats in softly tactile stingray leathers and felt were rendered in berry colours from Rebecca Ng. Yummy indeed.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Louise McKay photo by Amelia Gregory
Huge metallic ceramic glazed balls hung on an oversized chain from Louise McKay. Wonderful.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Dino Wear By Kali Clever photo by Amelia Gregory
Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Dino Wear By Kali Clever photo by Amelia Gregory
Dino Wear By Kali Clever was a range of interlocking jigsaw necklaces that can be remade in different shapes, created by Kali Ratcliffe. She has a wonderful website which plays on her name – multiple hands show the way to some even more avante garde Dino inspired designs (see above). Go check it out.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Esme Newdick photo by Amelia Gregory
Latex collars were etched with dark circles by Esme Newdick, then decorated with brass and zinc.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Kerry Howley photo by Amelia Gregory
Winner of MoDA’s Arthur Silver Award prize, Kerry Howley had created bizarre necklaces out of human hair – they drew a gasp of disgust from the person next to me but were certainly very clever and innovative. She is inspired by emotional responses from the wearing of jewellery and frequently uses biotic materials in her jewellery such as bone, teeth and hair. Hair is already familiar in jewellery but is more usually found in lockets, rather than in intricate patterns inspired by wallpaper designs.

Middlesex University Jewellery graduate show 2011-Francesca Samels photo by Amelia Gregory
Francesca Samels showed her delicate jewellery on a beautiful dressing table installation. She was inspired by the mystery of objects that retain memories, thinking of ways to give life to forgotten jewels.

This was a really quite magical selection of new jewellery design but I have one major gripe – no websites on promotional postcards AT ALL. Luckily I found a few designers online anyway. The others, nowhere to be found at all. What were they thinking?!!!!

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Amelia’s Magazine | Middlesex University: Ba Hons Photography Graduate Show 2011 Review

Pearl Rustean young mother Madonna
Young Mother as Madonna by Pearl Rustean.

I whisked through the Middlesex University graduate shows at the Free Range Art and Design Show on Friday, and stopping only when something really caught my eye. First up two photography graduates:

Bernat Millet
I was immediately drawn to Bernat Millet‘s work – Portraying the Saharawis ‘The last thing you lose is hope’ which documents with great sensitivity the plight of the Saharawis of the Western Sahara, buy information pills who for more than 35 years have lived on Algerian soil where they have become more or less permanent refugees, without the right to develop their own culture or even feed themselves properly. The results of close contact with landmines are just one of the more visible effects of their daily hardships and yet they remain stoic and determined to return to their homeland.

Bernat Millet Saharawis sahara
Bernat Millet Saharawis sahara family

Above are just a few of Bernat Millet‘s beautiful big prints, many more of which appeared in his degree show. These are professional standard portraits from someone who is clearly already at the top of his game – the gorgeous pastel colours in direct contrast to the shattered lives he reveals. I don’t think that Bernat Millet will struggle to find work, whichever direction he choses to pursue. I also love these unexpectedly tender portraits of Mumbai sleepers which I found on his website.

Bernat Millet mumbai_sleepers
Bernat Millet Mumbai sleeper

Pearl Rustean
I also liked the portraits of young mothers as Madonnas by Pearl Rustean, who herself is a young mother. Tired of negative portrayals she has reinterpreted the aesthetics of early renaissance paintings to create these very touching portraits in order to describe the close relationships of young mothers and their offspring today. As she writes ‘Young mothers are not just stereotypes. Many are successful and driven individuals who have chosen motherhood early in life and are proud of this choice and determined to do the best by themselves and their children. I hope these portraits are suggestive of the strength necessary in making this choice.‘ I can’t think of a better way to show this.

Pearl Rustean Madonna and child
Pearl Rustean Madonna young mother

The Middlesex University graduate shows continue until Monday 6th June 2011.

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Amelia’s Magazine | Free Range Art & Design Show 2013: Middlesex University Fine Art, Fashion, FDSP & Photography Review

Strange and wonderful prints by Tomas Soltonas. Futuroid
Futuroid by Tomas Soltonas.

Middlesex University took over the upper floors of the Truman Brewery a few weeks ago to display the work of all their graduating creative arts students in one fell swoop, and I went along to discover the best of the crop. Here’s what caught my eye from fine art, fashion and photography.

Esther Evans Middlesex
This Memphis-tastic sculpture is by Esther Evans in Fine Art – I think it’s a commentary on gender stereotypes, but I like it purely from an aesthetic point of view. Call me shallow, but hey, I respond to curvy pink shapes (whoops, there I go following my gender’s supposed predispositions)

Spooky skull teddy installation by Danielle Crawford-Lugay
Spooky skull-faced teddy was part of an installation by Danielle Crawford-Lugay – again, not sure what it meant, but it was certainly eye-catching.

Faces from Haggerston Estate by Rosie Fowler
These backlit faces from a Haggerston Estate were made into an intriguing installation by Rosie Fowler.

Joshua Pageb
There’s always someone being clever with china in a Chapman-stylee at the Free Range Shows – this year fine artist Joshua Page took on the mantle with this traditional icon being afforded a large penis.

Colourful intarsia knitwear by abbie ridler
Knitwear by Abbie Ridler.

I sadly missed the fashion show (wrong time, again) and instead perused a gallery of wooden stands adorned with look book photos of the graduating designer’s collections, some accompanied by samples of fabrics. The photographs were all beautiful and promoted the clothes in an exciting and contemporary way, but there were no clues as to who had created which garments, and no look books on display. What a shame, since for many visitors this would have been the only place they would have seen the student’s work. Here are snapshots of two students’ collections which I know well because I converse with them on instagram – both are knitwear students who are destined for great things.

kirsty anderton
Kirsty Anderton‘s amazing oversized skull jumper will be familiar to those who have read my coverage of the internal Middlesex fashion show, and I was excited to see that she had been inspired by the floral headdress I made a couple of weeks ago (and posted on instagram), adorning some of her catwalk models with similar flowers. (I am not imagining this by the way, she left a comment saying as much!) Her close friend Abbie Ridler (see above) is equally talented, this time creating colourful intarsia knitwear for men who like lairy clothing (an increasingly common sight, I think you’ll agree).

Middlesex Fashion Promotion
Last year FDSP had a great website, but this year I cannot find anything similar to showcase the students’ work – Fashion, Design, Styling and Promotion is a constantly changing discipline, which was reflected in the variety of work that was on display in the Truman Brewery. I was drawn to a few very different projects, including the interesting installation above.

Jessica Easting Middlesex
This #hashtag artwork by Jessica Easting would be ideal for a cool brand of some kind: product, clothing, anything really!

Eleanor Vait
Eleanor Vait has a thing for glasses: displaying this intriguing sculpture alongside photographs of girls, in glasses. No idea what it means but I like it.

Brunswick Centre by Jack Lee
Free Range shows 2013-jack lee
Middlesex photography degree produces some excellent work – these portraits of residents of London’s Brunswick Centre shot by Jack Lee are all posed against the backdrop of the building’s instantly recognisable brutalist windows. Shooting all your portraits in the same position is an idea that never gets old, and in this case serves to highlight the huge differences between each resident’s abode.

Part robot part human with a serious 80s bent. By Tomas Soltonas at #middlesex
Clipboard head, by Tomas Soltonas
My favourite artworks by far were this Futuroid series of strange and wonderful prints by Tomas Soltonas. These collages successfully merge portrait photography with slabs of technology to disturbing effect. One Robert Palmer-esque lady appears part robot part human, and this Clipboard head, looks a bit like a Dr Who baddie in the making, no?

Check out my review of Middlesex University illustration and graphic design graduates here and my review of Middlesex University jewellery BA here. If you are graduating this year don’t forget to check out Amelia’s Award, in collaboration with the Secret Emporium. Enter your details and you could be in with a chance to kick start your creative career by receiving a scholarship worth £495 to sell your wares at Wilderness Festival this summer. Deadline: 2nd July 2013.

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Amelia’s Magazine | Free Range Art & Design Show 2013: Week Three Photography Review

Nicholas White
Photography by Nicholas White.

The trouble with photography is that it is so very hard to come up with an original concept, not to mention an original execution: thus I tend to find myself walking around the graduate shows in a daze of deja vu. This year my sense of ‘seen this all before’ was stronger than ever, but here’s the artwork that stood out as different and intriguing during week three at the Free Range Shows in 2013.

Jenni Hardman is Grown Out
At Canterbury Christ Church University Jenni Hardman has ‘Grown Out‘ with this clever patchwork of analogue photographs from her childhood bedroom, all hand stitched together with thread from a cardigan she wore as a baby. I am sure many people can relate (with nostalgia) to this kind of room: my father even did a panoramic collage of mine, me as moody teenager, centre stage.

Free Range shows photography June 2013-abbie web
Free Range shows photography June 2013-abbie web
Plymouth University is always a favourite bet for quality photography. Abbie Web photographed the New Forest National Park, merging her love of portraiture with the rural landscape to create a series of engaging ethereal images, which included a ghost image of a dog.

Free Range shows photography June 2013-Nicholas White 6
Free Range shows photography June 2013-Nicholas White
Nicholas White‘s beautiful photos depict the militarised zones of Dartmoor – paying homage to the historical importance of the infrastructure at the same time as acknowledging the environmental impacts of military use.

Aspergers Syndrome by David Benson at Plymouth Uni
David Benson analysed himself in a series of brilliant images about Asperger Syndrome. Each photograph shows him surrounded by carefully laid out items – with writing next to each one explaining the reference. From these I learnt that attention to detail is extremely important, that he takes great comfort from physical objects, buying doubles and amassing large hoards of paraphernalia, that he has an insatiable appetite for learning, especially from instruction manuals and that he has an obsession with anything related to spaceships.

Free Range shows photography June 2013-kate moss
At the University of Westminster Alexandra Djivanovic explored The Mask of Moss – based on the frightening premise that those under the age of 25 have never known a world without Kate Moss (boy do I feel old).

Free Range shows photography June 2013-Peter Stevens
A series of beautifully printed high contrast black and white photos by mature student Peter Stevens showed workers in the concrete shell of a massive new build house. His professionalism is evident in the execution of these photos; the staging reminds me of old masterpieces. Just gorgeous.

More photography from week four coming soon.

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Amelia’s Magazine | Free Range Art & Design Show 2013: Week Two Review

South Essex College Hullaboo degree show
Showing alongside Middlesex University a few other colleges put their wares on display for week two of the Free Range Shows.

Free Range shows 2013-south essex college rock
Graphic Designers at South Essex College knew how to win over visitors, with sticks of rock and a freezer full of specially branded ice cream, all emblazoned with a wonderful logo that also featured on their impressive poster. Making a good impression from the outset is always a good idea, with the bonus that it will help to draw visitors into an exhibition.

Phil Steed South Essex College Battle of the Bees
Phil Steed decided to tackle the Battle of the Bees using a variety of techniques, including screen printing and willow sculpture. His fascination with bees led to a collaboration with the British Beekeepers Association, and produced an eye-catching installation featuring a whole swarm of over-sized willow bees and a range of posters designed to build awareness about the multiple problems facing bees. I wish his website reflected the work that was on show at Free Range.

Free Range shows 2013-havering
There are always a few interesting students to be found at Havering College. Olesya Adamska used decorative typography with a touch of infographic styling to draw attention to environmental problems.

Free Range shows 2013-Thomas Lemon
Working in ceramics on the 3D Craft degree, Thomas Lemon investigated the incredibly common phenomenon of colour blindness by re-imagining common fruits and vegetables.

Free Range shows 2013-Jolene Tew
Free Range shows 2013-jolene tew
At Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts I was most impressed with diverse work by Jolene Tew on Graphics and Illustration. Alongside her bizarre fish head installation she showcased a beautiful arrangement of sketchbook pages filled with delicate illustrations: I wonder what all these ideas led to?

If you are graduating this year don’t forget to check out Amelia’s Award, in collaboration with the Secret Emporium. Enter your details and you could be in with a chance to kick start your creative career by receiving a scholarship worth £495 to sell your wares at Wilderness Festival this summer. Deadline: 2nd July 2013.

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Amelia’s Magazine | Free Range Graduate Shows 2012: UCA Maidstone Graphic Media and Visual Communication Review

alex dickson UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
Infographic by Alex Dickson.

Has anyone else noticed the rise and rise of the infographic? These visually impactful ways of sharing potentially boring data were particularly prevalent at the UCA Maidstone show, which combined graphic design and visual communication disciplines. My favourite finds are below:

Infographics_anthony boyle
UCA maidstone
Anthony Boyle used bright graphics with a retro feel to compare the needs and wants of consumers.

Roisin Carr rosie lee tea
Roisin Carr used delicate pastel colours for her Rosie Lee branded tea packaging – bound to appeal to the many young tea drinkers with a love of all things vintage.

UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
alex dickson UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
alex dickson UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
Alex Dickson was inspired by the recent protests to tackle economic disparity using eye-catching infographics.

UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
Ruby Cooke UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
Ruby Cooke‘s love of the print process was evident in screenprinted t-shirts which layered stencilled layered images that warranted a second look – hands wrapped around an apple, a heart, a tooth looked curiously like the leaves of a Swiss cheese plant!

 UCA Maidstone graduate show 2012
I was very intrigued by minimalistic work by Oistros Dimitriou, who represented the destruction of his Cypriot cultural heritage with delicately ripped maps on panels of white paper. My photo does not do his beautiful work justice.

luke stallwood
Luke Stallwood used fanciful circus type to create theatre poster inspired graphics in a series entitled The Observation of Unintentional Idiocy: things we wish we hadn’t said…

Categories ,2012, ,Alex Dickson, ,Anthony Boyle, ,Cypriot, ,Free Range Art and Design Show, ,graduate, ,Graphic Media, ,Infographic, ,Luke Stallwood, ,Oistros Dimitriou, ,review, ,Roisin Carr, ,Rosie Lee, ,Ruby Cooke, ,screenprinting, ,Swiss cheese plant, ,The Observation of Unintentional Idiocy, ,typography, ,UCA Maidstone, ,Visual Communication

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