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Graphic Design and Illustration
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Illustration Graduate Eliza Hatch – Women share their everyday public harassment experiences
2016 Illustration graduate Eliza Hatch receives publicity about her project Cheer Up Luv to catalogue through photography women's experiences of public sexual harassment....
International Society of Typographic Designers
Well done to second year Graphic Design student Izzy Watson on passing the International Society of Typographic Designers assessment...
Illustration alumni Pete Duffield’s documentation of 5 years with his wife
Brighton illustrator is a worldwide hit A Brighton designer and illustrator has become a global Instagram hit by drawing scenes from everyday life with his girlfriend and daughter. For the past five years, Pete Duffield, 38, has posted illustrations of the good and...
Twofold Brighton website launched
Graduating students of Graphic Design & Illustration launch their website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshckZuoDgM http://www.twofoldbrighton.co.uk
Twofold Graphic Design & Illustration Graduate Show London
Alice Pattullo: Of House and Home exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Brighton Illustration alumni Alice Pattullo exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Alice Pattullo takes inspiration from house and home in summer 2017 in her most ambitious project to date. Of House and Home includes 60 new screen-printed editions, referencing...
Live Illustration at British Council Going Global International Conference 2017
The illustration course have been asked to provide live illustration during the duration of the British Council Going Global International Education Conference. Exploring some of the issues facing education globally students and staff will be exploring how to...
Level 6 Graphic Design & Illustration 2017
Level 6 class photograph in the Quad Grand Parade University of...
Ye Olde King & Queen Day Celebrations
Following the Level 6 Summative Assessment hand in, traditionally staff and students from Graphic Design and Illustration convene at the Ye Olde King & Queen pub opposite Grand Parade for a series of student speeches and gifts handed out to staff. Then staff make...
L6 Illustration Exhibition at Gallery40 Brighton
Level 6 students Rondi Park & Ralph Parks collaborated with a painting student for an exhibition at Gallery40...
Level 6 Bake a Cake competition
The annual Level 6 Bake a Cake competition being displayed in studio 350 before judging takes place. A short break during the final term and the run up to the Degree Show...
Illustrator Katie Scott teams up with H&M
Illustration alumni Katie Scott has collaborated with H&M to produce a fashion range featuring her iconic scientific & botanical...
Royal College of Art entrance success for level 6 students
L6 Graphic Design student Ryan McDonagh was successful in his application for MA (RCA) Visual Communication 2017 - 2019 L6 Illustrator Richard Noble was successful in his application for MA (RCA) Experimental Animation 2017 - 2019 Also L6 Illustrator Sacha Buckley was...
Barcelona, New York and Brighton
Based around the theme of journeys, this show collects the work of Level 4 and 5 graphic design and illustration students following their recent study trips to Barcelona, New York and...
Brighton Illustration Fair 2017
The Brighton Illustration Fair returns 21/22 October 2017 hosted by the University of Brighton. Headlining the weekend will be artist David Shrigley - keep up to date with news...
2nd Year Graphic Design student passes ISTD
This week one of our second year students passed the International Society of Typographic Designers Assessment scheme. Well done Izzy Watson. Izzy created her own typeface for the submission based on the theme of...
Ed Cheverton – Exhibitor at ELCAF 2017
Illustration graduate Ed Cheverton selected as one of the exhibitors at ELCAF 2017, 6th East London Comics & Arts Festival. http://www.elcaf.co.uk/exhibitors/...
Crowd Talks: Graphic Persuasion
Brighton Graphic Design & Illustration graduates Crowd Talks have their next discussion event on Tuesday 2 May at The Peckham Pelican - London Designers and artists have responded to the madness of the last 12 months with a creative outpouring of persuasion and...
Steven Wilson Karl Lagerfeld – Feature in Something About Magazine
Steven Wilson Karl Lagerfeld. Since his graduation from Brighton University, the colourful, multilayered works of artist Steven Wilson have been featured on album covers and international publications, and in special collaborations with brands such as Nike and MTV....
DADA Event
Preparations are underway for this year's DADA event. Last year resulted in students exhibiting at the 100 year celebration of Cabaret Voltaire - in the sprit of DADA who knows where this years event will...
Mural Project
Graphic Design students started on ongoing mural project this week. Just the weather for such an event. The ongoing work will continue as more students become involved....
Association of Illustrators
Roderick Mills Course Leader for BA(Hons) Illustration was this week re-elected Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Association of Illustrators Annual General Meeting. The Association of Illustrators (AOI) is a not-for-profit trade organisation promoting...
Illustration using recycled pollution Air-Ink goes up in London
Roderick Mills was one of a group of artists commissioned to create artworks using Air-Ink, an ink made from particles of black soot captured from car exhausts and chimneys. See the full article on Its Nice That:...
2016 Illustration Graduate Isobel Mehta Interviewed by It’s Nice That
Words by Bryony Stone, Monday 20 March 2017 Illustrator Isobel Mehta graduated from Brighton University with a BA in illustration last summer. She draws most of her work digitally, using photography “to research and structurally compose my pieces.” Isobel’s...
George Hardie Professional Practice Lecture
Professional Practice lecture this week, on Wednesday 22nd March at 2pm in the Sallis Benney Theatre, will be by George Hardie. George Hardie is a graphic designer, illustrator and educator, best known for his work producing cover art for the albums of rock musicians...
Level 6 Illustration Exhibition at Copper Dollar Studios Brighton
Level 6 Illustration students collaborated for an exhibition on the theme of Time at the Copper Dollar Studios in Brighton. 24 students were each allocated an hour to fill 5 postcards over the course of 24 hours around the theme of Time and Space, to fit in with an...
Brighton & Lewis Downs Biosphere
Graphic Design students from the University of Brighton have been working with Brighton & Hove Council to develop a new name and identity for the recently formed Brighton & Lewis Downs Biosphere region. There are about 120 UNESCO sites world wide, and this one...
Methodology of the Edition: 50×50=75
The exhibition Methodology of the Edition: 50x50=75 makes its way to the University of Brighton's Edward Street Gallery following successful shows in Nagoya Japan & Bangkok Thailand. The exhibition of printmaking celebrates the university's student exchange...
New York Study Trip 2017
Students from First and Second year had a great trip to NYC this March. We visited over 10 design studios and special locations, as well as various museums and exhibitions. Students were filming, drawing and documenting their visit, working on live briefs and personal...
Narratives of the Unconscious
Illustration tutor Jasper Goodall led a special workshop series based on his experiences in training to be a counsellor at the Psychosynthesis Trust. It was designed to introduce students to their psychic interior and the power of their imagination. Often student's...
Barcelona Study Trip 2017
Students had a successful trip to Barcelona last week visiting numerous graphic design studios & illustrators including; OUTROSTUDIO, O STUDIO, SLOW ART WORKS STUDIO, IVAN BRAVO, NORTE STUDIO, TOORMIX, MAYASCULA, VASAVA, HEY, MARNICH, TIGRELAB, LOSIENTO...
Westdene Primary School Workshop
Tutors, graduates and current level 6 students collaborated with Westdene Primary School in Brighton during their Book Week to lead illustration workshops with 66 Year 2 pupils on the theme of journeys. Building on workshops annually run for the charity CARIS Haringey...
Illustration Graduate Maria Sams Exhibition & Animation Screening
Illustration graduate Maria Sams exhibition and animation screening at SE9 Container Gallery: https://se9containergallery.wordpress.com/exhibitions/...
Illustration Graduate David Wilson new film for Nike
Illustration graduate David Wilson's new film in celebration of International Women's Day for Nike. https://vimeo.com/207437876 http://thisisdavidwilson.com...
George Hardie Retrospective “… Fifty Odd Years.”
Iconic artist George Hardie exhibits at Grand Parade A free exhibition of the work of George Hardie, the artist behind some of the most iconic album covers of 20th Century, will be held at the University of Brighton between 11 March – 7 April, 2017. Hardie, a graphic...
Student work featured in Bloomsbury book on typography
Third year Graphic Design students Daniel Glazebrook and Chloe Legret have had work featured in the latest book by Graphic Design Course Leader Gavin...
Basics Design Typography by Gavin Ambrose
The latest in the Bloomsbury Press Design series by Course Leader for Graphic Design Gavin Ambrose has just arrived. The Second Ecition of the book, Typography features a s dries of interviews with leading creatives including Designbolaget, LeftLoft, Graphical House,...
Illustration grad Hannah Dyson show
In the years since graduating from our Illustration BA(Hons), Hannah Dyson has worked as a freelance illustrator for The Idler, The Guardian and The Independent. Following Brighton with studies at the Royal College of Art, she has also worked for BBC Publishing,...
Studio 245 commission
Pleased to announce that Studio 245 has been commissioned to design a new book on Brutalist Architecture for the Royal Institute of British Architects. Reminded me of the work of recent graduate Tommy...
Impassioned, politics-fuelled portfolio
“I remember when I told my parents I wanted to go to art school,” graphic designer Tommy Spitters tells us. “I said that I would rather look back and be glad I took a risk than not take the risk and regret it. I guess I went to art school to avoid the nine to five...