Justyna Lauer, Dean of the Design Department at Katowice Academy of Fine Arts in Poland visited the graphic design course at Maidstone recently. The objective is to build a realtionship with us with a possible outcome of exchanges with both staff and students. She is pictured here with lecturers Silke Dettmers, Colin Gearing and Robin Chevalier. Also pictured is Hans D Reichert.
Students from across the five campuses of the University for the Creative Arts filled the lecture theatre at UCA Maidstone for the chance to hear Arnold Schwartzman recount highlights from his illustrious career in Graphic Design, Film, Illustration and books.
Schwartzman, who has been living in the United States for many years, gave a very lively and entertaining talk to a room full of budding graphic designers and illustrators. His career included designer on the pop music television programme: Ready Steady Go and he was able to recount tales of his work with famous musicians such as The Rolling Stones and The Who. Schwartzman spearheaded many advertising campaigns for albums including 'Sticky Fingers'. He also designed the posters and television sequences for several Oscar ceremonies.
Arnold Schwartzman began his career as a graphic designer in television and was a long time illustrator for the London Sunday Times. He became a documentary filmmaker, winning an Oscar for his 1981 film, 'Genocide'. In 1982 he was appointed director of Design for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The recipient of numerous film and design awards, including three major design awards from D&AD, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002.
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Peter Anderson, graphic artist and designer, will trace an unusual typographic journey energetically mapped out against an eclectic portfolio of clients and commissions. Starting out with typographic printmaking and the making of artists’ books, his open-minded approach to what the field of graphics might involve has since led him through the construction of three-dimensional typographic interior spaces and now into the area of moving image and the development of television title sequences.
As well as commercial projects for clients including Moschino, BBC and the European Union, Peter Anderson’s work can be found in the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
His work has also branched out into grand scale commissions, including an installation of poles around the perimeter of the island of St Lucia for the St Lucia Fine Art gallery; a series of installations for Puma Sportswear in London; and both interior design and installations for Paul and Jeanne Rankin’s series of Belfast restaurants. He is currently exploring the graphic use of large scale light sculptures in the branding for Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Eddie is a photographer / graphic artist who has worked in a variety of styles which mix the digital and the analogue, and cross the boundaries of photography, graphics and graff. He co-curated the Brixton Graffic Show in 2005 and 2006, and has recently been working at the National Portrait Gallery, most recently curating the show Devotional, and organising related activities including performances and participative events. He will be talking about his experiences of the worlds of curation, design and photography, and how the notion of the print changes as it crosses between these different spheres of operation. If you have heard me talking in the last year about how analogue mixes with digital, or how the medium in which an image is made relates to the context in which it is seen, this Eddie is best placed to talk about these ideas and show you some examples of his work.
Please contact your own exchange office for help and guidance or get in touch with us at the Study Abroad Office. If your home institution does not have a formal partnership agreement with the University College, please contact our Admissions Office for application and fees information.
Semester 1 (07-09-07 to 18-01-08): 30 April 2007
Semester 2 (24-01-08 to 30-05-08): 31 October 2007
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Study Abroad periods usually last one semester (3-5 months) and most undergraduate visiting exchange students follow stage two courses. MA and doctoral exchange students are placed on a case-by-case basis.
Hi! It's Pete from last years graduating class.
