Maidstone Graphic Design : Staff / Student blog

Year 2: Editorial Process

2009-02-16T06:58:00.000-08:00

The recently completed year two project, The Editorial Process, revealed some intriguing solutions. After initial experimentation the students had to draw a subject and editorial tone for their magazine out of a hat. Some combinations were glamorous motorways, political DIY and minimal wood. Here are two solutions. More to follow.

Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts Katowice, Poland visits our course

2009-01-15T04:08:00.000-08:00

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.

Graphic Design course featured in International Typographics Magazine "Baseline"

2009-01-15T03:35:00.000-08:00

The new research cluster at UCA Maidstone Campus, researches and investigates the "Book as Object" in view of digital and other competing media. The international typographics magazine Baseline in its winter issue 12/2008 features the work of staff and students in the Education Spectrum section. Four pages have been dedicated to an inspirational article written by Mark Sanderson which describes and illustrates clearly the philosophy and approach of the research cluster and the BA(Hons) and MA courses in graphic design at the Maidstone campus.
The article describes how our courses have developed by a combination of practitioners and theorists who are not merely supportive of graphic design with 'content' but are actively engaged in getting students to discover the breadth and depth of their practice. The ultimate scope of our course has always been to accomodate different imaginations that can range from the scientific and systematic to the poetic and paradoxical, and so we are very excited that our unique approach to teaching, learning and research at Maidstone is being internationally recognised by the publication of this article in this prestigous periodical.

Click Creative - The free, online design magazine.

2008-10-27T04:41:00.000-07:00

Get your work in the public eye

Click Creative is a free, online design magazine. The aim is to inspire, educate and promote creativity. Each issue that is shown is work of emerging talent, talent like YOU.

If you believe your artwork deserves a place on the cover of one of Britain's newest design magazines, click on www.clickcreativemag.com and show the editor what makes your work different.

Whether it's Graphic Design, Illustration, Digital 3D or Web Design, they want you to show them why your good at it!!

UCA Maidstone at the Tate Gallery - The Liquid Page Symposium

2008-10-21T06:11:00.000-07:00

Every UCA academic is contractually obliged to conduct “Research”. Research means staff continuing with their individual artistic and academic practice as well as setting up shared projects with colleagues within a subject area. As an activity, research often remains ‘out of sight’ to students. However, it is vital part of academic life and keeps teaching up to date, fresh and alive.

In 2007, Graphic Design staff at Maidstone initiated a new Research Cluster. It launched its activities with organizing an international one-day Symposium called “The Liquid Page” at Tate Britain on 20 June 2008. The conference investigated ‘the changing space of the book/ the artist’s book, print and reading’. It acknowledged that digital technology already has radically altered what constitutes ‘the page’, and asked: “What is the book to do?”

8 speakers - artists as well as theoreticians - from USA, Australia, Poland, France and the UK presented papers that took on board the above question. The two keynote Speakers were Prof Johanna Drucker, University of Virginia, USA, and Simon Morley, writer/ artist, France UK. Johanna Drucker is the author of - amongst many others titles - “The Century of Artists Books” and “Graphic Design History, A Critical Guide”. Simon Morley wrote “Writing on the Wall, Word and Image in Modern Art”.

In the morning, the symposium took on the way that the book can change from within or without through interactions with art, technology and/or literature. In the afternoon, the speakers looked at how books could be ‘claimed’ and referred to in other media, such as painting, photography, film and performance.
A very lively debate followed, new contacts were made and follow up activities (’Liquid Page 2’) are already under discussion.

You can read reviews of the ‘Liquid Page’ conference online:
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/the_liquid_page/
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newspdfs/43.pdf

Schwartzman Lecture a Big Success ! - Standing Room Only

2008-10-05T03:41:00.000-07:00

13 October 2008

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.

For further press information please contact: Media Relations Office.

Tom Eckersley - Poster Exhibition

2008-09-26T01:47:00.000-07:00

Eckersley was also a teacher of poster design and established the first graphic design course in the United Kingdom. The charm of many of Eckersley's posters is their ability to convey a strong message through a simple design.

THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED !

Free Admission
Monday - Thursday 10 - 5
Friday - Saturday 11 - 4
Mascalls Gallery
Mascalls School
Maidstone Road
Paddock Wood
Kent TN 12 6L T

Arnold Schwartzman Designer Lecture

2008-09-22T05:20:00.000-07:00

Don't miss this opportunity to hear the graphic designer, Oscar winning filmmaker and author speak about his life and work. the recipient of numerous film and design awards, including three D&AD Silver Awards. Elected to Alliance Graphique International 1974, and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2002.

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Friday October 3rd

Maidstsone Campus

Lecture Theatre

ALL WELCOME !

WELCOME ! NEW STUDENTS 2008

2008-09-01T03:55:00.000-07:00

The course team welcomes all new students to the course and returning students !
We hope you all have a fun and productive year.
Please watch this Blog for information regarding news, events, lectures and staff and student success. If you would like to submit stories or information to be published here please submit to :
Colin Gearing
Director of Studies
cgearing@ucreative.ac.uk

John Mconnell Lecture

2008-02-08T03:45:00.000-08:00

Lecture at Maidstone College - The Life and Work of Abram Games

2008-01-17T04:03:00.000-08:00

Lecture on the life and work of Abram Games by his daughter Naomi Games.

1.30pm
Monday 4 February
Lecture Theatre

all welcome

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Philip Jones, Course Leader MA Graphic Design
University College for the Creative Arts at Maidstone
Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AG
telephone: +44 (0) 01622 620068

MA Graphic Design students partcipate in London Artist's Book Fair

2007-12-04T05:49:00.000-08:00

Irina Rusakova, Berni Wilke, Teleah Lin and Anna Maslova studing for an MA in Graphic Design at Maidstone have participated in London Artist's Book Fair.
Their project called "Map X Out" included independent projects of each of them, connected by the subject of mapping and an interactive project, where any visitor could participate in drawing a map. It all went quite successful, more than 200 people took part in the collaborative project. And also, Irina s book "The voice of the city", which is a part of her MA project was bought by Maria White (Chief Cataloguer, Library and Archive) for the Tate Collection.

http://www.marcuscampbell.co.uk/lab07exhibitors.html

Letter from 2006 Graduate Jude Gay

2007-11-23T06:14:00.000-08:00

Dear Colin,

You recently sent me a letter asking how, as an ex-student, I was getting on in the world of graphic design. I feel that I’m doing really well within the industry, and I have for the past year been building on my knowledge.

After graduating I had a placement at Rose Design Associates, this lasted for 4 months. During this time I started to gather an understanding of different stock, and printing processes. After my time at Rose I then went on to work at Webb & Webb, working along side Brian Webb was a brilliant experience for me, he taught me to look at a project in a more defined, detailed light. I was only supposed to be there for 3 weeks as an intern but this lasted 7 months, so I was extremely happy!

I am now working for a design & advertising agency that deals with a lot of digital media, but they have a lot of print work too. I feel that a big change is upon us in the design world and that every designer needs to be equipped and ready for technological shifts. You see print less in London now than you did 6 months ago, posters on the side of buses, once printed posters, now digital animation. In the London underground, digital posters. I love book and magazine design and would hate for print to vanish of the face of the planet, so the agency I am in now gives a good balance for both media.

Can I just say how lucky and honoured I feel to have studied at the University College for the Creative Arts. I realise now that the structure of the course is very good, and has allowed me to be extremely creative and find my own style. Thank you once again for all of your hard work in helping me to get to where I am today. You run a brilliant course. I can see UCCA as being the main creative uni in the country, (even better than London College of Communications and Central St Martins!

I have attached a small sample of work that I have produced since leaving UCCA.

Kindest regards.

Jude Gay.

Graduate Placement Scheme

2007-11-16T00:46:00.000-08:00

As Wilson Mizner almost said, "Always be nice to people who are on their way up, because you’ll meet the same people on your way down."

The Graduate Placement Scheme is a quality-assured programme developed exclusively for members of the D&AD Education Council and the country’s outstanding design and advertising graduates. It replaces ad hoc arrangements with a professionally maintained framework that lets employer and placement know exactly what they’re getting.

D&AD’s Graduate Placement Scheme gives agencies the chance to be remembered for the right reasons by the rising stars in the industry. It identifies the sharpest design and advertising graduates, offering them the best placement opportunities in the business and the foot in the door in order to build their own careers.

Graduates who have been commended through the D&AD Student Awards, D&AD Best New Blood, D&AD talentpool, Portfolio Surgeries and Advertising Workshops are eligible for placements.

For further information, please contact Rhiannon James, rhiannon@dandad.co.uk.

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A Serious Game - Exhibition at Epsom Campus

2007-11-15T00:09:00.000-08:00

Andrjez Krauze has been quietly commenting on our lives through his darkly humorous drawings for, amongst others, the Guardian, New Statesman, New Scientist and New York Times. The exhibition covers the range of Andrjez Krauze's output – from the large scale poster to the intimate line drawing, from the haunted images of 'Mr Pen' to the direct political comment. His beautifully crafted illustrations use metaphor, irony and an acute sense of the absurd to cut through smokescreens and illuminate the plain truth.

Peter Anderson: graphic art. An illustrated talk, Tuesday 27th November

2007-11-07T04:53:00.000-08:00

St Brides Library, London

Admission, including a glass of wine: £5 (£3 concessions), on the door
Venue: Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation

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.

News from Anna Simmons Graphic Design graduate of 2007

2007-11-05T01:11:00.000-08:00

Hi Colin,
thanks for your e-mails about jobs. I'm very pleased
to say that after a stressful few months of job hunting,
I've finally been offered a job.

Ironically I'd applied for the assistant design post at
"Designmap" in Ramsgate a week before you sent me
the details. I went for an interview last Wednesday
and was offered the job on Monday. It's a really
good company, with some great ideas and I'm really
excited about starting there. There most recent project
is the "Space Age" exhibition at the V&A museum of
childhood, it opens on 24th November and i'm going to
be a part of it, designing educational packs for young
children. I start next Tuesday and I can't wait.

Thanks for all your help, i'll keep you
updated on my projects and progress.

All the best,

Anna.

Thursday 8th November at 10:00am E01 - Lecture Eddie Otchere / Pixel to Print

2007-11-02T02:01:00.000-07:00

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.

Student Exchange Scheme at University College for the Creative Arts at Maidstone

2007-10-31T02:05:00.000-07:00

"If you are a student at any of our many partner institutions, we would like to welcome you to the University College as an exchange student."

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.

Application Deadlines 2007/08

Semester 1 (07-09-07 to 18-01-08): 30 April 2007
Semester 2 (24-01-08 to 30-05-08): 31 October 2007

General Information:

You will not be expected to pay tuition fees to the University College, as it is normal for exchange students to pay fees to their home institution and NOT their host institution.

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.

News from Peter Clarke Graphic Design Graduate at Maidstone College

2007-10-26T03:40:00.000-07:00

Hi! It's Pete from last years graduating class.
As you can probably tell from the email, I have succeeded in finding work. In fact, it was not long after leaving Maidstone that I had an interview, a trial period and started work at MSDC in Gravesend. It is a small company who works in both public and private sectors, with such clients as Armitage Venesta, Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre and Edinburgh House. We work with advertising, branding and various other areas of design. We are currently working on the branding for the development of the Gravesend Heritage Quarter which is good fun but lots of work! - I have had lots of my work gone to print, such as an ad in Property Week, which is great. If you, or any students, have any questions, I'd be happy to answer!

Pete Clarke
pete@msdesign.co.uk

If he's good perhaps they will let him use the pencil !

Creative Thinking Workshop is a Big Success !

2007-10-25T08:48:00.000-07:00

The Creative Thinking Workshop run by Nicholette Goff one of our visiting lecturers from industry, was a great success on our recent Open Day at Maidstone College. Many of the attendees were visiting us to consider their choice of study in Higher Education, and to learn more about the graphic design courses on offer here.
Visitors were given an insight into various strategies for creative thinking, visual problem solving and communication design and participated in fun and innovative workshops which ran throughout the day.

Critique Day at Maidstone

2007-10-23T00:54:00.000-07:00

First Year students receive their first critique for the unit "Typography Letterform - A Sense of Place". Students were asked to visually research a square mile of London and then create a typographic solution that successfully identified that place. Students used a variety of media and processes to complete their projects. The unit asks students to investigate visual identity concentrating on how typography and letterform contribute to the construction of graphic language and a sense of place. A study trip during induction week enabled them to collect visual data and explore research methadologies.

Those who can - do teach!

2007-10-22T03:47:00.000-07:00

Robin Chevalier our Deputy Course Leader of the Graphic Design course was commissioned to provide an illustration for the "work" section of the Guardian published on Saturday 20th October.

Youth Creative Network Awards

2007-10-22T00:44:00.000-07:00

Youth Creative Network has just published its competition briefs for this year.
anyone fancying some interesting corporate sponsored briefs go clicky!
http://www.ycnonline.com/project_awards0708.php
regards alan offord (g/d third year)

Dimos Sbarounis now studying an MA at Goldsmiths University of London

2007-10-19T04:03:00.000-07:00

Dimos Sbarounis a graduate from last year is now studying at Goldsmiths University of London doing the Image & Communications MA (Photography and/or electronic Graphics).

"Basically we get taught a lot of things about photography both analog and digital, video/animation and interactive/webstuff. Its a more practice based Masters degree and I recommend it if anyone is interested in such technical skills."

Hot ! - Jobs and Work Experience Opportunities for students at Maidstone College

2007-10-18T07:14:00.000-07:00

The careers office have some great new job vacancies and work experience opportunities for graphic design students now posted on their website !
Take advantage of this fantastic service now in planning your career effectively in visual communications and in realising your full potential. These opportunities will particularly interest second year students who are opting to undertake the work experience elective commencing on November 28th, third years and recent graduates of our course.

http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=10925

Professor Williamson brings a new term to New York City

2007-10-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

Professor Judith Williamson, who teaches in the Communications Design area at Maidstone College has just given a talk on "Retrosexism" at the Guggenheim gallery in New York. This was part of a panel event focusing on the work of Richard Prince, one of the foremost US artists of recent decades, and currently the subject of a major exhibition at the Guggenheim.
Prince's work makes provocative use of imagery borrowed from popular culture, where nostalgia and sexism frequently combine. Williamson coined the term "Retrosexism" a few years ago to describe this phenomenon, and her talk sparked a lively debate as the New York audience took up the new concept with enthusiasm and vigour.

New Graphic Design : Visual Communications Course Leaflet Available

2007-10-12T05:03:00.000-07:00

Silke Dettmers Graphic Design Lecturer gets published!

2007-10-12T04:31:00.000-07:00

On Friday 21 September 07, The Guardian newspaper ran in its G2 section an article under the title: Cordon Blue. It told the story of the 11 mile long bright cyan fence that now cuts off the future Olympic Park in the East End of London from the view of the public. Silke Dettmers, our second year tutor on the BA(Hons) course, who this year was herself evicted from her studio inside the future park, took the six photographs that accompanied the article.
The article was written by Andy Beckett.
For the full text see Guardian Unlimited Archive, Cordon Blue

American Design Competition

2007-10-11T11:12:00.000-07:00

AIGA San Francisco, the professional association for design in the USA, has issued a call for entries for a new graphic design competition celebrating the work of designers who set out to positively impact our society and communities.

The entry deadline for the competition – cause/affect –is November 9, 2007. All design work entered in the competition must promote or support social good and actively engage in enriching our lives. All we ask is that it doesn’t contribute directly to the profit of a commercial organization.

Work must have been produced between January 1, 2000 and October 31, 2007 (we’re going back a few years this first time).

All entries will be seen by a jury comprised of some of the country’s top creative professionals, art directors,and socially conscious business professionals. Selected work will be showcased on the competition web site, and at the cause/affect awards ceremony, held at the AIGA SF office, December 4, 2007. We will also be conducting an online “People’s Choice Award," with voting taking place on the cause/affect site between November 12 and December 4, 2007.

This is a competition for do-gooders, who do good work. And it is open to all.

For entry forms, and more information, please visit: www.aigasf.org/causeaffect

Mathews Woodfield gets a job at prestigious international magazine 'baseline'

2007-10-11T01:57:00.000-07:00

Mathew Woodfield a 2007 graduate of the Graphic Design : Visual Communications course is now working as a designer for the international typographic design magazine 'Baseline'. the periodical is distributed worldwide and has won numerous publishing and design awards. Baseline sets out to reflect all aspects of type, including its design, history, use, and links to the graphic, art and craft scenes and has recently celebrated its fiftieth issue. Mathew will be coming in to show us his work and talk about his job in the second semester and we are looking forward to this visit.
www.baselinemagazine.com

Robin Chevalier does the 'Big Draw'

2007-10-10T02:40:00.000-07:00

Robin Chevalier Deputy Course Leader will be at the Tunbridge Wells Art Gallery on Saturday 13th October as part of 'The Big Draw', a series of nationwide events to promote drawing. Robin will be talking about drawing and also promoting his work as a professional illustrator and artist. Robins work is featured regularly in magazines and newspapers.

The Photograph and the Book

2007-10-10T02:09:00.000-07:00

Silke Dettmers a tutor in graphic design is running a short seminar today which examines different outcomes for the photograph. Silke shows interesting examples of handmade and limited edition books to students in the graphic design studio as an inspiration for their new project. The books use interesting formatting, folding, scoring, substrates and production techniques to produce innovative and creative solutions for text and image.

New work Experience Elective Starts in November 2007

2007-10-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

A new unit is being offered by the course which starts in November which will give all of our second year students the opportunity to explore the world of professional practice, by offering the option of a short work experience, or a 'live' brief.

88% success rate ! - Yes they do get jobs!

2007-10-05T03:32:00.000-07:00

Latest figures just in, show that 88% of graduates from our course have got jobs in the creative industries, or have gone on to do further study at postgraduate level. Our students have been consistent in obtaining work in many fields of visual communication, and the course team feel that this recent record of high employment is reflected in our flexible and multidisciplinary curriculum which has allowed our students to find their own voice and way of working within the broad scope of graphic design.
Students this year have got jobs in top advertising agencies, design consultancies, web design companies and publishing companies. Students like Emilia Ohberg who is now a designer at 'Electric' magazine in London, Matthew Woodfield and Amish Shah who are now designers for the prestigious typographic magazine 'Baseline'.
We are grateful to our professional contacts and advisors who have provided excellent student placements and live project opportunities this year.

LATE NEWS
Jason Bennett a graduate from 2007 came in today to tell us that he has now found a job at Channel 7 Media in London and Keisha Oliver a 2006 graduate is now working as a graphic designer at Studio E Architects in Hammersmith !

If you are a graduate of our course and are reading this, please update us with your present employment status by using the comment box below.

Best wishes from the course team !

2007-10-05T03:27:00.001-07:00

Open Days at Maidstone

Our Maidstone campus is just 10 minutes from the centre of town and set in attractive parkland. Impressively, its history dates from 1867 when public art classes were first provided in Maidstone.

Since that time, it has been recognised as one of the leading providers of art education in terms of illustration, introduced in 1919, and in printmaking and graphic design, which can be traced back to 1931. In 1963, photography was introduced and in 1972 the first time-based art degree option was offered, gaining an international reputation for experimental work.

Open Day dates

Tuesday 9 October & Thursday 25 October 2007
Tuesday 29 January & Thursday 7 February 2008 (NB change from 14 February)
Tuesday 17 June 2008

Today, with just over 900 students, our Maidstone campus offers a range of courses from Access and Foundation Studies in Art & Design to Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies specialising in animation, graphic design, illustration, printmaking, photography and video. Our courses actively encourage interdisciplinary, experimental work as well as specialist study with an emphasis on contemporary practice and professional links.

Maidstone offers fully integrated teaching and research facilities, including a multi-user video editing facility and video studio, an extensive printmaking area, specialist animation resources and a specialist photography resource. Purpose-built studios are provided for Foundation Studies, Graphic Design, Illustration and Graphic Media. A dedicated research studio is also provided for postgraduate study.

You are invited to bring your portfolio to discuss the contents and how it should be further developed.

Accomodation tours of the Maidstone Halls of Residence will be held at 12.30, 2.30 and 4.30pm. To enable you to plan your day please note these are approximately 15 minutes walk from the college, or a short drive.

We don't book people on to a specific tour time as we know that sometimes your travel plans may change and we like to keep your options as flexible as possible. You are welcome to visit any of our college open days at a time to suit you, the timetable is there for guidance so that you can plan your day.

Open Days

2007-10-05T03:22:00.000-07:00

Our Maidstone campus is just 10 minutes from the centre of town and set in attractive parkland. Impressively, its history dates from 1867 when public art classes were first provided in Maidstone.

Since that time, it has been recognised as one of the leading providers of art education in terms of illustration, introduced in 1919, and in printmaking and graphic design, which can be traced back to 1931. In 1963, photography was introduced and in 1972 the first time-based art degree option was offered, gaining an international reputation for experimental work.

Open Day dates

Tuesday 9 October & Thursday 25 October 2007
Tuesday 29 January & Thursday 7 February 2008 (NB change from 14 February)
Tuesday 17 June 2008

Today, with just over 900 students, our Maidstone campus offers a range of courses from Access and Foundation Studies in Art & Design to Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies specialising in animation, graphic design : Visual Commnications, illustration, printmaking, photography and video. Our courses actively encourage interdisciplinary, experimental work as well as specialist study with an emphasis on contemporary practice and professional links.

You are invited to bring your portfolio to discuss the contents and how it should be further developed.