Category: Alumni

Since graduating from the BA Graphic Design course, Myles has worked with various charitable causes since setting up his own successful studio in Brighton.

Myles describes his practice ” For me, the purpose of graphic design is simple: get the message across – beautifully and in a way that makes it impossible to ignore. Such an approach demands a certain economy of style. It champions the line. It understands colour. It loves geometry. It creates work that stands the test of time. The best work comes through partnership. Each job is much more than a simple commission: it’s a collaboration. Whether I’m designing for charities, writers, or manufacturers, the work you see here is the result of a cooperative approach.”

Recent projects include:

Brexit & Animals: is made up of ten leading UK animal charities.

It was set up to ensure that the welfare of animals – both in the UK and Europe as a whole – is not endangered by Brexit negotiations and that opportunities for improving animal welfare are fully exploited.

I was asked to design an identity for the group and their manifesto, which would be presented at the House of Lords. The event was sponsored by Baroness Parminter, with speeches from MP Hilary Benn, the RSPCA and many more.

Feedback Global; are aspiring to stop global food waste.

They have a world wide reach, with projects such as Feeding the 5000 where they feed at least 5000 people with food that is deemed ‘waste’ by others.

I worked with Feedback to bring their achievements to life with annual impact reports and infographics. With their staggering numbers and facts, simple visualisations of these were crucial in putting the point across.

Lankelly Chase: are a Charitable Fund who strive to establish the underlying causes of social disadvantage. They provide financial backing for research that will, eventually, enable governments to make society-altering decisions with law and policy.

I designed their most recent report, plus a simplified, print piece. The report provided analysis and learning from over 200 pieces of literature. The challenge was to display this vast body of research in an engaging way that could be used by other foundations and the civil service.

Myles Lucas
myles@myleslucas.com

https://myleslucas.com/

Chris Clarke is Deputy Creative Director at the Guardian (and freelance Design Consultant).

At the Guardian he was instrumental in the newspaper’s recent award winning design overhaul and relaunch in January 2018.

Chris is a graduate of UWE Bristol Graphic Design, you can see more of his work here:
Chris’ work on Instagram.
The Guardian rebranding on D&AD.

www.cclarke.cc

Chris is also one half of the band Modern technology. Modern Technology are an East London two-piece, formed through a shared frustration of our post-truth society and this time of political unrest. Debut EP out now on Cruel Nature Records.

https://modern-technology.bandcamp.com/releases

UWE Graphic Design Graduate Jasmine Lasode was one of the Nike On Air programme winners.

On Air was a design workshop series in Paris, London, New York, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo that engages participants in the Nike footwear design processes.

The program grants participants an opportunity to create the ultimate articulation of one of 10 Air Max icons for their city through creative sessions that will encompass the briefing, concept building and mood boarding stages of design. Participants were asked to envision a new Air Max for their respective city, taking inspiration from what it means to them and their experiences in it.

Jasmine’s design was selected as a a city finalist and attended the finalists workshop at Nike WHQ, Portland, USA last year. Her design of Nike Air Max 97 titled ‘London – Summer of Love’ – was inspired by a first date in Primrose Hill, London.

The city winner’s designs were then put to a global vote on nike.com/onair. The most-voted design per city will go into production and will be made available in spring 2019. Jasmine’s design was selected to represent London.

The sample has just landed on Jasmine’s feet – you can see her wearing it here!

https://www.instagram.com/la_sode/

Further links:

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-on-air-sneaker-design-workshops

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-on-air-winners-2018

https://hypebae.com/2018/8/nike-london-on-air-winner-jasmine-lasode-interview-air-max-97

We would like to congratulate Kirtis Clarke, our very own Graphic Design Alumni 2017 who made it onto the BME Powerlist 2018.

Kirtis is a pioneer of today’s design community and is paving the way for BME creatives in the city. Describinghimself as a ‘multidisciplinary creative-of-sorts’; he is a programme assistant at Arnolfini, has an ongoing freelance design practice and is in the process of creating an experimental studio.

http://www.bristolbmepowerlist.com/phone/index.html

In this video by the University of the West of England, our student Ruth Harris presents her project ‘University of the Diverse’, addressing the lack of diversity within educational institutions, with a particular focus upon universities.

https://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=3621

UWE Graphic Design graduate Alex Ostrowski’s London Design Agency Lovers, has a feature published on It’s Nice That discussing their recent Greenpeace campaign to raise awareness about plastic in our oceans. Also, Lovers has also worked with Greenpeace on a separate, ongoing campaign, Protect the Antarctic. Ahead of October 2018’s summit of global powers on whether to make the Antarctic the world’s largest protected area on Earth.

www.lovers.co