As every other year this year we organised a study trip for the graphic design students to Helsinki, in Finland, with 3 members of staff and 50 students. During the 5 days in Helsinki we have been involved in a myriad of activities, from a guided tour at the Design Museum to a making workshop at the National Museum, through having access to the People’s Archive graphics. We managed to organise a meeting with the visual communication department at Aalto University, where a mini-Erasmus exchange took place. During 4 days we visited a total of 6 design studios and agencies, producing diverse work, who kindly organised presentations and lectures for us. On the last day of our stay we visited HIAP, the Helsinki International Artists in Residence Programme, where we gained acquaintance with contemporary art production in the beautiful setting of Suomenlinna island. All this left enough time and space to still enjoy modern architecture, saunas and salty liquorice, and engage in pleasant conversations of all kind with the people in Finland. It was indeed a wholesome week, and surely a valuable experience in terms of growth and education for us all. We hereby take the chance to thank everyone who was involved in making this happen.

This mini website is there as an archive and as an attempt to share this remarkable experience with everyone.

http://typenowhere.com/helsinki

Kayleigh Munn, a third year student on the BA Graphic Design course has won a coveted award in the best student book category for her publication ‘Vegas Baby’ at this year’s British Book Design and Production Awards in association with The Publishers Association, Oxford Brookes University, The Bookseller and BookMachine. Students Tom Woodhouse and Lottie Johnson were shortlisted in the same competition with their books.

With fierce competition from hundreds of submissions nationwide, the judges were impressed with Kayleigh’s submission with the judges commenting on the “huge level of maturity and professionalism” and the outstanding “innovative style and illustrations” of her book.

The award along with a £500 cheque and the opportunity to complete an industry internship was presented to Kayleigh at a gala event and dinner on Thursday 21st November 2019 at London’s Landmark Hotel.

As one of the most prestigious and popular literary events of the year, the awards recognise and promote the excellence of the British book design and production industry by celebrating the best books of the year. These include everything from photographic books, art and architecture monographs, to scholarly, academic and reference books.

http://www.britishbookawards.org/

Architecture Centre Bristol organised this talk to celebrate the Bauhaus 100th anniversary.
Special thanks to our UWE Graphic Design students: Rachel Bonner, Daniel Schenk and Daniel Schiechl (exchange student from Bolzano, Italy) who designed a beautiful series of merchandising images to accompany the online campaign to promote the event.

Location: Arnolfini
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 – 18:30 – 20:00 BST

More info and tickets here.

In March 2019 we had the pleasure to visit Moscow and a series of design studios, schools, workshops, museums and much more.
The studio visits have turned out to be great learning opportunities and valuable experiences for building international friendship.

Some of the studios visited:
http://a-2-o.ru/
http://groza.design/
https://eshgruppa.com/works/
https://shuka.design/work
https://whiterussian.studio/
https://britishdesign.ru/en/
https://strelka.com/en

In this mini-site we are collecting a series of images and statements from this study trip.

https://www.typenowhere.com/moscow/

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

Bristol Radical Film Festival is happening at the Trinity Center from 13th – 14th October 2018.

See the programme here: http://www.brff.co.uk/2018-festival-programme/

Bridgeman Images are excited to announce the Bridgeman Studio Award 2018. Now in its 5th year, Bridgeman Studio Award is the fastest growing contemporary art competition for artists, illustrators, and fine art photographers. Partnering with the Affordable Art Fair, this year’s prize is our biggest and best yet!

This year’s prize: £1,500 cash commission for the design of a tote bag, to be sold at Affordable Art Fair worldwide.
Also £4,000 worth of exhibition space at the Affordable Art Fair in New York & London.

The Brief

This year’s brief has been chosen by the Affordable Art Fair and its aim is to create more awareness around mental health.

The theme of ART IN MIND is about creating Art for Happiness, Health, and Wellbeing.

To find out all the information you need on how to enter along with all the terms and conditions please visit the website:

WWW.ENTERBSA.COM