Emily Smith - Graduate Success

Many congratulations to Emily Smith, Visual Communication graduate who has won the Coregeo Fresh Produce Award at New Designers 2020. Her brand design and packaging, 'It’s Melon’ aims to be fun and exciting. Emily uses hand-rendered type for the word ‘on’ creating a new way of reading the brand whilst giving a sense of readiness indicating that products are fresh and ready to eat. The characters and smile icon give a joyful feel to the brand. 

The judges commented that: 

"Emily’s work showed a level of creativity, diligence, fun and strategic insight that elevated her presentation from others. The evolution of her branded designs across different mediums wowed us."

Emily's prize includes £1,000 to support the development of her graphic design career, alongside the opportunity to be on the Coregeo® agency and graphic design roster for 2021. This provides further design opportunities for existing Coregeo® brands, such as Pink Lady® apples and Tenderstem® broccoli, as well as new brands in the development pipeline.

 Well done Emily

Artsfest webinar - Beatrice Warde, Books Across the Sea

Graphic design lecturer Jessica Glaser has hosted a recent public webinar on Beatrice Warde, discussing her war time anglo-American Book exchange, Books Across the Sea. Known as the publicity manager of the Monotype Corporation, and as the ‘First Lady of Typography’ during World War Two Warde became an anti-Fascist campaigner, founding ‘Books Across the Sea’ to support cultural understanding and in so doing counter Nazi efforts to divide. 

Jessica's previous webinar on Beatrice Warde's VE Day diary can be seen here

Looking back to a Legun Workshop

It's great to look back via the University Youtube channel to a one day, studio based drawing workshop led by Robert Rubbish and Steph Von Reiswitz from Legun - www.legun.co.uk

Ben Hulme - Graduate Success

During his studies, Ben Hulme, Graphics graduate, enjoyed work experience with Eighty3 Design Ltd. Many congratulations must now go to Ben who is working for the company as a freelance Graphics Designer.

New Designers 2020

Presenting the work of 3,000 hand-picked graduates, New Designers showcases ambitious ideas and fresh approaches. 

Wolverhampton Visual Communication students are proud to be amongst the 2020 cohort of those exhibiting at New Designers. To see the full range of graphics and Illustration work on display by Wolverhampton students visit here.

Alissa Murillo

Alissa Murillo

Beth Pickford

Cal Westbrook

Hannah Burrows

Ramesh Ranger

Wolverhampton Artsfest Webinar - Reading Beatrice Warde's VE Day diary

Graphic design lecturer Jessica Glaser has hosted a  public webinar reading the VE day diary of Beatrice Warde who was best known as the publicity manager of the Monotype Corporation, and as the ‘First Lady of Typography’. During World War Two Warde became an anti-Fascist campaigner, founding of the Anglo-American book exchange, ‘Books Across the Sea’ with the intent of fostering cultural understanding through books and in so doing countering complacent attitudes towards the Nazi threat. As a diarist, she captured accounts of life in wartime Britain, which she addressed to her mother, the powerful, New York based journalist, May Lamberton Becker.