Artists in Residence Scheme 2012

Visual Communication graduates may be interested in the The School of Art and Design ‘Artist in Residence Scheme’ that encourage practicing artists to engage with the School and its students. The scheme replaced the previous AA2A programme and has been extended from four artists to ten artists and these are across many subject disciplines. The relationship with the artists, students and the School is seen as really important for all involved and in 2011 has proved to be very successful bringing many benefits.

Scheme•1 day volunteering, plus £10 per day travel expenses gives the artist 1 day access to the School’s facilities. A maximum of 30 days is agreed.
•10 artists covering a range of different subject areas
•Existing artists in residence need to re-apply if they wish to carry on.
•Opportunity open to both graduates and other artists i.e. AA2A, Next Move – but not students studying during the period of residency
•The scheme period is September – August
•A contract is signed setting out what artists can expect and what the School expects. Where artists do not engage with the School as expected consideration can be given to ending the contract earlier.

Process
Artists complete and submit an application form.
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday 13 June 2012
Application form, submissions and queries to: Claire Dunn, art-design@wlv.ac.uk

MA Study 20% Discount

This blog has previously posted about a number of the enthusiastic MA students pursuing a variety of exciting design projects in Visual Communications. If you missed these pieces information can be found at:

http://www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/andreas-olymbios-ma-student.html

http://www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/free-box.html

http://www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/lena-matthies-ma-student.html

Have you thought about undertaking an MA within the School of Art and Design? The University is offering its graduates a 20% loyalty discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate programme, where both courses are studied at the University of Wolverhampton.

More information can be found at:
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=30214

For detail or to discuss your MA options within the Visual Communications division, please contact Lester Meachem Lester.Meachem@wlv.ac.uk

Michael Salu on Crane.tv

Regular readers of this blog will remember the first 2 in our series of posts about and by graphics graduate Michael Salu. 

http://www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/michael-salu-graduate-success.html

http://www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/making-of-granta-cover-by-michael-salu.html 

Michael, who is Artisitic Director for Granta Publishing, talks to Crane about his work and personal style.

http://www.selectism.com/news/2012/04/24/watch-crane-tv-michael-salu-artistic-director-of-granta-publishing/

Art and Design Summer Schools

Are you interested in expanding your creative talents? Do you know anyone else who is interested in trying out a new art and design area? If so, The School of Art & Design has a wide range of short courses available for you to take part in this June.

We are opening our doors for two weeks to host a programme of bespoke courses and workshops in a wide range of subjects. So, if you want to try your hand at a new skill, or brush up on an old hobby this is the perfect opportunity for you.

By taking part in one of the numerous courses available, you will have access to our excellent facilities and workshops, which are considered to be amongst the finest in the UK. You will be taught by industry professionals and international practitioners, who will help you to discover how exciting and rewarding working in the creative arts can be.

To find out more visit:
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/docs/SAD/summer-schools.html

For more information call 01902 322058 or email art-design@wlv.ac.uk

Bookings can be made online at www.wlv.ac.uk/sadstore 

From time to time this blog highlights distinctive, useful fonts that are free to download. Today’s highlighted family is Cabin Font from Impallari. It is a humanist sans inspired by Edward Johnston's and Eric Gill's typefaces and has a touch of modernism. Cabin brings together modern proportions, with optical adjustments.

Cabin Font can be found in 8 weights generously available free with the option of a pay what you want donation

http://www.impallari.com/cabin

Creative team placement - RDM London, Central London

Creative Copywriter Placement

A great opportunity to work with a creative digital design team, writing copy for various websites, brochures, etc. You will have the opportunity to take information and data provided by clients and create and write the copy text to appear on the respective websites or brochures. You will be working closely with the design team and also (depending on the project) be asked to come up with creative copy for advertising/marketing campaigns.

Great industry experience will be gained from the role and skills learnt will include working with client briefs, adapting work to suit certain sizes and graphical forms.

Please send an email with your name, contact details and what your field of study is, and examples of your work/CV to:
daniel@rdm-ltd.com

Trendtablet

trendtablet.com explains how trends grow, evolve and flow; helping us to better perceive and understand they interact with our daily life. This new social media platform designed and curated by Lidewij Edelkoort and can be accessed free of charge. It explains how trends grow, evolve and flow, and helps us better understand and perceive how they interact in our daily lives. It shows the connections between trend forecasts and a piece of art, a plant, a dress, graphic design, a car and much more

Edelkoort announces the concepts, colours and materials which will be in fashion two or more years in advance because as she claims: 

"there is no creation without advance knowledge, and without design, a product cannot exist."

Def Motion formed by Billy Read

Final year graphics student Billy Read  (shown here centre stage) will be participating in Deaffest, the UK's leading Deaf-led film and arts festival, hosted by Light House Wolverhampton 25-27 May.

Def Motion was formed by Billy Read in March 2011 in collaboration with Deaf choreographer Rebecca Ann Withey. Together they recruited young, talented individuals and set out their ambitions to create and perform visual entertainment through dance and sign-song inspired by the works of Michael Jackson.

Def Motion will be performing during Deaffest at the Ben Steiner Bursary Evening and the Keep Calm and Carry on Signing Party.

For more information about Deaffest visit:

http://deaffest.co.uk/

When typography speaks louder than words by Jessica Glaser and Carolyn Knight

Have you ever read Smashing Magazine? It's an exciting online publication for professional Web designers and developers, with a focus on useful techniques, best practices and much more. Sections include articles on coding, typography, graphic design, usability and user experience.

Take a look at 'When typography speaks louder than words' by Carolyn Knight (ex graphics lecturer) and Jessica Glaser. This illustrated article is the first of 2 that looks at how the power of typography takes control of meaning. The second, to be published soon, will develop this theme and deals with why subtle typographic changes make all the difference. 

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/13/when-typography-speaks-louder-than-words/

Static

Static is an attractive, contemporary free font constructed with strong geometric forms in monospaced style. What makes it really useful is its availability in a number of weights, completely free of charge.

Static has been designed by Slava Kirilenko - a graphic designer from Almaty, Kazakhstan and is available to download from http://fontfabric.com/static-free-font/