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FOREWORD I am delighted to introduce You are entering a world in encountered, the responses you to our world of Arts, Media which staff and students work they made and the positive and Design with its talented closely together in order to energy that was set free during students who are inspired, respond to the challenging this creative process. This body with staff who are inspirational, demands of our courses, and of work has not been created with its colourful spaces in the expectations of an industry in a vacuum, but within the which messy workshops and whose importance continually standards and expectations studios are transformed into evolves and grows, as long as industry is setting and this is the cool and serene galleries. there are people out there who seed for future opportunities desire all that is beautiful and within the creative industries, appreciate good design. the guarantor for successful graduate employment. I am The journey our Art, Media confident that our graduates and Design students undertake will make it out there. They is an exciting one. From their leave us not only armed with an first day with us here they enormous amount of knowledge are exposed to challenges and skills but with a burning which question everything desire and curiosity to learn they know about themselves and experience more about the and the world, which force subject they love. them to position themselves as individuals, as students, as I am proud to lead a Faculty artists and designers. At the where so much talent comes same time our students are together, where this talent encouraged to challenge the is nurtured and encouraged conventional wisdom of the to grow and where it has the world. They cause and initiate potential to transform lives. debate that leads to the most interesting interventions and whenever consensus can be achieved, to fulfilment.
The work our students Dr Astrid Herhoffer display at this year’s graduate Dean exhibition speaks volumes Faculty of Arts, Media and about the challenges they Design
10 - 18 June i 2011 The Faculty of Arts, Media and Design offers a range of exciting and innovative awards in arts, media and design at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The awards featured here are part of our portfolio. FOREWORD
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Advertising AND Brand Management 3D DESIGN: CERAMICS
ANIMATION MEDIA FILM PRODUCTION
VFX: VISUAL EFFECTS AND CONCEPT DESIGN Graphic DESIGN
3D DESIGN Illustration
SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN PRODUCT AND TRANSPORT DESIGN
TEXTILE SURFACES ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Fine Art FOUNDATION YEAR IN ART
Photography FOUNDATION YEAR IN DESIGN
3D DESIGN: CRAFTS, CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY
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Fran Hughes, BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship, Factory Records
Every year our graduating Arts, Media and Design students are able to boast of many amazing success stories, both personal and professional. Success in national and international competitions, success in securing work placements and internships, success with commissions and external exhibitions.
Global placements for Competitive streak Squid In Love Advertising and Brand The opportunity to enter competitions Animation student India is always snapped up by Advertising Swift secured first prize Management students and Brand Management students. in the student animation Advertising and Brand Management They are encouraged to do this competition with her short students have really pushed the boat early on in their second year and film, “Squid in Love” at out when it comes to taking up work by the time they reach their final the annual international placements between their second and semester they are often juggling a FLIP Animation Festival third year at University. number of competition briefs set Wolverhampton. by various organisations. D&AD, an Final year students Hannah Selby, organisation that supports excellence After graduating with Kate Waller and Tracy Wright spent in professional advertising and design a First class honours their summer break at Fallon, a as well as education, annually set a degree in 2010, India London based advertising agency. range of highly competitive briefs for has developed a career Their internship included working on students. This years entries from ABM, as a 3D Animator with a high profile campaign for Cadbury: included submissions for clients as Stoke-on-Trent based Spots versus Stripes. Hannah has also varied as Oxfam, Umbro and a brief set company, Carse and been fortunate enough to organize an by Aviva to get 500,000 children off the Waterman. Interestingly internship at The One-Off advertising streets and into education. India’s work was agency, based in Melbourne, screened at FLIP, when Derbyshire. she was in her first …and the winners were year and it was clear Jonny Chandler has had a range of Advertising and Brand Management then that she would great opportunities, having interned at graduates, Adam Lowe and Ben be a strong talent, Freestyle Interactive, a digital agency Needham, were winners at the when she worked based in London and received offers 2010 YCN Awards, with the Award on storyboards of placements from The One-Off, Ceremony taking place in November for the Melbourne and Clue, London. He has 2010. established finally chosen to take up a place on animator the graduate scheme for Caterpillar, Lauren Penny was in the winning team and film Nottingham, where he was selected for an event organized by the YCC maker, Barry Purves. following a rigorous selection process, (Young Creative Council). The event: including a number of presentations Bang Bang Briefs, team students with and interviews. young creatives, an established agency and clients, enabling them to work on Rav Sidhu will be heading to America a brief over the course of an evening. after graduation to take up an The aim is to encourage students to internship at Strawberry Frog, a high network and develop employability profile advertising and marketing opportunities, whilst having fun at the 10 - 18 June i 2011 agency based in New York. same time.
The history of Stoke-on-Trent is something that greatly inspires me. I“ wanted to collaborate with the Flux brand in ‘celebrating’ the City’s great ceramic heritage for the contemporary marketplace. ”
Zoe Kidgell, BA (Hons) 3D Design: Ceramics, Flux
Neusa Basso Macleod The top table for 3D Neusa, of Brazilian nationality, came A Roaring Success to the UK in 2004. She studied on the Crafts student Foundation Art and Design course for Staffordshire’s here at Staffordshire University, before Neusa Basso Macleod, final year 3D progressing to the undergraduate 3D Eccentric Zoo Design: Ceramics student, has been Design: Ceramics programme. She Zoos across the West Midlands are the successful in a recent collaborative will continue her education with us, proud new keepers of Staffordshire ceramic design project with the starting her postgraduate MA Ceramic University’s Eccentric Zoo animals. prestigious Portugese tableware Design studies in September. Neusa The life-sized and three-dimensional company, Vista Alegre Atlantis. The was delighted to take part in the Vista rhino, crocodile, penguin, elephant company is seeking to take to market Alegre project, which also involved our and tiger were made entirely from Neusa’s porcelain tableware pattern, a Product Design, Surface Pattern and sticks, string, leaves, bark and other design theme based on textural lace MA students. She commented: materials. imagery. This has given her much needed funding, professional business support “Having my design work The special animals have been and networking opportunities that she acknowledged and accepted by such adopted and are on display to visitors has used most effectively to set up a prestigious company at this at West Midlands Safari Park, Dudley her own successful business, Versity, a point in my career as a ceramic Zoo, Twycross Zoo, and Hanley Park. luxury athletic clothing brand. designer, was a great honour”. Students on the Foundation Art and Design courses were given just eight Fran Hughes, a designer and music days to research their given animal and lover has developed and produced Zoe celebrates collect natural materials from Hanley a magazine guide to the Manchester Park, before transforming their ideas Stoke’s ceramic music scene, which is stocked in into 3D sculptures, all within their first independent music stores and retail heritage two weeks of their course. outlets throughout the North West. Final year 3D Design: Ceramics student, Zoe The largest of the animals, the Asian Kidgell, has designed one Artworks delivered to elephant, reaches an impressive of the best selling products height and length of 6ft, and the Nile for our own ceramic design the maternity unit crocodile lies in wait at a terrifying 15ft. bone china brand, FLUX. The Two Fine Art students, Isabel Lima and Tim Forrester, the Award Leader, pattern “Stoke’d” is based on old Nicola Hilditch, delivered engaging said: “Each team was challenged with ordnance survey maps of Stoke- and exciting permanent artworks as practical issues such as working in 3D, on-Trent, illustrating the six towns part of the ‘Rebirth’ project at the balancing analysis with expression, which make up “The Potteries”. New Maternity Unit University Hospital fixing the materials together securely North Staffordshire. Three more and innovatively, as well as problem The product was launched at the students, Anwyl Cooper-Willis, Celine solving.” Maison et Objet trade show in Paris Siani Djiakoua and Sam Gordon, recently, with orders taken from across worked alongside other professional George and Nikki, who made the continental Europe. artists and provided temporary rhino, commented on their problems: artworks for the launch of the New “It was also a lot harder than we Maternity Unit. Following the success thought it would be to collect the Entrepreneurial spirit of this project, the hospital has asked bark for the body, and it was very Final year students from the BA the Fine Art department to continue challenging to get the rhino to stand (Hons) Entrepreneurship have this innovative and engaging link for up on its own. We’ve never done enjoyed a range of internship students, providing the opportunity anything like it.” opportunities, which have, to produce more contemporary in many cases, led to offers of artworks for the New Children’s Unit at Many of the students said they’d be employment on graduation or University Hospital North Staffordshire. visiting their animals in their relocated creative commissions. One such homes. fortunate student is Sally Howden, who is now working as a junior designer at Mint Creative, a design and media agency based in Birmingham.
Other students have used this year to create and develop a product or establish their own company. Before starting her final degree year, Charlotte Walsh successfully applied for the EFS scheme (a scheme to help students realise the potential of a business proposal) to run alongside her studies.
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Almost every week a new success story is reported by one of our talented and innovative students, to read even more of their inspiring stories go to: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/art_and_design/news_and_events/
D&AD open doors More success for Graphic Design students come with accolades awarded by judges from four other highly prestigious and international design competitions. D&AD (Design and Art Direction) annually sponsor both professional and student-led advertising and design competitions.
To be successful and chosen to appear in their annual “book”, or to be nominated for an award, can create a wealth of opportunities and open doors into the professional industry for the chosen few! This year, we are once again proud to say that two of our final year students have been successful. Ben Brand is to be featured “in- book” with his Aviva direct mail brief Jessica Sidaway, BA (Hons) Graphic Design (second left) and Rich Kingham is delighted to be awarded a nomination for potentially a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award, at the Ben Anslow, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Flatlands Shiny and very happy Roses grow on you… awards ceremony held in London later this year for his Arjo Wiggans viral 2010 was a ‘shining’ success for final The Hive, Manchester, played host campaign. year Graphic Design student Jessica to the 2011 Roses Student Creativity Royal Mail stamp of Sidaway, who won the Shine Awards, a Awards, which this year proved once design competition by global branding again very successful for our Graphic Flatland for Ben success company, Coley Porter Bell. Design students. The International Society of Graphic Design student, Charlotte Lench is only one of three successful Like hundreds of other entrants across These valuable awards offer a fantastic Typography Design sets one of the most rigorous competition briefs our students to be short listed from a the country, Jessica submitted a design opportunity for students to show off submission of over 125 entries for as a second year student. Her entry their creative talents and develop skills, graphic design students enter. The specifications for the brief require the RSA Royal Mail stamp design was successful and she was invited to by submitting work for briefs set by the competition. Charlotte produced continue further in the competition, cream of the advertising and design the submission of all development work, type specifications and written some stunning designs for the theme presenting a portfolio of her work at an industry. of Celebrating British Fashion. Judges interview with ten other finalists. She personal statements as well as a final piece crafted to the highest congratulated Charlotte on her was also required to design a poster This year, twelve professional agencies refreshing interpretation of the brief, to promote the 2011 Shine Awards. set briefs for students to explore. professional standard. Final year student Ben Anslow’s creative when she attended an interview with Jessica attended an awards ceremony The work submitted is judged by the judging panel ... so impressed in London in September, where it was creative directors from each agency, interpretation of the book Flatlands by Edwin Abbott, clearly matched she was awarded top prize: two announced that she was the overall work placements are offered to the placements with London design winner. On learning of her success, winner of each brief, with three of the the standard required by the rigorous making criteria to win one of these agencies, a cash prize of £1,500 and Jess said: twelve placement winners going on to Fellowship of the RSA (Royal Society compete for a Gold, Silver and Bronze prestigious awards given by the ISTD. Ben will attend an awards ceremony for the encouragement of Arts, “I just couldn’t believe it. On the train award at the Roses Advertising Awards Manufactures and Commerce). on the way down, my mum and I were in May 2011. later this year at the Design Museum, complaining about the cost of the train London to receive his prize. tickets, but everything proved worth Gemma Brownhill, final yearG raphic Gary p-p-p- picks the effort I put into the competition.” Design student, won the ‘Supermarket up a Penguin Sweep’ category. Students were Jessica won prize money of £3000, asked to redesign a piece of existing The Penguin Design Awards, required and a three-month work placement at packaging that they felt lacked students to design a book jacket Coley Porter Bell. She said, “I am really presence in our supermarkets today. for Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One looking forward to the placement in Melanie Milne and Laura Mellor, Hundred Years of Solitude. This year the summer, it will be my platform into second year Graphic Design students there were a record 1,196 entries to the the design industry.” It is an enviable were close runners-up. Callum Rudd, competition. Graphic design student opportunity: last year’s winner Jia Ying final year Graphic Design student Gary Devereede was one of the twelve Gnoh (also from our Graphic Design achieved runner-up status in the talented runners up from around course) so impressed the company ‘Tattoo’ brief. the world. He will attend the awards that he was invited to stay on for ceremony at Penguin Publishing in another three months at the end of Gemma was also selected to go on to London later this year, where he is in his placement and has now been compete for the Gold, Silver or Bronze the running to receive a prize of six employed permanently! trophy at the awards ceremony held weeks work placement at Penguin, and at Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Manchester in a cash prize of £1,000. May. Gemma was thrilled to receive the top prize Gold award for her packaging design.
Rich Kingham (left), BA (Hons) Graphic Design Gemma Brownhill (right), BA (Hons) Graphic Design
10 - 18 June i 2011 Charlotte Lench, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, RSA Royal Mail Stamp’s
Emerge 2011 The annual BKSTS (The British It’s a phenomenal fact that really does Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society) final year film screenings and distinguish us from other film awards in that we presentation awards, were held at the make our own films and crew for each other. In Stoke Film Theatre earlier this year. The hour long screening of student films “total, our final year students made 600 minutes was attended by over one hundred people, and included student peers, worth of films. That’s like making 7 feature crews, cast, family and friends. The films over a year! Most feature film production screening included nine short, fictional films that were directed and produced companies don’t handle that amount of by the final year graduates. production, let alone a University course.
Exposure for Media Maria Cortese 2011 Media (Film) Production graduate 2011 Production Media (Film) Production students were once again successful in both national and international film festivals this year, with six films selected and screened at ” the Exposures UK student film festival, Manchester. Adam Georgiou’s film, When the Flags Fly, won Best Film at the Northern Design Competition, whilst there were other successes for final year students, winning Best Thriller, at the Limelight festival Birmingham, Best Editing, at the No Limits Festival London and two finalists in the Royal Television Society regional finals in Birmingham. Graduate films were also screened at Belgium media 10-10, Clermont Short Film Festival, France, BBC Film Network, Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, Onedotzero, Queer as Film and Short Cuts BFI, London and the Lancaster Children’s Film Festival. David Wheeler (lecturer) with Media Film Production students In Short, 100 Films Over 100 short films have been produced and directed by this year’s media and film production class of It’s always a pleasure to host the final year films, 2011. Final year students produce three 5-10 minute films over the as the creative potential of these graduates is academic year, many of which enter film festivals and competitions. The clear for all to see, and it’s great to get such films this year have ranged from a large audience to support the event. As drama to documentary, promotional “ and commercial to personal and part of our Industry accreditation with BKSTS experimental. the media/film production awards hold four screening events over the academic year and it’s a great achievement for the students who have their films shown.
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Lizzie Bennett NOVUS 11 for the opening night, they’ve been New Designer for interviewed on the radio, and have Earlier this year, the NOVUS 11 developed all of the promotional Tigerprint photography show put on by second material themselves. I’m genuinely Tom Phillips, graduate of Surface Pattern year BA(Hons) Photography students, proud of them as they’ve really taken Design, was awarded the 2010 Tigerprint attracted record crowds, including ownership of the whole event and Award at the New Designers exhibition family and friends, as well as industry made it a complete success”. London. professionals. Once again, the work on show demonstrated an extremely high The judges were impressed by ‘the standard of both critical and creative Michelin don’t tyre fantastic drawing skills, composition, thinking, with a large amount of of Product Design scale and typography, coupled with personal flair, and honest talent thrown enthusiasm and genuine sincere in. Photography tutor, Rick Barks said: students humanity.’ For the third year running, Product “The standard is always high here at Design students worked with Michelin As part of his prize, Tom was awarded Staffordshire University, but this year Lifestyles, based in Stoke-on-Trent. a one-month work placement, in the the students have really pushed the they are responsible for licensing the Tigerprint Yorkshire Studio, with travel boundaries as far as they can go. In Michelin brand worldwide. costs and accommodation included, plus addition to the excellent photographic a further £1000 cash prize. Tom decided work, the students have raised money Our first year Product and Transport that the prize money would go towards students were tasked with producing buying software for his Apple Mac. concepts for an electric folding bike. ‘I would like to thank my course tutor, In April, Michelin reviewed the final Sarah Peart and am very excited to be concepts, providing a wealth of working with Tigerprint and thank them positive feedback to all the students for this opportunity.’ involved, as well as choosing three of the outstanding designs to win a Tom now works for Emma Bridgewater welcome cash prize. Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent. Vista Allegre
A talented group of Product Design students proposed innovative ideas to Vista Allegre, a Portugese ceramics company. Although not used to designing with this sort of material or for this manufacturing process, a number of the students’ successful designs have been selected by the Design Manager as being worthy of developing and hopefully taken through to manufacture, for commercial distribution. Students present to Vista Allegre
10 - 18 June i 2011 Tom Phillips Inspirational students! Hi-spec VFX That’s Asda for Natasha market trend research, comparing and searching other rival companies. I Surface Pattern Design students The VFX course is lucky to have been Natasha Rock took the fantastic also gained experience by designing have seen their work go on sale with provided with ultra-high specification opportunity to secure a work children’s wear using computer a major creative paper company. Final computer systems to run Crytek’s Cry placement for George at Asda, as software, sorting out the colour fabric year students completed a two-week Engine 3 (game engine) this year. assistant children’s wear designer samples, produced mood boards and project brief in September 2010 with These systems have been pivotal to the during the summer of 2010. This watched the catwalk showcasing their Inspire Me Papers. The results include completion of many final year projects work placement was an invaluable new George collection. I also listened paper heart lanterns, designed by this year, being between four and ten experience for this Surface Pattern to the other designers’ helpful advice Claire Mayes, now available to buy on times faster than standard computers. Design student. about the future, their experiences the company’s website. about being students at university and VFX students have enjoyed 6 months Natasha wrote of her experience: how they were successful in obtaining Award Leader Sarah Peart said: of free access to Digital Tutors this employment with George at Asda. One “There’s nothing more rewarding year. Digital Tutors are the leading “I am profoundly deaf but I was made of the most exciting parts of being a than seeing a group of students so provider of high end training media, to feel no different than my hearing children’s wear designer, was that you very proud of their work, and who offering thousands of high quality, colleagues. This work experience gave are paid to go travelling the world, to responded to the project with such a streamed training media. Their library me a vision of what it is like to work in places such as Los Angeles, Paris, New positive and professional attitude. Very includes over 4500 training videos on the design industry. The employees at York, Tokyo, St Tropez and of course, rarely during my time at Staffordshire Maya alone. George at Asda are extremely friendly London, for shopping reports and to University has a student group and make me feel welcome. gather inspirational ideas. What an produced such an exemplary body of exciting opportunity to be a children’s work.” During my work placement, I assisted wear designer for George at Asda.” a group of girls wear designers with The project was part of the company’s ‘Supporting and Inspiring Innovation within Education’ initiative and students were set briefs to design and create their own products. I can say I am delighted that I did work experience at George at Asda, as it has given me lots of confidence about myself and made me feel excited about my future after I graduate “ from Staffordshire University. ”
Natasha Rock
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Invitations to creative professionals and practitioners are always welcome in the Faculty of Arts, Media and Design. They inspire, they encourage, they offer our students a different perspective and an insight into industry or a specialist creative practice. Their enthusiasm and knowledge opens up a world of opportunities and potential that may not have been previously considered by students. All of our courses run an exciting programme of visiting specialist speakers as well as many important “live briefs”.
FLUX designers with Professor Dave Sanderson Industry insights 48 hours This year saw a steady stream of visits Gareth Goodall, Head of Planning at by industry professionals, addressing Fallon, London, also offered third year final year students. ABM graduates students a “live” new business brief for (2009) Adam Lowe and Dan Needham, Red Stripe lager. The students worked creative team at Crayon, London, on the brief in teams over 48 hours and and Shib Hussain, planner at Crayon, then pitched to James Hickman and London, kicked off proceedings back Joe Hedinger, Planners at Fallon, who in October. They talked about their came to our studios and spent the best journey as students to award winning part of a day reviewing the students’ industry professionals. Their insights work. helped students to consider their career directions upon graduation. Live briefs The answer is Yes! The ABM course relies on live briefs, to add client-facing experience to Amanda McDonald, Client Services our students’ portfolio. Students Director at Yes Agency, also worked sometimes source live clients, although with final year students, helping them mostly they find us. This year our improve their résumé writing and students have worked on a range of interview skills. live briefs from private companies in Sarah Coleman the region. The first of these was David Patrick, Managing Director at a brief for Flux, a new cutting Yes Agency, tasked a small group of edge ceramics design students with generating ideas to be company. The brief was used in a new business pitch for the to build the brand Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College from scratch, from advertising and marketing account. naming to launch. Two teams, comprising ABM and
I was struck by the number of enthusiastic and bright students I met. As a former student of the University it was great to “ see how the course that I’d studied had developed since the mid 1990s when I was there. From what I’ve seen, I can only assume that this current momentum will lead to greater things in the future.
Alex Frost, Sculptor, Glasgow
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As a visiting artist, it was a pleasure for me to get the opportunity to speak to and see the work of “ Graphics students, worked together the Fine Art students at Visiting artists series to develop the initial concept. ABM Staffordshire University. Students, Jonny Chandler and Kate Like many subjects within the Faculty, I was struck by how Waller, led the Flux team in creating Fine Art continue to have an extensive brand guidelines and launch strategy. programme of visiting artists and engaged, thoughtful and This has rolled out globally and Flux is speakers. This year such notable making headlines across the design, visitors included: inventive they were and crafts and interiors sectors. Harminder Singh Judge, Geraint Evans, I wish them all the best Emily Speed, Michelle McKeown, way to manage our new equipment. Students also teamed up and Robert Luzar, Ellie Harrison. His knowledge and skill were much with their future careers. competed for a live brief set by the admired. Staffordshire University Crafts Award, Expert knowledge Gayle Chong Kwan who required a brand identity for Industry visit a group exhibition. Lauren Penny The Graphic Design and Illustration designed the winning idea. courses played host to visiting “week”…a big success speakers with a wealth of knowledge and diversity of experience. The annual industry visit week was Animated collaboration Lionel Hatch, co founder of the another big success for the media class of 2011. In all, ten guest-speakers from Barry Purves, the internationally internationally known design studio, ” the film and media industry visited the renowned animator nominated for The Chase, Manchester, was good Faculty in March. Gemma Hodgson an Oscar in 1993, a BAFTA in 1996, enough to set a number of exciting Barry Purves from BBC London, an alumni graduate well known for his animated TV series and stimulating live briefs for final year from the media production course of Wind in the Willows, Chorlton and students. Lionel and designer Harry 2006 said: the Wheelies and Rupert Bear, has Heptonstall, also from The Chase (and “It was a pleasure to come back and been working with a large group of graduate from Staffordshire University be on the panel. There was some Animation students on an 18 minute 2008) spent two intensive days working informative and lively debate and I just production of, “A Young Persons with students, offering advice and hope I was able to give the graduates Guide to the Orchestra” by Benjamin guidance on how to best resolve their some encouragement for their Britten. The animation incorporates design work, the results of this brief futures”. all methods of animation production, can be seen in this years Graphics and from initial concepts through to final Illustration exhibition. The guest industry speakers line up production in a visually experimental included; Ali McMath and Shelley interpretation to the musical score. Grant Mitchell, creative director from Oates, Assistant Editors Lime Pictures Transmission Creative, Manchester, a (Hollyoaks); Gemma Hodgson, ACP regular and most welcome visitor to Multi Platform Producer Director Aardman visits the Graphic Design course, provided BBC London, Strictly Come Dancing, David Sproxton, Executive Chairman solid advice for graduating students. Eurovision etc BBC Entertainment; of Aardman Animations, visited the He not only talks a good talk, but Stephen Wiseman Runner / Assistant University in October as part of the provides work placements for many of Editor Freelance Motion Graphics Animation Masterclass Programme. our students. Editor; Natasha Carlish, Feature Over 100 students attended the Film Producer (SoulBoy); Mark event at which he provided an Inky Mole Devereux, Blank Media Creative insight into the production Arts Organisation; Ian Watson, process and creation of Sarah Coleman, or Inky Mole, as she is Freelance Editor / Ex Manager Andrew artwork for the making better known as the industry, stunned Sumners (The Royle Family); Lee of the “Curse of the us with her amazing illustration and Kemp, MD /Film Director Full Range Wererabbit”. typography work. She left the students Media (Corporate), Dan Crooks AV in no doubt that success in the Manager Universal AV, Corporate illustration industry is 1% inspiration Video Presentations and Ash Parker, and 99% perspiration. Freelancer Experienced Runner/Self Shooter/Film maker. Letterpress today Graham Moss is a skilled craftsman and expert in his field of letterpress printing. Having established a small letterpress and experimental print It was a great opportunity workshop for the graphics and illustration students, to listen to advice from Graham kindly visited us professionals, but also to do to advise students and some industry networking staff on the correct and“ chat with them in an informal situation. Some of the advice was encouraging and motivational, whilst others were more pragmatic and explained just how tough it’s going to be to form a successful career; but the overall message was ‘it’s really up to yourself, as anything is possible if you believe in yourself.
Sophie Whitehouse (Media Film Production graduate 2011).”
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So far, six Staffordshire University graduates have been offered “placements and full- time posts as assistant floor managers at QVC. Obviously being an ex- graduate myself, I know how professional the production courses here are, which is why we set up the partnership in the first place. It’s a great opportunity for them to go from finishing University into the workplace. QVC partnership Jaguar, VW, Audi, Tim Potts has given invaluable support to students in the field of clay QVC UK, the 24/7 Live TV channel, has Bentley modelling, model making and design. Vanessa Ridley (Senior Floor established an internship partnership Tim is a freelance designer/sculptor, Product and transport design students with the Media and Film Production who has worked as a clay modeller at Manager QVC and are lucky to have some great visiting courses. Alumni graduate Vanessa Bentley, as well as producing work for ex-graduate) professionals from industry who really Ridley, now Senior Floor Manager at the ceramics industry. enhance their experience. Andy QVC and her assistant interview final Plumb, who is currently a designer at year students to offer eight 6-week Jaguar in Coventry, brings a wealth of placements at the QVC studios in Professional experience from the car industry. Andy London, which may then lead on to full has worked for VW/Audi in California presentation skills time, permanent employment. and Germany as well as Bentley more Product Design alumni Marc Shelkin locally. Andy comments that: works as a design recruitment Photo-Voices consultant in London. About three “Every student is given close attention The Photography Visiting Speaker years ago we asked Mark to visit us and by tutors, using excellent facilities, and Programme again provided students interview students for a fictional job gaining experience in line with design ” with a richly diverse range of opportunity within a design company industry standards, with projects practitioners. Acclaimed writer and as part of our Design Futures module. mirroring the processes used in the photographer, David Bate spoke about This gives students an excellent insight, vehicle design industry.” the changed nature of photography, whilst still at university, into how to whilst John Blakemore and Paul Hill present themselves professionally and George Bowen is a senior interior delivered a life times reflection and effectively to a company. designer at Bentley based locally in insight on their individual photographic Crewe. George has been instrumental vision. Roger Tooth, the Picture Editor in teaching many core visualisation of The Guardian talked of other skills to first year students on Product photographic skills than that of editing, and Transport, including marker and Nils Jorgensen, a contemporary rendering and Photoshop work. street photographer quietly explained his activity ‘in the stream of everyday life’.
10 - 18 June i 2011 George Bowen, designer from Bentley, with students Bentley tour Supporting and goodness! Are we glad that we didn’t - it would have been just Inspiring Innovation impossible to select a single winner! within Education We had hoped that there may be one or two really good results, never did we imagine that each and every Debbie Wigglesworth, Brand student would have performed to Manager at Inspire Me Papers: such a level that the entire studio was bursting with creative solutions, “Inspire Me Papers launched its beyond measure. Many of the ‘Supporting and Inspiring Innovation students’ work was so well designed within Education’ initiative in and executed that several designs September 2010, with the support and products could literally go of Sarah Peart, Course Leader straight to market. As well as the Staffordshire University BA(Hons) exceptional standard, quite possibly Surface Pattern Design. After an the single biggest rewarding inspirational tactile paper session factor that was so apparent was and introduction into the wonderful each student’s individual pride world of paper, students were set and excitement about their own an Inspire Me design brief, offering work, which was truly a fabulous creative freedom to explore various experience to encounter. It was possibilities working with patterns quite overwhelming in fact! It is inspired by the Inspire Me portfolio. very apparent that many of the students will ‘sail’ into industry and The students then went on to create become prolific designers making products using their own newly a significant contribution in the designed paper patterns. world of design. We await the final year degree show with great By setting an Inspire Me design brief excitement!” we had hoped to offer inspiration and creative freedom, to explore See examples of the students’ work creating patterns and products that at: could feature within the Inspire Me range. We invited Angela Nickeas, www.inspiremepapers.co.uk/blog/ freelance Inspire Me designer and inspire_me_design_student_proj/ former Staffordshire Surface Pattern graduate, to be part of the project, giving a presentation of her work experience to date and offering support to the students throughout the brief. We had deliberately not set a ‘competition’, and, my
Working with Staffordshire University’s final year Surface Pattern Design “ students led by Sarah Peart has been incredible.
Debbie Wigglesworth Brand Manger Inspire Me Papers
Paper heart lanterns designed by Claire Mayes, BA(Hons) Surface Pattern Design, as featured in Making Magazine and available to ” purchase as a kit from www.inspiremepapers.co.uk show 2011 i EXPERIENCE COUNTS show 2011 i OUT AND ABOUT
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Not only do our students have fabulous resources and facilities within the Faculty of Arts Media and Design but we have also developed great links and resources outside. Staff are very keen to nurture links with external organisations, be that professional, community or social.
Our students are encouraged to a brief set by Bandujo Advertising and a distinctively digital feel to it, with look beyond their own current Design agency. Students collaborated students briefed at Fallon advertising experience and explore all potential on a brief for the New York Health agency on a campaign for Carling. creative opportunities. The following Department advising on the dangers of stories provide a flavour of some binge drinking. Shawn Kelly, Creative Another group of students were of the exciting visits, field trips and Director at Bandujo is very supportive briefed at Crayon, advertising for a live experiences gained by our final year of the ABM course and was impressed client brief. The students worked on an students; visits and trips that will have again with the quality of the students’ awareness campaign for the BT Digital inspired, changed perceptions and responses to the brief. Music Awards. outlook and introduced students to a world beyond their formal studies. ABM students also worked with The evenings were busy too; meeting These visits offer the opportunity to Strawberry Frog in New York, where ABM alumni socially, who are all see how their creative work fits into an they were treated to insights into their now industry professionals, based at environment beyond University. current projects, advice, portfolio agencies as diverse as DDB London critiques and delicious pizza! and The Good Agency, young creatives involved with the YCC and other New York, London, The London agency visit is another agency folk. Animation students in Berlin pizza and praise for annual event that brings second and third year ABM students together. The final day and another one-day ABM students This year’s trip was the most intense brief at Dare, which was the creation The purpose of our field trips to New yet. The first day saw students visiting of a launch strategy for Sony Ericsson’s York and London are to work with Pentagram Design and Cartils, a Playstation phone. Hugh McAloon, agencies intensively on live briefs. Our branding and packaging themed start Jonny Chandler and Lauren Penny, annual New York trip saw students to the trip. The second day was very proud winners on the day, will receive from across all year groups working on much an intensive advertising day with coverage and exposure via the YCC network and the Dare blog.
Advertising and Brand Management students, Mike Stanford, Brad Snape, 10 - 18 June i 2011 Danielle Giannotti and Lauren Hughes working on a live brief at advertising agency, Fallon London Director of the Liverpool Biennial since Competitive by nature 2001, about the curatorial and practical emphasis of the Liverpool Biennial. Netball tournament This event is the largest and most The Media (Film Production) final year established Biennial in the UK, taking graduates lost out to a 2nd year team over the city in over 30 venues. in the annual netball competition held Students and staff also visited in March. Nottingham to see British Art Show 7, a large survey exhibition that takes place every 5 years, to represent a cross section of the most current and exciting contemporary art in the UK. Included in the visit was a substantive talk from Rob Blackson, the curator It’s a great social evening of public programmes at Nottingham Contemporary, one of the main venues of fun and a real laugh. for BAS 7. “We had teams from the Graphic designers Masters course, the staff Graphic Design and Illustration students in Berlin drawn to Berlin FMX 2011 Berlin played host to Staffordshire and all 3 levels of the University, when students from Graphic Forty five students from the Animation Design and Illustration enjoyed the and VFX course are participating in undergraduate awards. culture, history, art and hospitality that the annual School Campus at Europe’s only Berlin can offer! leading animation games and VFX I’m not sure of the rules conference. After a great walking tour of the city (in beautiful sunshine!) and getting of netball and I think we This event provides a showcase for to grips with the Brandenburg Gate, our students, to present their work Berlin Wall, University, Reichstag, kind of made our own and their films to a wealth of leading Jewish Memorial and Checkpoint professionals in the field of animation. Charlie, amongst others,...the students Because our animation course remains rules up, but it was an had the opportunity to check out Berlin the only one in the UK to have a café culture. presence at this international event, opportunity to tackle students benefit greatly from the A scenic train trip took the students to undivided attention of industry insiders Dessau, to visit The Bauhaus. A great some of the staff. and many strong links have been tour and insight into the architecture, forged in the past, and hopefully will designers and practitioners of the be in the future. famous and influential design school Nathan Hill (Media (Film) and very tasty lunch, the souvenir shop Production graduate 2011) Fine Art on tour was emptied of type posters and it was back to the hostel and an evening to A research trip to a New Art Gallery experience Berlin’s nightlife, including in Walsall was arranged, for Fine Art Jazz like you’ve never heard before. students, who were able to access the ” The opportunity to visit one of permanent collection. The students the best typographers, designers, also benefited from having access spokesperson, came on the last day to the curators and archivists for the in Berlin. Ten lucky students were whole day. This proved to be a rich able to visit Edenspiekermann and as and dynamic trip that engaged the luck would have it, Herr Spiekermann students in a really exciting way. was in residence! After a fantastic presentation and look round the Two visits to the Liverpool Biennial studios, the students left with type in took place this year, including a talk to their hearts! (and wisdom from Erik) the students by Paul Domela, Program
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One of the most often asked questions we receive within the Faculty is…what do students do when they graduate? Students graduating from the Faculty of Arts Media and Design have the most amazing opportunities to build a future career based on the firm foundation they will have gained from the rounded experience they have had at Staffordshire University. Every year we are amazed by the diversity of routes our graduating students choose to follow, here is just a “taster” of some of their stories, one year on…
Entrepreneurship opens many doors Graduates from the first year of the BA(Hons) Entrepreneurship have used the past year to make personal successes; Hasan Ahmed graduated from BA(Hons) Entrepreneurship in Moving Image, has since gained employment as a freelance cinematographer with Spiral Static Productions, and is working on a variety of both short films and corporate projects. He commented that:
“It (the course) taught me a lot about self promotion. Without it I don’t think I would have been able to search for jobs in my field of study. It also gave me the confidence to start working for Voldemorts nose! myself, which beforehand I didn’t think was an option”. Becki Wilson, Animation graduate now working for CINESITE can hardly Another alumni, Julie-Lou Weston, contain her excitement in the message has set up her own company, she sent to her course leader, Tony iArtizan, which specialises in various Smith: photographic areas and also party make overs with photo shoots. Julie “Great news! says:
I start work on Harry Potter on “the course helped me to develop Monday! I’m starting with just a week entrepreneurial skills and apply them in production (tracking and animating to my business. It was also a great Voldemort’s nose/mouth for speech!) confidence boost as I saw the positive which is like a test. Then there will be impact on both her personal and a meeting between head of 3D and professional development”. a few other people to see how I’ve got on and then work out whether or Sarah Nixon, who graduated from not I’m ready to be moved straight BA(Hons) Entrepreneurship in Graphics up. I may come back to running for a and Digital Design, went on to study little while after the test, until there’s a for her PGCE in primary education in proper position for me and to do extra Manchester, and has enjoyed a series training if I’m not quite there yet. But of successful work placements. YES, exciting news! Just thought I’d tell you :D
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Works from “In Limbo”, 2010 Fine Art graduate, Behjat Omer Abdulla’s final show are now part of a major exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, celebrating 50 years since the Festival of Britain. The exhibition features an avenue of portraits showcasing pictures of people who make up Britain in 2011.
Graduates accelerate Grace Hofton works at Hangar 7, a Darren was among the exhibitors New outfit for Lewis design agency in Macclesfield. with his ‘funky’ Gangster Table, a their careers Jess Sit is an art director at a Hong contemporary upholstered console After graduating frome Fine Art last Kong advertising agency where she table taking its inspiration from the year, Lewis Hughes-Evans is currently Last year’s ABM graduates fared very has overseen a number of briefs for ‘Chicago Mob’ and the underworld. working for Urban Outfitters as a well despite the recession. Leanne government clients. designer as well as instigating an Holloway and Kieran Ainsworth won innovative approach for the company the GRT Awards as a nice sign-off Candice Short is currently working Isabel advances her to use their spaces to show the work to their student years. Following at dms CREATiVE in Australia having of up and coming young artists, Lewis placements at study moved down under shortly after describes his job as: Wunderman and Big graduation. Isabel Lima is currently studying for an Communications, MA in Fine Art at Newcastle University “It is my job to work alongside the they were hired by Sophie Bastow-Dormon worked as a after exhibiting in the exhibition, Visual Merchandise manager to create McCann Erickson, copywriter at Made by Many, a small ‘Social Justice’, in Islington, London in and interesting and inviting space. where they worked digital start-up agency where she the summer of 2010. With direction from head office, I on campaigns was responsible for a British Airways design my own take on what they are for Vauxhall and sponsored online travel magazine. Isabel commented: looking for and create in a workshop SAAB. They moved She has since moved to AnalogFolk, in store, this could range from simply on after 9 months another digital start-up agency where “Doing the BA at Staffs University adding small boxes made for stock or to AIS, a digital she has the role of Social Media was the best thing I could have done. larger installations or shop fits. All of agency, making a Community Manager, overseeing social There I encountered the best staff the fixtures and fittings and displays lot of noise in the media communities for a number of and lecturers, not to mention the are designed and built in store by industry right now. clients. technicians. They were constantly there myself. In the next few months I am to support myself as an artist and a working on the openings of our new Esme Burford, Sonia Ahmed also works client-side for person. I miss them all dearly. It was at stores, building the interiors as a team worked with Unipart as marketing executive. Staffs University that I’ve learned the of ten these include stores opening Lauren Awcock on Chris Kidney interns at Yes Agency invaluable details on how to be the in Berlin, Paris, Hamburg and Brussels live briefs for the and Anthony Millest is involved in the best that one can be. Through hard so really looking forward to it. I have Staffordshire town marketing for a youth focused travel work, determination and support I just designed a chandelier for the of Leek and the and events company. could do any task I set myself. It was Brussels store so hopefully that will be Andalucia Brewing this invaluable support that gave me approved and then I get to work with Company. Both the courage to pursue my goals. the design team to build and install it.” projects went live It’s a stick up On the BA we were encouraged to and enabled them apply for exhibitions and activities Darren Kelly, graduate from 3D Crafts to secure jobs at outside the university realm, which in has exhibited in York at The New The One-Off agency turn were very useful as professional School House Gallery. The exhibition in Melbourne, experience. This experience together 53 Degrees North was open to all HE Derbyshire with the portfolio of works that I’ve institutions in the North of England. and Propeller carried out during my degree was the in Manchester basis of my success when responding respectively. Esme to open calls for exhibitions and has since moved to residencies.” Big Communications.
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Luke Brooks Picture this Just call me Fashion! Illustration graduate, Luke Brooks, has Having graduated from the Graphic developed a successful reputation Design course last year, Jia was as a practising illustrator with two fortunate enough to go straight into a professional agencies representing him paid placement at Coley Porter Bell, and a number of commissions under here he tells his story: his belt already, he reports: “I was so shocked when I won CPB’s “Here’s my story so far! Shine award last year - that when they I am represented by Private View asked me what I planned to spend the Illustration Agency, they have some three thousand pounds on, my brain really awesome artists on their books, went blanco. “Fashion” I blurted out and I have worked for various clients in foolishly. the last six months: Now I am half way through the three Anorak Magazine is a children’s month work placement that makes magazine, focussing heavily on up the other half of the prize, guess illustration. I produced a double page what they call me? Not Jia Ying, (my My point is that the Shine cash is not ‘spot the difference’ game for them, first name). Not even Doctor Gnoh (my just money for squandering as I first which was featured in their winter issue surname). No, I am known in the Coley imagined. Without it I would not have ‘Books’. Connect Group; a design Porter Bell creative department, simply been able to take it up the award. I agency based in Wolverhampton. I as “Fashion.” came from Malaysia two years ago on a created a Christmas card for Chiltern scholarship to study Graphic Design at Railways for these guys. I recently Ok I did spend a chunk of it on clothes. Staffordshire University and I just could illustrated three advertisements for I bought a couple of fabulous interview not have afforded life the big city, even Ricola Mints with Jung Von Matt, a jackets from TopShop which cost me though right now I am crashing on a German design agency. nearly a thousand pounds. And then I friend’s floor in Bethnal Green. spent two hundred pounds having my The Mammoth Collection, a Canadian portfolio professionally printed. And So far I can report that it has been based company selling prints of artists the rest -well it has gone on what it was fantastic. I am really enjoying my time works. They are selling two illustrations meant for -the costly business of living here. I’m getting to work on packaging of mine with a third coming later in the in and travelling in London. Really they for big big brand names. Sorry, I’d like year. They are really cool and gave me should call me “Oyster Card”. to tell you which, but then I’d have to a lot of publicity.
I am also currently working on a series of murals for a boutique/tattoo/vintage clothes shop in Leek, Staffordshire called The Passion Pit. It’s something very different from my usual style so its been very interesting adapting to a new style. It’s so much fun though and can’t wait to get it up on my blog! http://lukebrookesillustration.blogspot. com/
10 - 18 June i 2011 Jia with colleagues at CPB Book cover design by Jia
I’ve been designing and making greetings cards which are been sold in many art galleries and gift shops in Manchester, Cheshire, Worcester, Devon, “Essex and all around the country really!
Becky Lancaster kill you and then kill myself. But it’s I’m learning how to think fast and proper work with real commercial value maintain standards under pressure. I for global brand owners, like Unilever know that wherever I end up next I’ll be and Nestle. ready for it. But most of all I’ll value the friendships I’ve made here. I feel like I ” And the people are so friendly and have joined a family called CPB. With kind. As I recall the first round of their support I think I may even be Shine is sending in your best idea. learning to master my nerves.” The second round of the competition is showing your portfolio. I was so Since writing this we are pleased to say nervous that I prepared a script. that Jia has now been employed as a And then I was so nervous I couldn’t full time permanent employee at CPB. remember it. (Memo to self. Must do something about those nerves.) But Wendy and Tom who interviewed me Success on the cards were so nice. They just calmed me for Becky down and told me to approach it just like a chat with some friends. Becky graduated from the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course last year and I am represented by design agents Luckily, I was coherent enough to since graduating has found lots of ‘Gibson & Holt’ who are based in go through to the third round of the opportunities to produce commercially Nottingham, who find me clients in the competition which was to design a successful illustration work. giftware industry, I have been featured poster for next year’s competition. in ‘Professional Florist’ magazine and “I’ve been designing and making on the ‘Print and Pattern’ blog which So far I think my most important greetings cards which are been sold have both gained me a lot of interest. learning from my placement hasn’t in many art galleries and gift shops I am also with an independent card been about brands or London in Manchester, Cheshire, Worcester, publishing house called ‘Phoenix clothes shops. It has been about how Devon, Essex and all around the Trading’, who commissioned me to to operate in a professional work country really! design a card, which has now been environment. At Uni you get a brief published. and you are given three weeks to work I also have an online boutique called on it. Here you get a brief and you get ‘Lasso the moon’ Currently I’m working on a commission a day or two to solve it. http://www.facebook.com/l/ for 2 greetings cards for ‘Card Chest’ d82a4e11Ivp_yDdfMcJpm1Rk9ow/ and have started freelancing for ‘Mary www.lassothemoon.co.uk/Pages/ Jones Design’ in Stafford, who create Designers.html designs for home furnishings”.
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Below: Thornton Road, College Road campus, Stoke-on-Trent. Part of the improvements to the University campus environment
Just add Salt
Working here is demanding but I’m having a blast working as a Junior Designer, now I’ve having been here for more than 6 months…fingers crossed for a promotion!
Recipe for success
Andy Cooke graduated from BA (Hons) Graphic Design and named as a “Rising Star” earlier this year in a Design Week graduate special:
“From graduation I started at Erasmus Partners in the east–end of London. I started as a Junior but by Christmas David Salt: After graduating from Stephan Salt: After a number of got promoted to co-Head of Design. Staffordshire University in 2010, I placements I was fortunate enough Unfortunately the company have gone completed placements at Manchester to get a job with Nottingham based into administration in the last month, based ‘Reform’ and Leeds based company Chemistry Digital and but the clients still need the work ‘Elmwood’, before being offered the Chemistry Communications Group. doing, so I have been lucky enough position of Graphic Designer with the Stephan tells us about his job: to retain a freelance position with a University Quarter in September 2010; few of the clients. I have been heavily a £282 million transformation project “Chemistry is known for digital involved in producing designs and to create a state-of-the-art learning communication strategies; advertising, ideas for Relentless Energy Drink, quarter in Stoke-on-Trent. direct response, shopper marketing, SUSO*, Tetrapak, Plastique Magazine, sales promotion and branding, Nivea, Powerade and others, and still “My current role is to work with the websites, online advertising and am for a few of these clients. UniQ development team to create an marketing, emails and online videos. original stylistic approach to maps, and I am working on many projects with I’m now looking to either carry on as way finding system. This role involves clients such as; Orange, Tesco, Diageo freelance for the foreseeable future, team working with the 3D furniture (Baileys, Pimms and Zacapa), Experian, or start a new project as a small studio designer and working to develop a Kraft, SCA (Plenty, Cushelle, Bodyform, in in Manchester, whilst continuing to comprehensive way finding system Velvet), Yotel, Emirates...and many work with a range of clients and studios which integrates into a campus “suite” more. in London”. of external furniture. The overall aim is to improve the external Campus I am based in Nottingham but I have http://thisisandycooke.com/ environment.” been in the London office for a few months now, and its just simply great.
10 - 1816 June i 2011 Above: Andrew Lockley, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, and Peter Bebb accept the Oscar® for Achievement in Visual Effects for “Inception‚” during the live ABC Television Network broadcast of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 27, 2011. Credit: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Curriculum adviser to BAFTA award for VFX Graduate working VFX award wins both Gemma on blockbusters
BAFTA and OSCAR for Gemma Parr, (Townsend) graduate Peter Salter is now working for Moving ‘Inception’ film of the Media Production course from Picture Company (MPC), London. 2005 who currently works for Molinaire Peter’s credits as match mover now Peter Bebb, a former MA student of in LA as their digital intermediate include Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Arts, Media and Design, picks up both technician was awarded a personal film Potter and X-Men. awards during the start of 2011. Peter credit and a BAFTA for the companies is now advising VFX third year students special effects work on The Kings Peter graduated in 2009, with a First upon showreel content and careers Speech. Gemma is married to Gareth Class degree in VFX. Subsequently, he advice. Parr, who is also a graduate of the was selected as one of 12 individuals media production course from 2005 from around the UK to do a Skillset, and the couple now live in LA. Gemma fully funded VFX course at the has also worked on Killing Bono, Moon prestigious Escape Studios, London. and The Damned United, to name but a few.
It’s a great achievement for Gemma to get this accolade. She was always a hard working and conscientious student who grew in confidence on the degree and was always looking to learn “and improve as a filmmaker. It’s funny to think that not only did we help her to develop her skills in film production but we also helped in some small way to meet up with her husband Gareth whilst on the course. Filmmaking and matchmaking!
John Holden (Media (Film) Production course)
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MAde in Stoke on Trent Teams of students across Advertising Brand Management and Graphic FLUX is a new ceramic design brand Design were invited to present established within the Faculty proposals for the brand name, the this year. This enterprise project rationale underpinning the project demonstrates an entrepreneurial and all associated ‘corporate’ example of collaboration between graphic information – the company design awards and disciplines within logo and product backstamp for our design provision. Supported by example. the Higher Education Innovation Fund - it’s mission, to encourage the After the initial ‘pitch’ from the establishment of enterprising ideas, student teams, ABM students which seek to bring to business and Jonathan Chandler and Kate Waller commerce the creative outputs of were selected to develop the our students. brand and it’s identity, for their intelligent, informative and creative The brainchild of David Sanderson, interpretation of the project. Professor of Ceramic Design and Joshua George and Matt Hurst from award leader for our undergraduate Graphic Design were commissioned and postgraduate ceramic design to develop the company logo and awards, recognised a massive gap product backstamp. in the global marketplace currently not being addressed by Staffordshire ceramic brands and factories. The concept being to develop a collection ‘high value’ aspirational bone china products, using ‘classic’ in-glaze cobalt blue as the signature decorating colour and accented with burnished gold and platinum i.e. quintessentially traditional Staffordshire Bone China products of the industrial revolution…. But of course with design and decoration of contemporary but ‘classical’ styles, an eclectic and disparate collection of patterns, whilst at the same time able to be sympathetically mixed, related and interchanged.
The plan was always to launch Flux in Paris because it’s a major, flagship event.
Professor David Sanderson, “ Course Director in Staffordshire University’s Faculty of Arts, Media and Design ”
10 - 18 June i 2011 In November 2010 FLUX a new commercial business was born……
In November 2010 FLUX a new Ceramics company commercial business was born…… The design and decoration of the secures big orders on product could be created by our launch… undergraduate and postgraduate ceramic design students. Additionally UKTI : Government office for United Jim Williams a Senior Lecturer in Kingdom Trade & Industry (who Graphic Design and the originator of supported the Flux trade launch) ‘Type Matters’ an invaluable teaching handout to our design students offered Flux, which is based in the Stoke this concept to Flux. The ceramic Creative Village, College Road, within interpretation of his graphic work, the Faculty of Arts Media and Design included in the Flux launch collection at Staffordshire University gained at the prestigious trade show, Maison orders from a number of global et Objet, Paris in January this year clients and caught the attention of received global commercial acclaim. several trade magazines. Some of the We took over £30,000 in orders during firm’s products, which include cups the show, 4% of this revenue is paid and saucers, mugs, plates and other directly back to the designer – our tableware are set to feature in market students, in design royalties. leading titles; Monocle in the UK, Elle Subsequent press coverage celebrated Decoration in the UK, France, Italy, the creativity of our students. Germany and Spain and Veranda in New York.
The students, who studied ceramic design at Staffordshire University, are learning business and entrepreneurial skills on the job through their work with the company and have already picked up invaluable experience in selling directly to the commercial trade at the exhibition. COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
“We took an order for 13,000 Euros from a buyer in Hong Kong together with other substantial orders worldwide; Russia, “Philippines and Venezuela for example. “We’re adding substantial value to bone china items that are manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, by adding our designs – the intelligent and creative input of our students and selling them around the world. It’s great for Stoke-on-Trent and for the University. Now the company is established, the growth potential is great. We could be looking at £100,000 in orders this year.
Professor David Sanderson
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Unique media production
Unique Media Production started in September 2010 with a small amount of HEIF4 funding. Its aim ... to see if it would be possible to run a profitable commercial media production company from the University in partnership with professional media companies. A key element of the enterprise was to employ undergraduates, offering professional work experience and the opportunity to work alongside media professionals.
To date Unique has employed 18 students, performing a wide range of roles from creative director and camera operator to scriptwriters and editors. Unique has provided Media Production services to a wide range of organisations and businesses, both locally and nationally including Staffordshire County Council, Stoke City Council, RNIB, EU and the NHS. Unique is currently working on promotional videos for the new commercial property business, Movehut. An X Factor interview session was filmed and produced by the students, to find a new promotional face for the business. Unique is also undertaking the design and production of the Staffordshire Film School website this year.
“Students are encouraged take on all parts of the production” says Martin Seal, Unique’s Managing Director.
“One of the hardest parts of the media industry is getting professional experience. “Often students find them selves in a ‘chicken and egg’ situation they can’ get the job because they have no experience and they have no experience because they can’t get a job. What Unique provides is that experience to students who are supported by professional media production companies.”
John Rosie, Senior Lecturer for Media Production BA(Hons) at Staffordshire University, agrees:
“Employability is key to a graduate’s prospects. Our course is tremendously successful at building the foundation for new film and TV producers, the partnership with Unique and the professional production companies takes the students experience one step further. “
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In just under nine months Unique has If we don’t have the answer in-house already exceeded it financial forecasts, we’ll find an answer. We want to and plans for the future include provide clients with the right solution integrating the business directly with even if that only means helping to coursework on the degree course. point them in the right direction.”
“The company really is unique!” says With recent enquiries from Siemens Rosie. “We can combine the talent, Plc and Manchester Airport, Unique energy and enthusiasm of our students now aims to build on what has been an with the skills and experience of our exciting first year in business. production professionals.
It’s a really exciting project that means we are working alongside professionals dealing with “everything from meeting the clients, dealing with budgets and deadlines and putting the skills we learn on the course into professional practice. We are able to gain valuable real life work experience whilst studying for our degrees.
Lauren Hatchard (Advertising and Commercial Film Production graduate” 2011)
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BA HONS 3D DESIGN: CERAMICs Shameela Walker RYAN NEWBURY BA HONS PRODUCT DESIGN NEUSA BASSO MACLEOD Charlotte Walsh DORA NG ANTONIO CYPLES ANDREW BUSHNELL Charlotte Cook JENNIFER POPPITT GAVIN HARVEY Gail longinotti GARY RICHARDSON MARTIN HARWOOD BA HONS 3D DESIGN: Jade Thompson CALUM RUDD JOSHUA HODGKINSON CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY AND Andrea Holms JESSICA SIDAWAY WENDY LOCKHART FASHION ACCESSORIES EMILY WHEELER MICHAELA ELLISON BA HONS EXPERIMENTAL FILM SOPHIE WILLIAMS BA HONS STOP-MOTION KELLY STEADMAN PRODUCTION ANIMATION AND PUPPET-MAKING SHANNON JAMes BA HONS ILLUSTRATION RICHARD ACKLAND BA HONS 3D DESIGN: CRAFts EMMA MCGIRL FAY NEWMAN RICHARD CHEUNG TOBIAS COBRIN HOLLY MORRIS VICTORIA SHIELD JONATHAN COLENSO JAMES Downing ROBERTA SPAIN EMMA DOWNHAM ELIZABETH ELLIOTT BA HONS MEDIA PRODUCTION SAMUEL EDWARDS DARREN KELLY BA HONS FINE Art CHRISTOPHER BALDerson THOMAS GRAINGER ZOE KIDGELL EMMELIE ASTROM DANIEL BIDMEAD MAY JOWDH TERRI Lowe SARA AUSTIN MARK BONSOR ASHLEY LIGHTFOOT AIMEE NICHOLLs TRACY BARLow EDWARD BROWN ABIGAIL LLOYD BETH PAYNTER STACEY BOOTH CRAIG BRUCE DANIEL WAIT RACHEL BRADLEY STEVEN COOPER ALEXANDER BA HONS ADVERTISING AND BRAND LAUREN COOKSON MARIA CORTESE MANAGEMENT ROXANNE DE’ LACEY - SMITH MICHELLE DAWE BA BA HONS SURFACE PATTERN RICHARD BARNETT AMBERLE DICKSON KIRSTY DRING DESIGN SARAH BRADLEY AIMEE BRIERLEY STACEY GIBSON KATE EADES LAURA BURGER AARON BUrgess BEN HARDING GARY FOSTER SOPHIE CLEWS JONATHON CHANDLER KATHARINE HICKTON DAVID GAWNE ROSEMARY DE BEER MOHAMMED CHOWDHURY MICHAEL HORSNALL ADAM GEORGIOU AMY DRANSFIELD ASHLEIGH CLARK DANIELA IANNUCCI BRYN HAMPSON ANNA DREZOVA KATRINA DAVIES ROBERT JOHNSON PATRICK HANLEY SARA FARAHANI AJAY DHUNNA MARGIT KIVINIEMI NATHAN HILL CHLOE FOSTER LAUREN HUGHES JENNIFER MALBON ANDREW HOLLAND LISA HART EMMA KYLE SIOBHAN MCALEER HOLLY LAFFY LORNA HEAP WAQAS MATLOOB LESLEY MCTEAR MATTHEW LEE REBECCA HOGG HUGH MCALOON SHARON MELLOR CIARA MCDERMOTT SOPHIE JINKS REBECCA MOORE RACHEL MILES AWELE NWOSU-AKEH JULIA JOWETT LAUREN PENNY DEBORAH MILLS NATHAN PASCOE DAYNA KINNERSLEY CHARLOTTE ROBINSON ROWENA MYERS SAM PIGGOTT JOANNE KNIGHT HANNAH SELBY DANIEL O’NEILL MALIA PIMBLOTT REEMA LAD RAVDEEP SIDHU GAVIN O’SHEA SAMUEL RAINEY CHARLOTTE LOCKING BRAD SNAPE ROSEANNE OSMAN VICTORIA SMART CLAIRE MAYES SORAIA SOUSA GLYN owen CHARLOTTE SMITH MEGAN PARRY MICHAEL STANFORD MATTHEW POLLARD BEN SPENCER JOANNA PERCIVAL KATHRYN WALLER KATE rowe RICHARD STEPHENSON ANNALISE ROBINS TRACY WRIGHT LYNNE SHAW DANIEL TUNBRIDGE NATASHA ROCK HEATHER SILCOCK ABIGAIL WALKLETT HOLLIE SLATER BA HONS ADVERTISING AND CIARAN STATHAM SOPHIE WHITEHOUSE SARAH TANSER COMMERCIAL FILM PRODUCTION KRISTY STYLES BENJAMIN WILLIAMS SOPHIE TIMMS LAUREN HATCHARD SARAH SYKES RACHEL WOOD OLIVIA TURNER SABRINA LOGAN JOANNE THOMPSON CALLUM WOOLHOUSE KATIE WATSON QUYNH TRAN JAMES YOUNGER EMILY WAYT BA HONS ANIMAtion EMMA TURNER HOLLIE WEBSTER MICHAEL ALCOCK ERIN VENESS BA HONS MULTIMEDIA GRAPHICS RACHEL WEST KATHRYN BARKER JANE WILBER DEAN Jones SARAH WHEATLEY-JONES IAIN BATCHELDER DANE WORRALLO MICHELLE WHITE EMMA BULPITT BA HONS PHOTOGRAPHY SARAH CAISLEY BA HONS FINE ART: ANIMATION CLAIRE BASIUK BA HONS TEXTILE SURFACES GARY CARSE LEMAR WILLIAMs KATIE BEDDOW JESSICA CROOKs TSUI CHEUNG IAIN BOGUE LUCY HIGGINSON REBECCA CURRELL BA HONS FINE ART: PHOTOGRAPHY TOM CHANDLER ALIYSA LEE RICHARD EDWARDS LAILA FLOOD EMILY CHAPMAN CHRISTOPHER FORRESTER CRAIG COLBERT BA HONS TRANSPORT DESIGN JOHN FOX BA HONS GRAPHIC DESIGN STEPHANIE COPE KATY ARNOLD CHRISTOPHER HAZELDine BENJAMIN ANSLow MARIOLA CZECHOWSKA JOHN BRIDGE STUART HODGES JACK BECKETT CHRISTOPHER DAVIS JONATHAN STONE PATTHAMAWAN ITEEYAPorn LILY BLYTHE MICHAEL ELLIS SARAH LAWRENCE BEN BRAND LAUREN GORDON BA HONS VFX: VISUAL EFFECTS AND CHRISTOPHER LEONARD GEMMA BROWNHILL LUCY HARRIS CONCEPT DESIGN ANNABELLE MORLEY LINDSEY BUTLIN JESSICA HASTINGS PHILIP CHALKLEY DOMINIC MORRISON STEVEN CROSSLEY SOPHIE KERR FAYE CHAPMAN CHRISTOPHER MUNDAY GARY DEVREEDE SUSAN LAWTON STEVEN CUMMINGS MATTHEW OLLERHEAD LAUREN EDWARDS DANIEL MATTHEWS JAMES ECCLESTON DEVON STEWART JOHN ELLIS ALEXANDER MCLOUGHLIN DOMINIC FAZZANI MITCHELL TAYLOR CURTIS FREE EMMA MCNAir DAMIAN FINNEGAN DANIEL WARSCHUN JOSHUA GEORGE ALEX MOORE KIN-NAM FUNG DANIEL WATERMAn SAMANTHA HARRIS MELANIE MORLAND DAVID GOWER KIERRAN AMBROSE MICHAEL HERITAGE KAYLEIGH MURFET CHRISTOPHER GRANT MATTHEW HURST JENNIFER MURPHY DANIEL GRICE BA HONS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAMIAN JENKINS TEGAN ORROWE COLIN KASZYNSKI FOR THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL THOMAS JOHNSON JESSICA OXLEY IAIN PILLINGER INDUSTRIES VICTORIA KING JAMES PHILLIS PAUL RENDALL Jade Allen RICHARD KINGHAM NICHOLAS REYNOLDS BENJAMIN SHELLEY Francesca Hughes LUKE KIRKWOOD DELTA STINTON HALIL SONMEZ Sally Howden EMMA KNUDSEN DREW THOMPSON JAMIE TALBOT Amy Powell RAGHUNANDAN LADWA FELICITY WARD KEN WONG Sharon Rafferty CHARLOTTE LENCH MICHELLE WATERS JAMES WOOD Kim Robinson REBEKAH LITTLEY JAMES WILSON MATTHEW LUCAS CHERYL YEO JASON MURPHY HANNAH YOUNG
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Staffordshire University Faculty of Arts, Media and Design would like to 10 - 18 June i 2011 thank G F Smith, who kindly supplied the paper for this publication.