Mar 2015 Creative Spotlight Soviet Ghosts Insights and advice from Capturing decaying and 11 the crafts industry abandoned buildings on camera Aleksy Marcinów Jake Denham The ins and outs of being Visualising multimillion pound a tattoo artist yachts in Monaco CREATIVE UPDATE 02 Contents Welcome 03 Latest News 04 Below Still from ‘Thor: The Dark World’, Walt Jamie Seal 08 Disney Studios Motion The Power of Documentary Pictures 2013 Aleksy Marcinów 12 Making My Mark Welcome Ella Gregory 16 It’s a Bloggers Life UCA Alumni Team Graphic Design & Art Direction by UCA Miriam Abou-Shehada 20 to Issue 11 Angela Chadwick alumni She Was Only Behind the Scenes Head of Corporate shewasonly.co.uk Communications Emma Wakley 22 Welcome to Issue 11 of Creative Update! We never fail to be inspired Emily Cooper Printed by Asendia. Child’s Play by the diverse range of careers enjoyed by our graduates, following Alumni Relations their time with us. This issue has seen us interview a fine artist who is Thara Sukumaran Cover illustration by Hanna Marie Hutchison 24 thriving in the world of tattoo artistry, a yacht interiors specialist based Database Officer Margaux Carpentier Dressing the Stars in Monaco, through to a social entrepreneur helping facilitate creative Carys Waters enterprise in the Solomon Islands. Art colleges have a unique history of Press & PR Officer Robert Sae-Heng 28 not only equipping students with technical skills, but also helping shape Tim Pilgrim Sketches & Sombreros an individual creative vision that can be applied to any sector, in any part Press & PR Officer of the world. Margaux Carpentier 32 As increased university fees serve to discourage prospective [email protected] Wild Side students from following their passions and true interests at university, it is more important than ever for arts institutions like us to confidently www.ucreative.ac.uk Jake Denham 36 communicate the myriad of benefits that creative degrees bring to Monaco Dream individuals, businesses and society. The creative sector has seen unprecedented growth and the creative industries are now worth more Rebecca Litchfield 40 than £76.9 billion each year. But the economic value is only one tiny Soviet Ghosts aspect - how can we possibly quantify the enjoyment, stimulation and even happiness brought to us by filmmakers, Liz Reece 44 artists, journalists and designers? Stitch by Stitch With this in mind, we’ve recently updated our visual identity to better reflect our art school heritage. The logo you see in this magazine BFI Reunion 46 was created for us by Spin who, inspired by the studio-based learning across our campuses, used a graphical representation of stencils as the Obituaries 47 building block of the new identity. The stencils can be used to create a fixed version of the logo, but they can also be used in more playful ways. Creative Spotlight 48 As a creative university, we felt it important to extend the idea of visual Crafts identity far beyond the creation of a corporate logo. While it’s very early days, we’re incredibly excited about experimenting with the new identity and applying it creatively across different forms. We’d love to hear your views on either the updated look, or the content in this issue of Creative Update. If you have a story, or even just a suggestion of a topic you’d like to see covered, don’t hesitate to get in touch. The UCA Alumni Team [email protected] 04 News News 05 Apple name graduate’s UCA students work Godus in ‘Best of 2014’ Fashion graduate with London’s secures job at Riverside Studios Ted Baker Industry giant Apple has Master of Architecture and MA Urban announced ‘Godus’, a mobile Design students from UCA have ‘god game’ created by been working with Riverside Studios graduate Jack Attridge, as one in Hammersmith on its planned of their ‘Best of 2014.’ redevelopment, due to open in late 2017. ‘Godus’ stormed the Apple charts when it was With one group of students developing released on the iPhone and proposals for the new building and another iPad during the summer of group looking at ways that the arts and 2014, taking the top spot in 35 media centre can continue to engage countries. It has also recently the public whilst the studios are closed been released on Android, for redevelopment, the project focused achieving over a million Sophie Moore, who studied Fashion environment was fantastic. When they told on the role of the arts and culture within downloads during its first Atelier at Rochester, has secured a role the group that me and another had got the urban transformation processes and gave week of release. as Design Admin Assistant at Ted Baker placement, I couldn’t believe it - I was so the students the chance to work with “Considering how many just a few months after graduating. grateful and excited.” Riverside Studios as a real client. developers are making games Sophie interned with the womenswear “The project was treated as a live student Aaron. “In order to maintain that for mobile platforms it is Her Ted Baker journey began when she design team in June and then shortly project,” explained MArch student connection, we created an initiative called quite an honour!” said Jack, won a competition whilst completing her after, she was interviewed for the Design Catherine Griffiths. “We were able #RiversideMemories.” 25, who graduated from BA degree, giving her the chance to intern at Admin Assistant role. The next morning, to listen to the views of the different As a digital platform where members (Hons) Film Production at UCA TedQuarters, the Ted Baker headquarters Sophie received a call from TedQuarters stakeholders, and use them to drive our of the public can share their experiences Farnham in 2012. in London. to say that they wanted her to start right designs. We presented our projects to of Riverside Studios, #RiversideMemories “I’ve always had the Originating from UCA Fashion away. She now helps the design team with them upon completion and it was a unique works as a photographic archive and also highest admiration for Apple Atelier’s industry contacts at Ted Baker, computer-aided design (CAD) and works opportunity and an experience which I aims to develop a programme of events as one of the most innovative the competition was created exclusively with product coordinators and garment really enjoyed.” during various phases of the development. companies in the world so for UCA students and required them to technologists, whilst also carrying out Catherine was part of the group that The project attracted the attention of it is fantastic to have their design a capsule collection for the Ted factory communications. focused on the “time of hibernation” - the celebrities on twitter, including Keith support. Throughout the Baker customer. She said: “I never thought I’d be in this years that Riverside Studios will be closed Lemon, Jack Whitehall and Frankie Boyle. development of ‘Godus’ I “The collection I designed and situation and I feel so lucky to be working to the public. Her proposal was for the Aaron and Emilio also developed the Top Riverside Studios have had the pleasure of presented was based upon a royal within such a great company and with studios to collaborate with artists of Park hoarding project, which was designed to Steps by Vasileios meeting with them on various appointment, with consideration as to amazing people. It sounds a bit soppy but Royal to create a strong community and celebrate the last few days of the Riverside Mamaloukos occasions, yet they are very what a Ted’s girl might wear to meet the I really couldn’t have done it without the provide culture during the new studio Studios’ building before its demolition. secretive so it was a lovely Queen,” explained Sophie. support of my family and friends and the construction. The students are currently developing the Above Riverside Memories surprise to be considered a A selected group of students visited great staff on the Fashion Atelier course. Aaron Bright and Emilio Koutsoftides hoarding project further with Riverside by Aaron Bright & Emilio highlight in 2014.” TedQuarters to present their work to the They were always there when I needed also worked on creating ideas to engage Studios. Koutsoftides Jack now hopes his latest Head of Womenswear and the Senior them and work so incredibly hard to make the public during the redevelopment. upcoming game, ‘The Trail’, Womenswear Designer - who is now the course what it is. It is one of the best “The physical connection between For more information about the history and can repeat ‘Godus’ huge Sophie’s boss. decisions I made, to take a degree in Riverside Studios and the community the redevelopment of Riverside Studios, success when it’s released Sophie added: “Just the experience of Fashion Atelier.” is now dislocated,” explained MArch please visit: www.riversidestudios.co.uk over the coming months. going there and seeing the building and 06 News News 07 Uncovering Butlins’ Alumni enjoy exciting private adult parties Photographer Anna Fox, award season who has gone from Farnham student to Farnham professor over the course of an illustrious career, has released a new UCA research book exploring the world of Butlins’ private adult parties. Resort 2, which was Meanwhile, film graduate Hong excellence recently featured by The Khaou narrowly missed out on the gong Guardian, follows on for an Outstanding Debut By A British from 2013’s Resort 1 and Writer, Director or Producer, when his film recognised documents Butlins’ raucous ‘Lilting’ was pipped to the prize by David ‘after-hours’ parties in Anna’s Livingston’s ‘Pride’.