Iraq – The Next Step by Ben Hodson & Ian Rowlands
Staff member Ben Hodson and Luton based photographer Ian Rowlands have brought together an emotive exhibition at The Hat Factory throughout July 2011. This exhibition is part of an ongoing project in which they seek to challenge some of the stereo typical images we see coming out of Iraq. The artists present the nation’s history, with its savagery against humanity, but they also aim to look to the future with hope.
2000 images for the University of Bedfordshire open day.
If you are coming to the University of Bedfordshire open day tomorrow or if you are visiting any time soon, make sure you stop by and check out the thousands of images we have put up in the main entrance to the campus centre. The images show recent; events, work, staff, students, projects, exhibitions, trips and lots of the exciting stuff which goes on in the Art & Design department. If you are a current or recently graduated student come and see if you have made it on the wall!
Ben Hodson published in Digital Photographer
Staff member Ben Hodson has been published in Digital Photographer Issue #110. Ben was interviewed and profiled on some of his recent Iraqi work over the last year.
Chris Butcher selected as a winner of the IdeasTap & Barbican: Animate Brief!
BA (Hons) Animation 2009 alumnus Chris Butcher has been selected as one of six winners for the IdeasTap & Barbican Animate Brief for his graduation film “Rewind”. His animation is being screened as a short before Akira at the Barbican from 24 – 30 June 2011. The IdeasTap & Barbican Animate Brief is part of Watch Me [...]
Liva Cabule scoops 2nd Prize in the Puffin Design Award!
Final year Illustration student Liva Cabule has scooped the 2nd prize in the Penguin/Puffin Student Awards announced last night at an awards ceremony at Penguin’s head office in London. Every year Penguin books ask students to design a cover for a famous book of theirs, this year their childrens division asked students to rethink Roald [...]
Photos from the 2011 Art & Design degree show
Congratulations to all the students for a great degree show. There are a few images in this post, to view and download the rest of images from the 2011 degree show go here: http://gallery.me.com/ben.hodson#102062 Preparation: http://gallery.me.com/ben.hodson#102050 The Fashion Show: http://gallery.me.com/ben.hodson#102037
New Campus Centre welcomes Spatial Design
The University of Bedfordshire’s New Campus Centre in Luton, is home to the BA(Hons) Interior Design and BA(Hons) Interior Architecture Degree Show 2011 until 16th June 2011. The Final Major Projects on display are developments of the Interior/Architectural design project ‘Spatial Dichotomies‘. Students were asked to design for two contrasting user groups, accommodated within one [...]
2011 University of Bedfordshire Fashion show.
Tomorrow evening (6th June 2011) the 2011 Degree show will be showcasing the next generation of creatives. At 9:00pm at the UK Centre for Carnival Arts the Fashion Design students will be showing you their final collections. The event is free, but make sure you get there early to get yourself a seat. Refreshments are [...]
You are invited to the 2011 Degree Show
You are invited to the 2011 University of Bedfordshire Art and Design Show. Luton Campus, Park Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JU. Private View: Wednesday 8th June 6 till 10pm. Including the Fashion Show and Dance Display starting at 9PM in the adjacent UK Centre for Carnival Arts. The Art & Design students and staff [...]
Unusual Suspects by Photography & Video Art Students
Unusual suspects is an exhibition opening at the Hat Factory, created by five students who met on photography course at University of Bedfordshire. They have come together to bring you their own interpretations of the medium in variety of forms. Ksenija Kucerova’s works varies between drawings combined with found images, stop motion animation, and [...]
Spatial Design takes to the stage, again…
Year II Spatial Designers have just completed a collaborative project working alongside students from the Polhill Campus in Bedford. Following on from last year’s successful ‘Making Performance’ project, Year II Spatial Designers once again teamed up with Year II Contemporary Theatre Practice students/directors ) and Year I Theatre and Professional Practice students/actors. This ‘creative team’ [...]
Spring has Sprung!
Design for Communication course leader Noel Douglas has been published in ‘Springtime’ a book on student protests around the world. The book produced by Verso includes a large section on the UK student movements against increased tuition fees, Noel has illustrated these struggles in a 16-page section, some images of the spreads are below.
Pick Me Up
Illustration tutors, INK Illustration were recently invited to create a drawing workshop ‘With Draw’ as part of Pick Me Up 2011 at Somerset House, in London. The collective asked visitors to contribute their illustrations in response to INK’S drawings using their imagination, memory and observation to form a collaborative mural which took over the walls. [...]
Photomedia Salon 2011
Nigel Grimmer, Course Leader for Photography and Video Art, recently won the ‘Crash Open’ art competition at Charlie Dutton Gallery in Holborn, London. The competition was judged by art critic Matthew Collings. The prize for the competition is a solo show at the gallery. ‘Time’s Relentless Melt’ a solo show of new photography and sculpture [...]
Fashion Design Hits Paris Fashion Week
Students on the Fashion Design courses accredited by the University of Bedfordshire attended Paris Fashion Week to watch the fashion shows and explore the fashion industry close up.
3,000 prints created into a single photomontage.
Ben Hodson is a staff member for the Art & Design department at the University of Bedfordshire. Specifically for a current show in the UCMK Gallery, UK Ben has created a one off large (6.5m x 3.5m) photo-montage out of 3,000+ photos from the inside of one of the cells from Amna Suraka. Amna Suraka [...]
Spatial Design Paradigm
Spatial Design first year students are currently working on a the ‘Paradigm’ project, which explores the architectural philosophies, principles and contexts of a number of iconic houses from around the world. The houses include The Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier, Tugendhat House by Mies van der Rohe, Eames House by Charles and Ray Eames, Schminke [...]
Spatial Design – to Modernity and Beyond….
Spatial Design second years recently went on a field trip to London, visiting both The Royal Festival Hall and The National Theatre, this was organized to support the ‘Making Performance’ design project, which requires the students to design a ‘set’ for live performance. With specially organized tours round both buildings, the tours included back of [...]
Spatial Design Snapshot
Spatial Design Students across all three year groups are constantly producing amazing – creative – expressive – challenging – surprising – beautiful – inspiring pieces of work, here is a random selection of some of that work for you! This page is regularly updated, so do please come back for another look! Tutor: Dawn Hesketh-Joslin
Branding Environments
Third Year Spatial Design Students begin their academic year with a project aimed to get them ready for their Final Major Project. This ‘taster’ project is ‘Retail Branded Environments’. The students are given a real life site to visit, survey, analyse and draw-up. The resulting site drawings produced by the students, are then used as [...]
Ideas For Student Living
Spatial Design second years have recently completed a design project where they were asked to research, develop and design student accommodation. The design requires accommodation for two separate dwellings, to include a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, study space, entertaining space and storage. The accommodation had to fit within a constrained space of 4x4x4 metres, with access [...]
SPATIALmovie SPATIALmodel SPATIALvisual
Second Year Spatial Design Students have just completed a project where they are challenged to take a journey of exploration. The project firstly requires the students to work in groups, to view and form an analysis of the narrative and visual content of an ‘iconic movie’ such as ‘Delicattessen, Romeo + Juliet or The Third Man. [...]
A Retail Safari!
Year One Spatial Design students kicked off a project on retail design, by being taken on a ‘retail safari’ in Central London. Starting at Waterstones flagship Store in Piccadilly, with a tour by the store manager, the students were given an insight into the history of the building and its grade II listed interior, they [...]
Animation Graduate Job Successes
The BA (Hons) Animation course is proud to announce the successes of its 2010 graduates Natalie Henry and Susan Stone. Natalie Henry started work at Passion Pictures this year. The company is one of Europe’s leading independent animation production houses. Passion Pictures won this year’s Oscar Award of Best Animated Short for ‘The Lost Thing’, and makes [...]
