Creating A Great Moment
Graphic Design and Illustration students from Design for Communication course here at the University entered the Design Museum’s annual ‘Design Factory’ Higher Education project for BA design students, spanning product, fashion/textiles, graphics/illustration and architecture/spatial design.
Break Out At The Rebel Zoo
Recently graduated MA student Anna Skopinska has turned her masters project into a real publication Grafik Rebel which was just launched in August in Warsaw. For the launch Anna, as part of her new studio, Rebel Zoo Studio put on an exhibition featuring Design For Communication’s Course Leader, Noel Douglas and typographer and designer Jonathan Barnbrook.
Luton Textile Archeology
The Artist Sew n Sew invites you to a private view of an exhibition ” Luton Textile Archaeology ” in The Hat Factory, Gateway Gallery, Bute St , Luton. An installation of textiles, soft sculpture, relational art and photography on the theme of haptic, memory and association, made of vintage and contemporary, obsolescent and discarded textiles.
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’ [...]
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 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. [...]
Kiosk in the Mall
First year spatial design students have recently finished their ‘Kiosk in the Mall’ project. The students were asked to research and map the users of The Mall in Luton, using the evidence gained, they then developed and designed a retail kiosk for a specific user group, set within a constrained space of 4x4x4 metres. This is [...]
Silviya Savova – Graphic Design Student
Silviya Savova is a second year Graphic Design student. This is what she says about herself and her work: Silviya Savova was born in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria in 1990. Finished Secondary High School of arts in master classes of Fine Arts and Graphic Design. At the moment she is living in England, near London [...]
Hannah Spirito – Fine Art Student
Hannah is a third year Fine Art Student, this is what she says about her work: My work is the documentation of a flux of paint and colour. I follow an experimental process, using many mediums to create beautifully colourful, vivid and abstract work. I am influenced by the natural world and its beauty, and [...]
High Town Art For All
High Town Art For All is a collective of artists who have gained access to two otherwise empty shops on High Town Road in Luton. The shops are animated with visual art, workshops and collaborative art projects. The shops (No. 37 & 40) are open most days between 3-7pm until January 2010. The project is [...]
Second Year Students Create Guerilla Gallery
A group of 2nd year fine art, art & design and illustration students took over shop unit in the Luton indoor market hall. 11th – 17th June 2010
Degree Show 2010
Welcome to ‘We Create Together’ the Art and Design Degree show, 2010 at the University of Bedfordshire, which also coincides with the launch of this website. With this showcase we celebrate the creative work of this year’s cohort of honours graduates. Encouraging the creative potential of our students is our prime aim over the three [...]
