Watermark 2017

In collaboration with students from a number of Arts & Humanities courses, including Creative Writing, Photography and Wildlife Media, etc., our own 2nd year Grillustasi have been extra busy over the past week putting together this year's Watermark publication. The publication is designed as an accompaniment to the International Keswick Literature Festival "Words by the Water" which starts tomorrow!

Working under the editorial direction of Senior Lecturer in Media, Tony Randall (33), Graeme Guthrie, Victoria Smith, Elizabeth Sharples and Sian Whitfield (all 21 and all from Year 2 BA(Hons) Graphic Design) have been putting in the long nights, getting ready for the print run, scheduled for 8.15 am this morning at CN Print in Carlisle.

Illustrative elements were produced courtesy of 2nd year BA(Hons) Illustration student, Hazel Mason (21), who's efforts have brought another dimension to a publication that has, in the past, been dominated by photography and type.

The Student Editor was Rebecca Gibson from BA(Hons) Wildlife Media.

Well done to all involved!

C-Art at Tullie House

3rd year students Ben Walton, Jade Wall, Ieva Bureikaite, Mark Collins and Stephanie Stillwell (all 21) have been working on publicity for a Pecha Kucha event at Tullie House on the 7th February featuring seven C-Art artists - Mark Gibbs, Maggie Toner-Edgar, Christine Hurford, Caroline Dalton, Ian Wright, Stephanie Leighton and Sarah Tew (all 33)

Today was presentation day where the students presented their designs to Mark and Maggie. It was an informal and fun experience with the students benefiting from some immediate, encouraging feedback. Jade's design was chosen and is now moving into production.

Watch this space!

Graphic Design on the Go-go!

Year 3, Graphic Design student Steph Stilwell (21) was recently featured in Cumbria’s very own quality broadsheet newspaper, The Cumberland News (see photo below):

The article celebrated Steph (21) being judged the worthy winner of a ‘live brief’ to design an identity for a new, mobile Pad Thai, stir-fry business run by local entrepreneurs Alan and May Bell (both 33).

It is not clear yet if Steph (21) will be involved in Alan’s next venture into ‘cyber’ street food, something he calls ‘iPad Thai’ - far-eastern delicacies served on mobile devices.

Steph (21) has featured on the Blog before and is well overdue a fast-facts feature; a situation we will rectify with immediate effect:

Ms. Stephanie Stilwell (21) - A Fast Facts Feature

Fast Fact 1.
Steph (21) hails from England’s smallest county, Rutland (pop. 37,600) and is Rutland’s fouth most famous export after: No.1 - Rutland Water (sparkling or still), No. 2 - Rutland Weekend Television and No 3. The Rutles

Fast Fact 2.
Steph (21) came to study with us because she suffers from Topographobia - an allergy to the flat, wide-open landscape of her native county. She now finds inspiration, comfort and solace in the dramatic, mountainous vistas of Cumbria. Incidentally, since moving up to Cumbria, Steph (21) grown a good 18" taller simply because of the constant exposure to a proper three-dimensional environment.

Fast Fact 3.
Steph (21) has an ambition to become the world’s first, specialist designer of identities for van-based businesses. To date she has created fantastic work for the following:

Veals on Wheels (unethical gourmet burgers)
We Deliver Liver (butcher)  
Duck Tuck (Fowl based snack food)
Pitta Express (delicious Mediterranean flat breads)
Door to Door (Front Door delivery and installation service)
Hasty Pastry (Choux, Phyllo, Puff etc. - for all your emergency baking needs)
Pronto Pint (a vast range of quick beers) 
The PanVanMan - (kitchenware, cutlery and doily essentials)

Fast Fact 4.
In October 2013, Steph (21) will become Steph (22), but in July she'll officially be Steph (33)!

Fast Fact 5. 
Despite her foray into snack van territory, Steph (currently 21) is so posh she spurns Cup-a-Soup.

You can see more of her winning 'mobile' work below, but please note, Steph (21) is a woman of many talents and also has a wide range of 'stationary' designs on her website here.