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Frank Pick, Harry Beck and Edward Johnston are names to conjure with, their efforts held in high regard by Graphic Designers and Illustrators. Their work can be found in the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden which celebrates the technology of transport and all it’s design aspects: from architecture and corporate identity to promotions and […]
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It’s always interesting, on study visits, to meet up with students you’ve corresponded with online but haven’t met face-to-face, as well as meeting new students from other courses. Rarely however, do you also get to meet the artist whose exhibition you’ve come to see. Brian Grimwood held court at the Work Gallery in London […]
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I’m really excited we are going to see this master of illustration: Brian Grimwood. We are arranging a guided tour as well, and the location is good, well, good for those of us travelling from the North, as well as London dwellers, since the gallery, WORK, is walking distance from Kings Cross. After the Grimwood […]
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The next visual communications study visit looks at the work of graphic designer Tony Arefin (1962-2000) on Saturday 3 November. Arefin & Arefin: The graphic design of Tony Arefin (12 September – 4 November 2012) at The IKON gallery in Birmingham, charts his rise to prominence in the 1980s when Arefin worked with contemporary artists and […]
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Jon Rafman I have only recently comes across 9-Eyes, an ongoing internet based photographic project started in 2008 by Montreal based photographer/artist Jon Rafman. He searches Google Street Views, selects certain images, usually with a strong narrative content, takes a screen shot and then adds it to his site. The original images were taken by […]
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The Fine Art Society is a gallery situated in London’s fashionable Bond Street and it is here that Peter Blake, the Grandfather of British Pop Art, has put together a selection of paintings and prints that reflect his tastes and influences. Famous for his part in the design of the Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper Album, Blake […]
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Let’s start with a confession. I haven’t read Fifty Shades of Grey. Well, not from cover to cover. But I’ve read enough over people’s shoulders to know I want more, especially now I realise it’s not the sequel to Sebastian Faulks’ Second World War French Resistance novel Charlotte Gray. It will be all mine to […]
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Christian introduces the Visual Communications degree pathway, and explains the structure and content of the courses. Visual Communications Degree from Open College of the Arts on Vimeo.
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Bonne Année!. Here is my 2012 New Year Quiz! (I haven’t pulled any crackers this year, so you’ll have to indulge me…) Q: From the images included in this article, choose which is a) Art b) Vandalism Did you guess right?! Check out the answers below! A few years ago, there was a new manager […]
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