Gareth Dunt shortlisted for Graduate of the Year Award

2010 BAGC Graduate Gareth Dunt has been shortlisted in the top 10 for the Media & Arts Graduate of the Year Award.

The Graduate 100 initiative recognises and celebrates Britain's outstanding Graduates. This year over 13,000 students have taken part, and as a shortlisted Graduate Gareth will be profiled in the 'Graduate 100' magazine.

Winners will be announced on the 15th September 2010 at a gala dinner in London's Grosvenor Square.

More details on the 'Graduate 100' website.

Many congratulations to Gareth on his nomination.

posted 1st Sept '10

iPhone app success for BAGC Graduate

2008 BAGC graduate Tom Harle, who works for Public Zone, is part of the team who designed and built the MyMP iPhone app. The app has now been distinguished as an Honoree at the 2010 Webby Awards. Congratulations to Tom and Public Zone on this very impressive achievement!

posted 5th July '10

Olwen wins ‘Inspire Wales’ Award

Senior Graphics Lecturer and Director of the Cardiff Design Festival, Olwen Moseley, won the 2010 'Inspire Wales' Award in the category of Arts Media and Creative Industries. The award is made for her outstanding contribution to the enhancement of Wales’ reputation through her work on Cardiff Design Festival. The awards are organised by the Institute for Welsh Affairs, in association with the Western Mail. Congratulations to Olwen from all at BAGC on her prestigious win!

posted 16th June '10

Rotterdam Centraal

Following a visit to Cardiff School of Art & Design by representatives from The Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam last summer, Ian Weir, BAGC Programme Director, visited the GLR in May to continue with discussions about cultural and educational exchanges between our two institutions. Our aim is to provide exciting opportunities for students and tutors from both institutions in the near future.

posted 16th June '10

Olwen is ‘Inspire Wales’ finalist

CSAD’s Director of Enterprise, Director of the Cardiff Design Festival, and BA Graphics Lecturer Olwen Moseley is a finalist for the 2010 ‘Inspire Wales‘ award in the category of Arts, Media and Creative Industries.

The award is to recognise ‘an outstanding contribution by an individual to the enhancement of Wales’s reputation in the arts, media or creative industries’.

Congratulations to Olwen from all on the course!

posted 26th May '10

Switch Show 2010 - images

A selection of images from the BAGC second year 'Switch' show are now available on the Graphics W210 Blog - click here to view.

Congratulations to Steffi Roberts who was awarded a work placement with UWIC's marketing team, and to Matt Cornelius, Ruth Lucas and Jon Sheahan who won placements with The Brand Union in London.

posted 17th May '10

BA (hons) Graphic Communication second year Show 2010

Friday 14th May - Wednesday 19th May

The second year show entitled ‘Switch’ opens this Friday 14th May at 4pm, continuing Saturday 15th may (10am – 4pm), Monday and Tuesday (10am – 6pm), finishing on Wednesday 19th May (10am – 1pm).

The event takes place in 'N' Block at the Llandaff Campus, UWIC, Western Avenue.

posted 11th May '10

BA (hons) Graphic Communication Degree Show 2010

Saturday 5th June - Friday 11th June

On Tuesday 8th June there will be a reception at Llandaff Campus starting at 5:30pm, followed by a guest speakers Andrew Shoben from Greyworld and James Graham from Thoughtful.

Full details on the CSAD News page.

posted 7th May '10

Communication Master's Programmes

Cardiff School of Art & Design offers two taught programmes at Master’s degree level:

Communication MDes - A route centred on the professional and applied aspects of creativity generated in the realm of contemporary communication.

Communication MA - A challenging academic route with opportunity for experimentation and stimulating cross—disciplinary collaboration.

Both can be studied full-time or part-time.

More information on the MA/MDes website.

posted 28th Apr '10

Teaching Fellowship Awards

Two tutors on the BA Graphic Communication programme have been awarded University of Wales Teaching Fellowships in recognition of the quality of their teaching. This is the first time that such an award has been made in Wales; Annie Grove-White and Ruth Dineen are the two recipients.

Congratulations to you both!

posted 22nd Apr '10

Gareth attends D&AD - pics online now

Third year Graphic Communicator Gareth Dunt has been attending the D&AD judging event in London as course rep.

Gaz has taken plenty of pics of the work being judged, and you can see them on his Flickr site here.

posted 21st Apr '10

Wendy Keay-Bright's Best Paper Award

A paper written by BA Graphic Communication Senior Lecturer Wendy Keay-Bright with Fakri Othman has been selected as one of the top papers at the ACHI 2010 conference, held in February this year.

The paper was titled 'Using Rotoscopy Technique to Assist the Teaching of Handwriting for Children with Dyspraxia'.

Visit the ACHI 2010 Awards web page here.

posted 7th Apr '10

W-TWO-ONE-0

We are delighted to launch the inaugural issue of W-TWO-ONE-O design magazine, written and produced by first-year students on the BA Graphic Communication programme at Cardiff School of Art & Design. It reflects both theoretical and practical understandings of the major cultural/visual movements of the last century – revealed through studio projects, articles about designers, and through the design of the magazine itself.

Take a look here.

posted 9th Mar '10

New work added

The second year 'sustainable:me' project has been added to the 'Student work & links' page.

For this project, students were asked to focus on the sustainability of their practice as Graphic Communicators.

View a selection of images here.

posted 2nd Mar '10

4-Designers

Our annual student trip to the 4 Designers Conference took place again this year, between 22nd-23rd Feb, and an enjoyable, inspiring time was had by all.

Among the speakers were Patrick Baglee and Lise Brian, and the designers of the SomeOne design agency.

posted 28th Feb '10

Reflective Journal

A piece of work by Matthew Weeks has been added to the student work and links page, documenting and reflecting on his first term as a Graphics student at CSAD.

posted 8th Dec 09

Students work featured

Four designers featured in a new book about Marmite are current students or recent graduates of the BA Graphic Communication programme. 'The Bumper Book of Marmite' published by Absolute Press features work by 2008 graduates Ben Clay and Rebecca Cooke, and current 3rd year students Richie Evans and Harriet Cooper. The book is designed by another BA Graphics graduate and friend of the course, Claire Siggery.

posted 17th Nov 09

Politics Show feature

Third year Graphics students Joanne Hawker and Ritchie Evans have designed a poster for a feature on BBC's The Politics Show being aired this coming Sunday (15th Nov) at 12.15pm. A film crew came and filmed Jo and Ritchie in the studio working on their design. Congratulations to you both.

View the BBC article here.

posted 13th Nov 09