BA Graphic Communication

 

 

Student work & links

 

Year one
Matthew Weeks

Matthew Weeks

Reflective Journal

View Matthew's journal

Jay Price

Big Picture project

Jay Price

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Object project

Object project

Revealing form and function of an object through drawing techniques

Alex Morris / Chris Yau / Jade Baker / Thom Hill / Jay Rice / Joe Smith / Harry Rees / Nadine Ballantyne / Kasia Huchrak / Pat Ward

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Andrew Niven

Andrew Niven

Branding

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Lauren Watkins

Lauren Watkins

Branding

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Rachel Felix

Rachel Felix

Branding

Images

Natalie Glasgow

Natalie Glasgow

Branding

Images

Nick Lewis

Nick Lewis

Narrative Project

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Richard Savage

Richard Savage

Narrative Project

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Sarah Ponsford

Sarah Ponsford

Narrative Project

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Mike Hellier

Mike Hellier

Narrative Project

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Peter Sturgeon

Peter Sturgeon

Narrative Project

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Emma Hancock

Emma Hancock

Narrative Project

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Katherine Allen

Katherine Allen

Narrative Project

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Ruth Lucas

Ruth Lucas

TV Ident

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Jack Butcher

Jack Butcher
Storyboard for a rural-themed TV channel ident
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Year two
Sustainable:me Project

Sustainable:me Project

Jonathan Sheahan, Chris Stringer, Natalie Glasgow, Matt Cornelius

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Research poster

Research poster

Jonathan Sheahan, Peter Sturgeon, Janine Taylor

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Sam Stefan

Sam Stefan

Portrait Project - Kylie Minogue

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Tom Duffy, Sarah Stephenson, Felicity Nash

Portrait Project

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Camille Nordin

Camille Nordin

YCN Competition - Visit Wales

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Danielle Parker

Danielle Parker

Portrait Project - Barbie

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Francis Daly

Francis Daly

Persuasion Project

Images

Andrew Penny

Andrew Penny

Portrait - Karl Marx

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Ffres competition

Finalists
Ffres '09 2nd year competition entries
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Sean Rees

Melissa Melling, Stew Mackellar, Vicki Moon; Lee Hillman, Joanne Hawker, Aisha Harris; Gareth Dunt, Francis Daly, Bobby Emmett
Information Design: research poster
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Francis Daly

Francis Daly

Portrait - Lincoln

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Sam Stefan

Sam Stefan

Persuasion Project

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Jack Butcher


Jack Butcher, Gareth Dunt, Darren Evans, Matthew Dagless, Francis Daly, Harriet Cooper, Sarah Stephenson
8 Greats posters and Programmes
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Stewart MacKellar

Stewart MacKellar

Persuasion project

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Year two
   
Real World 09

Real World

Students, working in groups alongside professional mentors, were asked to create branding for a youth centre called 'The Link'. View final presentation pdfs:

Kutchibok (6.5Mb) | Burning Red (2Mb) | Departures (9.7Mb) | Hoffi (3Mb) | Stills (1Mb)

Laura Scull

Laura Scull

'My Favourite Things'

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Matt Hilde

Matt Hilde

Student set Project

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Alex Scott

Alex Scott

The Big Idea - selected for inclusion in 'Exposé 09', part of the Cardiff Design Festival

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Tom Harle

Tom Harle

Student set project - selected for inclusion in 'Exposé 09', part of the Cardiff Design Festival

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Stuart Lee

Stuart Lee

Authority

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Chris Welsby

Chris Welsby

Student set project

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Gemma Roberts

Gemma Roberts

Student set project

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Louis Halton Davies

Louis Halton Davies

Student set project

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Ffres competition

Finalists
Ffres '09 competition 3rd year entries

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Chris Welsby

Chris Welsby

YCN National Portrait Gallery Competition

(This piece was commended by the YCN judging panel)

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Samantha Logsdon

Samantha Logsdon
The Big Idea project (1Mb)

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Jenny Phillips

Jenny Phillips
Real World project: Ice-cream branding

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Rachel Daniels

Rachel Daniels
Real World project: Events branding

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Chris Welsby

Chris Welsby
Investigation of a site: Cardiff alleyway

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Jo Williams

Jo Williams
Brand Identity

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Richard Ford

Richard Ford
Create an identity, promote and advertise an organization that glorifies anti-capitalist and anti-consumerist ideas

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Mike Day

Mike Day
Competition brief to encourage creative use of phone calls (2.7Mb)

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Jenny Phillips

Jenny Phillips
Investigation of a site: Bin
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Sarah Sommer

Sarah Sommer
Student set project - an overview of similarities between Christianity and Islam

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Ben Parker

Ben Parker
Investigation into a site
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Image 2 - animated sequence of images(660Kb)

   
Year two

3rd Year Degree show, Summer '08

Digital Arts magazine

3rd year work featured in Digital Arts magazine, July '07

 


 

Student profiles onYouTube:

Adam (year 2)

Emily (year 2)

Darren (year 1)

Alex (year 2)

Tom (year 1)

Alan (year 3)

Alix (year 3)

Jay (year 3)

Sarah (year 3)

 

More YouTube student videos here

 


 

Graduate links

Want to know what students get up to when they graduate from a Graphic Communication Degree at Cardiff School of Art & Design? Take a look at the links below (UWIC is not responsible for the content of external websites):

James Isaac

Adam Fisher

Design Tribe (Tom Tribe)

Huw David Design (Huw David & Graham Sanders)

Facebook for students 1996-1999

Jason Turner

Amy Patten

 

 

News

W-TWO-ONE-0

BA Graphic CommunicationWe 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

BA Graphic CommunicationThe 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

UWIC Christmas e-card

Jo Hawker and Ritchie EvansThis year's UWIC Christmas e-card has been designed by 3rd year Graphic Communication student Jo Hawker. Take a look at it here. Well done Jo!

 


posted 13th Dec 09

Reflective Journal

Matthew WeeksA 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

The inaugural AUCB & CSAD Undergraduate Symposium - November 27 2009

The event was carefully conceived to give all final year graphics students from CSAD and Bournemouth Arts University College a timely opportunity to share, and reflect upon some of their wide-ranging research and academic thought – so often confined to the bound, written submission enjoyed only by examiners.

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posted 1st Dec 09

Students work featured

MarmiteFour 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

Jo Hawker and Ritchie EvansThird 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

Fice Featured

New Blood 2009Andrew Fice, 2006 BAGC graduate and friend of the course, has been featured as a 'rising star' in this weeks Design Week magazine. Currently working for Parker Williams Design, Fice has worked on some big brands such as Waitrose and WKD. View a scan of the article here.

 

posted 23rd Oct 09

Computer Arts Feature

New Blood 2009Third year Jo Hawker has had her portfolio scrutinised by experts in October's Computer Arts magazine. Jo was praised for her ability to generate concepts then design and implement her ideas. Well done Jo! View a scan of the portfolio clinic on the W210 blog.

 

posted 22nd Oct 09

Student work in Design Festival

New Blood 2009Third year work by recent graduates Tom Harle and Alex Scott has been chosen for inclusion in this year's 'exposé' exhibition of graduate work, part of the Cardiff Design Festival. View the work in the 3rd year section of the 'Student work and links' webpage.

 

posted 18th Oct 09

SLuG becomes W210

New Blood 2009Salt has been poured on the SLuG blog, but it's been replaced by the W210 blog - still the same great taste and groaning with interesting links. Take a look here.

 

posted 15th Sept 09

New Blood 2009

New Blood 2009A few images from the New Blood 2009 Exhibition have been added to the SLuG blog.

View them here...

 

posted 14th July 09

YCN Commendation

YCN competitionChris Welsby has received a commendation for his entry into YCN National Portrait Gallery competition.

 

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posted 29th May 09

Insight

Insight 09Congratulations to Libby Morgan, Andrew Penny, Gareth Dunt and Francis Daly, winners of awards at this year's second year show.

 

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posted 26th May 09

 

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