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The raw honest beauty of illustrator Claudine O’Sullivan

Posted on May 23, 2013 by lwhitehead

This stunning illustration by final year student Claudine O’Sullivan was judged the winner of the The Coffee Art Project 2013. Chosen from 85 entrants, her watercolour ink and pencil illustration on Khadi paper, will be auctioned to raise funds for Project Waterfall, a charity that work alongside coffee producers to provide water filtration in Tanzania and other coffee producing African countries.

Claudine, who is graduating from BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design, Illustration and Visual Media pathway, will be showing her final work at London College of Communication’s Summer Show Three from 21 – 28 June 2013.

A traditional illustrator specialising in portraiture, she works mainly in pencil, watercolour and ink and her vivid, abstract portraits are gaining her plenty of praise, with a solo exhibition under her belt in 2013 and an exciting collaboration planned next year.

Her documentation of her time working at an Orphanage in Jaipur, which made up part of a solo exhibition in March, impressed the Managing Director of Allegra, who funded the Coffee Art Project. And a similar trip to Tanzania to photograph and document the work done by Project Waterfall may also be on the cards for early next year.

Claudine has also collaborated on a campaign with domestic violence charity Southall Black Sisters that works with women who have suffered domestic abuse. And with such raw honesty a feature of her beautiful illustrations it’s no surprise charities are keen to have her help them highlight the human faces behind their causes.

Further reading http://claudineosullivan.com/

Like Claudine’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/claudineosullivanillustration

London College of Exhibitionists… LCC graduates reveal themselves for final time in June

Posted on May 21, 2013 by lwhitehead

Throughout June graduating London College of Communication (LCC) students reveal their work in three exhibitions around the central theme of London College of Exhibitionists.

[They] Whisper it quietly but LCC graduates are driving the creative industries, modestly defining the landscape of media and design through photography, design, graphics, film, TV, advertising, PR, journalism, publishing and printing.

Usually behind the scenes, the cameras and the campaigns, we don’t like to make a fuss. But this summer we’re inviting you to take a closer look at the next generation of LCC graduates. So that before you check the credits, before you wonder who took the photograph, created those graphics, told that story, you can note the names of these gifted young creatives – because you’re certain to be exposed to their talent in years to come.

Summer Show One reveals the finest LCC Photographers, Sound Artists and Filmmakers hoping to follow in the footsteps of the many award winners to have graduated from LCC School of Media.

Showing //BA (Hons) Photography // BA (Hons) Photojournalism // BA (Hons) Sound Arts and Design // BA (Hons) Film and Television // Access to HE Diploma (Design) // Access to HE Diploma (Media Communication) courses.

Private View // Monday 3 June 2013, 6-9pm
Open // Saturday 1 June – Wednesday 5 June 2013
Times // Monday – Wednesday 10am-5pm, Saturday 11am – 4pm (closed Sundays)
Screening // BA (Hons) Film & Television Graduation Screening at National Film Theatre, South Bank.
Monday 14 June, 2-5pm

Summer Show Two promises emotive and immersive concepts from Advertising Creatives and Spatial Designers alongside more tactile work of Book Arts and Graphic Product designers.

Showing // BA (Hons)/FdA Games Design // BA (Hons)/FdA Media Practice // BA (Hons)/FdA Production for Live Events and Television // BA (Hons)/FdA Interior Design // BA (Hons)/FdA Surface Design // BA (Hons) Graphic Product Innovation // FdA Graphic and Spatial Communication // BA (Hons) Creative Advertising Strategy // BA (Hons) Book Arts and Design.

Private View // Tuesday 11 June 2013, 6-9pm
Open // Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 June 2013, 10am-5pm

Summer Show Three introduces the new wave of graphic designers from LCC’s world renowned School of Design. In our finest traditions expect this lot to get in your face with the bold, the brash and the beautiful in typography, graphics and animation.

Showing // BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design // BA (Hons)/FdA Design for Graphic Communication // BA (Hons)/FdA Digital Media Design // BA (Hons)/FdA Animation

Private View // Thursday 20 June 2013, 6-9pm
Open // Friday 21 – Friday 28 June 2013
Times // Monday – Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 11am -4pm (closed Sundays)

For all the latest on the LCC Summer Shows please stay tuned to the LCC blog and Facebook page where we’ll be profiling students throughout June. Follow @LCC_London on Twitter and join the conversation #lccexhibitionists

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Learn coding and remix the web at LCC Tech Jam

Posted on May 14, 2013 by lwhitehead

Get people hooked on your own Facebook app. Photograph by Stanley Leung, LCC Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Graphic Design Pathway.

On Thursday 16 May London College of Communication welcomes the code crusaders from tech social enterprise Freeformers into The Digital Space for our first ever Tech Jam – a digital immersion workshop where you can learn about coding and have your own Facebook app registered by tea time.

If you’re a graduating student this a fantastic opportunity to add another big string to your creative bow as you take your next step in the creative industries. All you need are two core LCC traits – desire and curiosity – and by the end of the day you’ll be ready to remix the web and make new ideas come to life.

you’ll have your own website up and running in 15 minutes
an hour later you’ll have created a social video using YouTube and Facebook plugins.
halfway through the day you’ll be a registered Facebook app developer
by the end of the day you’ll have created your own Facebook app

So if you fancy learning some of the skills that made 19-year-old Nick D’Aloisio a multi-millionaire – he sold his app Summly to Yahoo for a modest $19 Million - sign up for Tech Jam on the Freeformers website right here and make your way to @DigitalSpaceLCC on Thursday.

Freeformers is a social enterprise which focuses on breaking down the barriers to technology and giving young people a way to get involved in the digital economy. They believe diversity is vital in creating a talent pool of people who help businesses innovate or become entrepreneurs themselves. They believe young people are important for businesses because they live and breathe the internet and social platforms.

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Never Seeing Nothing, LCC MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography Online

Posted on May 13, 2013 by lwhitehead

This week 13 graduates from London College of Communication’s MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course (part-time online mode) present their final work in a show entitled Never Seeing Nothing.

The exhibition is open from Monday 13 – Friday 17 May in the Nursery Gallery at LCC. A private view will be held on Wednesday 15 May, 6-9pm.

UTA BEYER // HEIMLICH

Uta Beyer’s photo essay Heimlich is a conceptual work based on a set of psychological, archaeological, and aesthetic approaches as a basis to explore and represent a group of 20 homes of impoverished old people living in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2012.

www.utabeyer.com

SAHIDE SANIN // Dalston Calling

These photographs attempt to capture a transition moment, a phase in the social and physical transformation of Dalson in the London Borough of Hackney, a part of London which shares many of the characteristics of cities experiencing similar change across Europe.

sahidesanin.wordpress.com

CHRISTINA VAZOU // Behind the Scene of the Greek Crisis, September 2009 –November 2012

www.christinavazou.com

MAX COLSON // HIDE AND SEEK: the Dubious Nature of Plant Life in High Security Spaces by Adam Walker-Smith

This series of photographs dramatically illuminate what the photographer sees as the ‘suspect’ plants of high security urban spaces (so-called for posing as ‘innocent’ decoration whilst actually being hidden parts of the security apparatus).

www.maxcolson.com

LARA CIARABELLINI // SOMNAMBULISM

Somnambulism investigates Yugoslav collective memory throughout the last three decades, from the death of Tito to the war and its aftermath. Through a metaphorical – photographic – sleepwalk through Bosnia-Herzegovina, the project explores the circumstances that build, destroy and rebuild a Nation.

www.laraciarabellini.com

LINKA ODOM // SPINNING COMPASS

Over the last thirteen years, Linka has travelled to more than twenty-seven countries, inspiring her current project; ‘Spinning Compass’ is a social anthropological photography project about travelers.

www.linkaaodom.com

http://www.neverseeingnothing.com/

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The international ingredients in Sweet Spoon Magazine

Posted on May 3, 2013 by lwhitehead

Students on London College of Communication’s MA Publishing course found they had the right ingredients from all over the world when they collaborated to create Sweet Spoon Magazine, a glossy lifestyle magazine for “those who have a passion for baking experimentation.”

The magazine, created by students from Italy, Norway, Ireland, USA and Brazil during the Spring term, features original recipes, sumptuous photography and a range of features on London’s eclectic baking scene, including an interview with Jamie Oliver discussing his earliest food memories.

So what goes into the making of a magazine? We asked some of the young publishers what ingredients they brought to the Sweet Spoon table and how they judged the overall flavour of studying at LCC.

Sweet Spoon project manager, Ingvild Maelum, had a part in every step of the production phase with responsibility for planning, progress management and meetings.

For her the best part of the experience “was being able to work with people from different cultures, with different backgrounds, and be able to learn from each other and from the team experience.”

Ingvild, who studied BA Media Production at Gjovik University in Norway before choosing LCC, also contributed with text, design drafts, and even made the video you can see below.

Most of the pictures in the magazine were taken by Annalaura Masciavè, in her role of photo editor and main photographer. Having previously received a Bachelors Degree in Art, Music and Performing Arts from Roma Tre University in Rome, Annalaura was impressed by the “international flavour and a creative and stimulating environment” on the MA Publishing course.

In making the magazine students were able to take advantage of the diverse design, media and printing facilities available at LCC with support from the College’s media technicians Jim McBride, Tony Yard and Scott House.

Sweet Spoon Editor in chief Silje Strommen was responsible for planning, producing and gathering content, and making sure that all work was done according to the Sweet Spoon vision.

“I love baking, so when we decided on making a baking and lifestyle magazine I was tickled pink! The project made me appreciate the opportunity to work with an in-house printing team and seeing a whole production of a magazine through.”

“After LCC I hope I’ll be able to line up the perfect job for me. I’m moving back to Oslo, Norway to apply to journalist-related positions and continue working on my digital magazine Jack. And I will continue to bake a lot of sweets, we need to test out all of the recipes in the magazine!”