we have moved…

Yep, we have moved our blog over to Tumblr. We ask all our current students to have a Tumblr to present certain aspects of their work, and to have some form of online portfolio… plus Tumblr is a bit more 'social' than Blogger, so there you have it! For those that keep an eye on this blog, we would love it if you followed us over to our Tumblr for more of the same… find us here :)

Hopefully catch you on the flip side. And remember, we're always watching…

portfolio peek

Tim has very nearly finished the new course portfolio to promote the UAL EDGD. Here are a couple of sneak peeks of some student work. The whole portfolio will be going up on our Facebook page as soon as possible!

Click on the images to get a closer look. To view the full portfolio, check out our Facebook here

perfect pages…

To promote our shiny new UAL Extended Diploma Graphic Design course to prospective students, Tim has been working away on a new course portfolio. He is keeping it very close to his chest, but has been working away at collecting together examples of student work from the past couple of years that helps best communicate the skills and projects covered over the new two year course.
We will have some pages up to view soon, stay tuned…

yes to success…

All of our students are really busy at the moment - the first years are getting all their work together & creating fabulous looking portfolios, while the second years are nearing the end of their FMP. With that in mind, here is a little bit of motivation from Malcolm Forbes… a bit of enthusiasm can get you everywhere! Good luck everyone…

flying the nest…

Our second years have been preparing their portfolios, and have witnessed what not to do in the interview room, thanks to Mandy and Sue… with Sue displaying perhaps the WORST interview technique by anyone, ever! The real-life interviews are starting to come thick and fast now, and before long we are hoping to have all our little birds snapped up by various universities. So far we have had students accepted into UCLAN, Blackpool & The Fylde, Stockport, and Bolton Institute…
As the other interview dates start to arrive, we are hoping to send more of our second years out to show off their work, and do us all proud at EDGD!

onwards and upwards…

And here we go again…UCAS time! Our second year students are currently busy applying for university places for next year, to further their quests for fame, fortune, and employment as graphic designers! We have people applying for courses as far away as Coventry & Loughborough, and of course, there is a number of our guys who want to keep it local, and are applying to go ‘across the road’ and study at The University Centre at Blackburn College. They are also starting to get busy with preparing their (soon to be) marvellous portfolio's of design work, ready to wow the interviewers and gain the university places they are hoping for. Good luck guys, and watch this space for updates on where our second years are all going to be heading to next year…

green with envy?

Our favourite magazine, Computer Arts got a bit of a re-design recently, and with that came some new features. One of these is that the magazine now goes into a different design studio or company each month, interviews the designers and explores the type of work they all do, presenting all this as a video for you to watch with popcorn!!

The first of these visits was to The Partners studio, based in London. While talking to one of the head designers, Jackie Renwick, she discussed what she looks for in a designer, and she said “…some work that makes me jealous, some work that makes me laugh, and good ideas”. Even though technically she mentioned the designer, we all know that the best representation of anyone's work is their portfolio…so we think this is a great little bit of advice for you second years since you will be getting your portfolio's ready for the outside world soon!

So, what are you waiting for? Get started, and make some people jealous… You can check out The Partners, some of their work, or their blog, right here.