come on in…

Well, it's done and dusted once again. Last night marked the grand opening and private view of the Extended Diploma Final Show 2012 (along with all the other art & design courses at Blackburn College). We had a fantastic theme for our yearbook (British Summer/The Seaside), which carried through to our exhibition… we had our very own ice cream van set up in the studios, serving ice cream cones & lollipops! The work on display was great as always, and well done to all our second years. Hopefully some fantastic photos are to follow…
The exhibition is now open to the public until next Friday, the 22nd June, so come down and have a look if you can. It will be next year's show before we know it!

just like it never ended…

The exhibition-putting-up-machine is in full swing. Everything is going non-stop… the painting, the printing, the cutting, the spray-mounting and the digital editing! We don't want to give too much away until the opening night, because we want to see you there :)


Opening night is Wednesday 20th June, from 6.30pm…all our friends past and present are welcome!

all white, all white…

That time is here once again…exhibition time!! Most things are quite a bit different this year; New building, new exhibition space, new boards, even some new exhibition surprises… However, some things are the same as ever, such as the need to paint everything white, several times!
Hopefully the paint will just go onto the boards, and not onto the floor or any of our second years… and hopefully all the students will survive without Sue, Mandy or Tim trying to clobber them for making a horrible mess! Keep an eye on the blog for some more updates on how the exhibition is coming along.

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…

printed matters… 2012

The end is nigh for the current first years - their progressional interviews are fast approaching, and they should be bringing all work produced this year together in a shiny portfolio! Just before Easter they had the deadline for the magazine design project, so we wanted to give you a peek at some of their final designs…
The selection above shows work from Jack Bullen, Danny Mazzolai, Krissy Kelly, Phil Thornback & Lauren Maher.

my type of teacake…

Last week we put a link on our FB page to the most recent Studio Life video on Youtube from Computer Arts / Adobe. The video focuses on the design studio Teacake, based in Manchester and interviews Rob Walmsley about design, type, competitions and projects…
Rob studied his degree in Manchester, but guess where he started out? Yep, Rob was, once upon a time, a student on the EDGD course! Wow. Oh Em Gee, and other such statements. He may have done lots since his time at Blackburn College, but it is still great to see one of our own out there getting recognition for being a top graphic designer. You can see the video profile on Teacake studio here…

curtain call…

The second years are currently working away on their FMP’s, but we wanted to show some work off from one of their recent projects, poster design 2012. The brief was to create a set of three theatre posters for musical productions. Here is a selection of the best ones…designs from top left are by; Martyn Hunt, Ryan Grady, Jordan Coverley, Ryan Hammond, Samantha Johnson & Kirstie Gilleade. The full poster sets can be viewed over on our Facebook page here…