Theme: L5 Take Over ( Showcase of Work) This particular takeover was hosted by fellow students Farah and Aaron, both specialising in diverse areas. Farah showcased her illustrations while Aaron explored his love for 3D and Vector design. …

Theme: Designing in the Music Industry: Having had a great interest in design within the music industry for a prolonged period of time, I found this talk most inspiring. Although it has been an ambition of mine, it seemed almost unobtainable or out of reach for someone in my position…

Photography using a mobile phone: Top tips and discover how to take a professional LinkedIn profile picture: A very useful session, having held photography as a great interest of mine, I found this talk most captivating. Although camerawork is mainly a personal endeavour, I have previously incorporated the medium into…

The lecture of ‘ The Hyper Connected World’ revolved around the internet- its history, its impact and the future it omens. In modern day society it is easy to get caught up in technology, but little do we reflect on its effects upon us. …

As part of the extracurricular that the university has been supplying through the pandemic, the coffee room is a weekly opportunity for students over all years and courses to attend and discuss a variety of topics within the Visual Communication background. This week (my first attendance) we discussed VR (virtual…

Before we began to develop our own editorial designs for our magazines, it was important to attempt practice in this style. So, throughout the first couple weeks of this module we were set side tasks to do just that, here I shall be sharing such with you. The Task: We were given…

Part 5 of the Contextual Studies Lectures. The Anthropocene is a unit of geological time, in which displays the earth's history of human activity, focusing on that of their negative impact on the planet. …

Part 4 of the Contextual Studies Lectures. I must admit, up until this point I hadn't much knowledge on the subject matter, but after learning of its meaning I was surely intrigued. Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory and therapy originated by the neurologist Sigmund Freud, it involves the study of…

Part 3 of the Contextual Studies Lectures. The topic of global discourse revolves around the conversation of race and culture. …