The course has, over its thirty year history, championed inquisitive and curious creative minds. If there was a mission statement it would be to put ‘craft’ at the heart of all its endeavour. 2020 marks the end of the BA (Hons) Graphic Design programme at Colchester and I would like to thank all the dedicated staff that have contributed with passion, enthusiasm and great knowledge. Finally I would like to congratulate all the students on their personal achievements and perhaps more importantly, in an uncertain future, wish them every success that they so richly deserve.
Ailin Zhang:
A first day cover stamp collection portraying the rich British cultural heritage adopted by foreign nationals applying for British citizenship. It aims to raise awareness of their new identity while celebrating their differences.
Luke Lentell: Tescough
An insight from the perspective of a supermarket keyworker into working throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, using motion design and digital graphics to bring storytelling to life in a satirical manner.
Sam Wright
A series of books and printed matter that explore aspects of life during the COVID-19 pandemic: Barbican – in lockdown, Little Tey – being allowed out for 1 hour of exercise per day and The Bell Inn – memories of going to the pub.
Jordan Warren:
Isolation Tapes is an audio-visual document of the music, sounds and thoughts of artists in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dalton Friend: ‘Modality UI’
Modality is a UI paradigm focusing on a structured and tailored experience, enabling the user to focus on self-contained tasks in individual modes, receiving essential information at a glance from live tiles that act as full application widgets. The modes are split between essential, social, professional and custom mode.
Dalton Friend: ‘Temperature’
Temperature is a non-contact digital thermometer for human use, that connects to your mobile device and was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling individuals and organisations to scan, track and better visualise body temperature.
Elin Withrington: 'ECO-CRAFT'
Imogen Ford
Mark Dronfield
Barry Paul Keleghar: Invisible
This piece explores humankind’s fractured connection with the homeless community. I annotated interviews with people living on the street on clear perspex to..
Ailin Zhang
Sam Wood