James Pike
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James Pike

MA Communication Design studentFalmouth, United Kingdom
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James Pike
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James Pike

MA Communication Design studentFalmouth, United Kingdom
About me
Currently in the last semester of the MA Communication Design course at Falmouth University, I'm interested in/have worked on, projects tailored around sensory exploration and designing for the present in an overbearing technological world. Projects to date draw inspiration from vignettes of everyday 'mundane' life and how as humans, we misperceive the prowess of its beauty.
Projects
  • Disconnected.
    Disconnected.This project was focused on connectivity and related to our human connection in a world reliant on technology, in particular, smartphone usage. The neglection of our human connection has depleted since the start of the technological age. It continues to diminish as a new breed of tech warriors armed with social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram take the world by storm. It's hard to gauge in a modern society if instances such as eye contact or even a handshake are important any more,
  • Reserved.
    Reserved.How might I use defensive architecture to encourage awareness around the evergrowing homelessness issue? Defensive architecture: If you've ever sat at a bus stop and found yourself being tipped forward by the seat, or leaned back against a wall only to have a sharp window ledge stab you in the back, or found that the armrest on a public seat is too sharp and angular to actually rest your arm on, then you know exactly what defensive architecture is all about: public spaces rejecting human bodies
  • Snap out of it!
    Snap out of it!The brief was to investigate aspects of your creative process and tell a story through a design artefact. As this was the first project of my MA course, I used it as a reflection on my creative process used during my undergraduate on BA (Hons) Architecture. Picture a candle, a real slow burner, struggling to get going - that's me at the start of a project. This frustrates me massively, and I tend to wallow in the emotion of anger and let it swamp me for the majority of a project, not genuinely a
Projects credited in
  • Falmouth University, MA Communication Design
    Falmouth University, MA Communication DesignThe MA Communication Design at Falmouth University is a transformative and reflective 45-week experience; which seeks to provoke the development of an individual voice and identity in the practice and business of communication design. The course is delivered in the context of a rapidly changing, complex and accelerating media world; one in continuous collision with ever-evolving political, cultural and ethical catalysts. Engagement with projects and insights from leading global ‘provocateurs’
  • Pay Attention / New Blood Festival 2020
    Pay Attention / New Blood Festival 2020Project pitch for D&AD New Blood 2020. Encouraging individuals to pay attention to student work at the New Blood Festival. Insight: 'In 2020 the human attention span is now shorter than that of a goldfish.'
Education
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    MA Communication DesignFalmouth University
    Falmouth, United Kingdom
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    Falmouth University logo
    BA (Hons) Architecture - ARB/RIBA Part IFalmouth University
     - Falmouth, United Kingdom