Real Job: Couldn’t end the year without at least ONE of our undergrads designing a typeface. Connie Worthington unpacks her excellent work in this report. She’s keen for feedback from our Typeface Design tutors or MAs! #typedesign @FredSmeijers @typefacedesign @CAFOD
Real Job: The task of designing degree show invitations is a hallowed tradition in many design schools, and our students have been doing it for almost 50 years. COVID-19 put paid to printed invites this time, but Arianne Cantwell didn’t let that stop her. https://greater-than-a-to-z.co.uk @Mailchimp
Real Job: Editors Marianne and Aanand are putting the finishing touches on Issue 3 of @UniofReading’s arts diversity zine. Publication this summer! 🤞🏿🤞🏾🤞🏼🤞🤞🏻 @UniRdg_Diverse
Real Job: Arianne is working with @RFT_Cinema on an exciting exhibition showcasing their archive of Student-designed film posters dating back nearly 50 years. The archive is housed @UniRdgTypoColls. Although delayed by COVID-19, there is still hope that the exhibition will arrive late this year, @readingmuseum. #supportlocalcinemas
Real Job: Angie Bacallan explains how our graduates designed and managed the promotion of their degree show this year: https://www.instagram.com/greaterthanatoz/ https://greater-than-a-to-z.co.uk
Real Jobs: Angie, Eden and Ruth built the branding, literature and website for this year’s Art Degree Show at @UniRdg_Art https://asbestosstreams.com
Real Job: Our students asked if they could build and manage an Instagram account for the Department. https://www.instagram.com/uortypography/ @_timwatkins @UniofReading
Real Job: Amrita and Chia-yi created the site at https://greater-than-a-to-z.co.uk . Their report makes clear the value of learning how to communicate effectively with IT professionals in order to bring a design vision to life. Special thanks to @UniRdg_IT for supporting this project throughout.
Real Jobs: Angie, Eden and Ruth built the branding, literature and website for this year’s Art Degree Show at @UniRdg_Art https://asbestosstreams.com
James Lloyd, our Part 1 tutor, outlines the key things to know about assessment and feedback on our course.
When we asked for volunteers to come and talk to our students about careers, we got quite a response. 17 generous friends and alumni stepped up to offer interviews and portfolio reviews. Robin Smith has a write-up (with a long list of credits) …
On 11 June we are launching an online showcase of our students’ work.
To stay updated, please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/aHAr1iQwZEdbrEpr5 . You can also follow us at https://www.instagram.com/greaterthanatoz/ for a preview.
On 11 June we are launching an online showcase of our students’ work.
To stay updated, please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/aHAr1iQwZEdbrEpr5 . You can also follow us at https://www.instagram.com/greaterthanatoz/ for a preview.
Carl Middleton, award-winning designer, graphic artist and print-maker, talked to us about his professional design practice and his letterpress work.
This week’s Baseline Shift welcomed Edward Liu, an MA graduate now working as a UX Designer, to talk to us about his unexpected start in UX Design, and how to succeed on the course and in the industry.