Describing herself as an “image maker, visual merchandiser and collector,” Miranda Foxx is just the curious sort we like. “I like to read books and cut them up,” says the BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design student whose psychologically themed work often explores the nature of human curiosity, fascination and emotion.

Her project ‘Cabinet of Curiosities – The Brain’, looks at the obsession many people had, and still have, of collecting and exhibiting “the weird and wonderful.” The project involves a series of antiquarian books with panels cut into them that appear to present cross sections of preserved brains, however Miranda also explores the use of a variety of other mediums such as collage, etching and model-making.

Her final project which, will be shown at London College of Communication’s Summer Show Three, looks at how a person can drive themselves insane trying to comprehend their own existence, experiences and the vastness of the universe. This project draws inspiration from the philosophical subtext of Ray Bradbury’s short stories and demonstrates that Miranda’s work is both visually detailed and thought-provoking.

Miranda is also Co-Founder of Young’s Typographic Collective, a group of multi-disciplined practitioners out to encourage, design and desire. Formed in memory of a dear friend Joe Young, profits from the venture go to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Further Reading: cargocollective.com/mirandafoxx
Twitter: @mirandafoxx

Young’s Typographic Collective: @Youngs_Type

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LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

On Friday 14 June London College of Communication’s finest BA (Hons) Film and television students presented their final projects at the British Film Institute on London’s Southbank. The evening began with an introduction by the course director David Knight, who declared “Tonight we will see nine world premieres”.

The location and presentation of the screenings added a well-deserved touch of grandeur to the proceedings and guests certainly felt that they were watching the stars of the future.

The nine films consistently demonstrated both skill and wit as technical brilliance was balanced with artistic exploration in films that covered a range of genres. The first film shown was a pilot episode of ‘Transmission Woo’, a brilliantly put together early 90s style television show presented by the immense Johnny Woo. The audience were captivated by the mix of razor sharp editing and hilarious content.

Transmission Woo

Following the playful start, the films took a turn for the bleak, as the remaining projects all explored darker themes with varying degrees of severity. ‘The Minotaur’ followed the story of a psychotic theatre security guard, who stalked a young performer, brutally murdering her lover before finally confronting her. The crisp quality of the film and clever use of sound and silence, this piece sent shivers down the spine of the members of the audience.

Despite featuring an attempted suicide, the black comedy in ‘Ticket Man’ had the audience in stitches from start to finish. The element of realism in the characters and settings, coupled with the absurd was a bright twist on the otherwise desolate theme.

Otto Floss: Freelance Watcher

The final film of the evening left the audience stunned by the complexity and depth of the storyline, the exquisite production, and thoughtful cinematography. The Orwellian epic ‘Otto Floss: Freelance Watcher” was a social statement regarding the human race’s obsession with being visible.

With an ever-expanding social media and the value of fame and celebrity being priced higher than ever, it seems the makers of this film wanted to question the difficulties we as a society would face if we were only visible when seen by others. Exploring the nature of modern human identity it was easy to imagine this film developing into a much larger project, and gaining attention those who have already been successful within the film industry.

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LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

On Wednesday 19 June, Nicky Ryan, Programme Director of spatial communications at London College of Communication, will be speaking at a one-day symposium exploring the increasingly wide scope of spaces where fashion is practiced and studied.

The event, at the Royal College of Art, brings together a cross-disciplinary cohort of fashion researchers to explore ideas relating to fashion spaces. As fashion research becomes bolder in its interactions with other disciplines including anthropology, psychology, social history, economics, cultural studies, gender studies, and philosophy, the spaces of fashioning, exhibiting and researching the dressed body increasingly come into question.

So, what is a fashion space? Why assign a physical dimension to fashion research? Is it possible to conceive of fashion at all outside a tangible space? How can exploring space shed light on represented, written, embodied and worn fashion?

With keynote talks Dr. Agnès Rocamora (London College of Fashion) and Dr. Nicky Ryan (London College of Communication) this symposium investigates notions of the virtual and physical, real and imagined in both past and present fashion spaces. Potential fashion spaces include: cities, shops, cafés, exhibitions, websites, magazine imagery, archives, ateliers, showrooms and the body.

Between Object and Idea: Re-thinking Fashion Spaces

Date: Wednesday 19th June 2013 – 10.30-17.30

Venue and Location: 2nd Floor Humanities Seminar Room, Stevens Building, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London. SW7 2EU.

To register and book your place for this event please visit: http://betweenobjectandidea.eventbrite.co.uk

For further information about this specific event contact:  nathaniel.beard@network.rca.ac.uk

For further information about the Fashion Research Network visit: www.fashionresearchnetwork.wordpress.com

BA (Hons) Live Events and Television had a far more relaxed vibe at this year’s London College of Communications Summer Show Two. Their space had a musical festival theme due to several of the projects surrounding outdoors activities.

A life size model of a panda, a picnic table on astro-turf and some beautiful flowers winding their way around on of the stands took visitors to the corner of an English field.

Emma Kerkin’s wedding project was a quaint addition to the exhibition. With soft muted colours and traditional decoration alongside a mock road sign reading “Wedding This Way’ and pale blue gingham bunting hanging above the space it was easy to see her work being highly sought after in the industry. Her promotional video suggested she specialised in outdoor, country style weddings that fitted perfectly into the festival theme.

Solomon Wilkinson added a bit of spice to the exhibition with his project ‘The Feed’. He had created a food programme looking at some of the coolest places to eat in Brixton. Professionally shot and featuring some of the newest eateries in the up and coming area, Solomon’s programme would not look out of place on a television screen in a primetime slot.

A fashion forward film by Daisy Goddard was being screened throughout the exhibition. Faded colours, models with long flowing hair and cutting-edge summer clothes, Daisy provided a few hot tips for those of us not sure what to wear during this year’s festival season.

LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

Despite all the courses exhibiting at London College of Communication’s Summer Show Two having an element of fun, play time really started in the Nursery gallery with BA (Hons) Games Design. The gallery was transformed into an interactive playroom, with drinks and sweets provided. In-depth plot lines and cutting edge technology came together to create a series of imaginative and engaging games.

Sam Barker’s ‘The Book of Light’ was positionedi n a darkened alcove within the gallery, the perfect setting for the eerie tone of his project. The game was set in an old, abandoned library and players are asked with ‘unlocking the secrets’ in order to make their escape.

A bright and colourful fabric world was created by Ben Rowe for his game ‘Tapestry’. Collecting ‘button berries’ and fighting for survival against ‘fabric monsters’ the concept of the games was entertaining and the crisp, detailed graphics gave the game a highly professional quality.

A simple, yet highly addictive game was provided by Supreet Kaur and Pedro Guerra . ‘Incy Wincy’ feature a large red spider, escaping through a water pipe to avoid being flushed away. A simple yet effective game had guests hooked from the word go.

LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

At the private view of London College of communication’s Summer Show Two BA (Hons) Interior Design certainly pulled out all the stops with the curation of the space. With a number of the projects featuring natural materials such as wood and glass, and the designs often featuring linear patterns that resembled a web or a nest, the exhibition was held in the Upper Street gallery underneath a newly built wire structure that ran from the back wall over the heads of the guests. The striking addition set the tone for the strong, architectural projects the students were displaying.

Stella Harrison’s project was based on an educational space for developing designers. ‘The Sugarhouse Studios’ Her ‘Continuous Path’ model consisted of a never ending path of fine, delicate, wooden lines resembling s shattered pane of glass.

This theme was continued with Yana Nuss’ project ‘Inner Light’ Psychotherapy Centre for Teenagers. A clean but bold design for a space where young people could receive psychological help and support. The design was simple and welcoming, yet also featured a striking jagged line down the side of the building’s exterior that appeared to be a crack in the wall, with light glowing from it.

Another space designed for educational support was Manuela Velez Quijano’s “THE LINK”. The design was for a library and media centre and examined the use of rooftops as a continuation of the building and used books as the main material and inspiration. The piece appeared to be a shelf made of books, seemingly self supporting against the wall. The space also featured a plaque with the reminder that the “UK has lost more than 347 libraries in the last two years…” The project held a clear social statement as well as being a strong and unique design piece.

LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

BA (Hons) Book Arts and Design demonstrated another eclectic mix of styles and designs within the work. Their space was a modern library, filled with innumerable treasures, meaning it was easy to spend hours sitting and reading.  Their purpose built reading room was bustling from the beginning of the show until the last minute as guests enjoyed all the pieces in the exhibition.

Zabby Allen’s adorable pop up shop featuring bunting necklaces, floral bow hair clips hand made notebooks with old maps making up the cover was positioned at the entrance to the library space.

In stark contrast to this Hannah Perse-Clarke created an erotic magazine called ‘Spread’. The magazine layout was sleek in design and the bold content a great step away from the other, more traditional projects making it stand out from the crowd.

Yuanbin Su’s project took the concept of a food book to a new level, by creating what looked like beautiful, handcrafted paper which was actually made from food. One of the pieces was created from sausages and I was told that he had been advised not to exhibit the garlic paper due to it’s notable pungency.

LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

Filmmakers Gevi Dimitrakopoulou and Arturo Bandinelli use cinema to hold a mirror up to society.

With the debate about the NSA Prism surrvelance revelations raging this film written and directed by two BA (Hons) Film and Television students Gevi Dimitrakopoulou and Arturo Bandinelli could not have been better timed.

In ‘Otto Floss: Freelance Watcher’ nobody exists unless they are seen, or watched, by others. The central character ‘Otto Floss’ is therefore employed as a ‘Freelance Watcher’, a man paid to observe people so they can see themselves for who they really are. Because in Otto’s world being visible does not mean being seen.

In our world says Bandinelli, “we construct our identity by means of others, everybody instead of just being the person they are, create internet profiles in order for other people to identify and accept them for what they want to be.”

“we are always watched, everywhere, by cameras or by other people or someone checking our Facebook. The purpose of the film is to prompt the audience to reflect on their own lives and truly examine who they are in real life, rather than a life they have created on a social networking site”.

A reflection that is happening across society at this moment, with the whistle blown on the biggest public surveillance operation by a government in history. So who is watching you?

The film premiere’s tomorrow as part of LCC BA (Hons) Film & Televison graduation screening at the BFI Southbank. And if the slick trailer and successful crowdfunding campaign are a marker then we’re going to seeing a lot of this collaborative group of filmmakers – and Otto of course.

Watch the BA Film & Television trailer:

More about Otto  http://ottoflossthefilm.com/#reality

Follow Otto on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OttoFlossFreelanceWatcher

The BA (Hons) & FdA Surface Design exhibition took over the entire thrid floor of the workshop block at London College of Communication’s Summer Show Two. The exhibition space was a warren of hugely varied patterns which manifested themselves in innumerable ways from ceramics to skateboards. The diverse nature of this course’s exhibition make it one not to be missed.

Geometric patterns were a recurrent theme throughout the exhibition. Leah Nelson employed the style by marrying classic a classic Art Deco design with a vibrant tribal print in her final collection ‘GEOWOOD’.

The impressive, large white installations by Joe Kelly, inspired by a use of space in urban environments that are “continuing to become subject to commodification” demonstrated how diverse the subject itself can be.

Joe Kelly

A touch of nineties psychedelia was injected by Oscar Whale’s collection of clothing and festival paraphanalia inspired by his military heritage, including swirling fluroscent camouflage print hats and baggy tracksuits – not the kind of get up to keep you hidden at a rave.

Perfect for hanging out or doing stat jumps in Elly Maddocks ‘Tunnel of Fun’ however which brigtened up the corridors with luminous patterns inspired by man hole covers.

There were some more earthy, organic projects in the exhibition including ‘Bush Tale’ by Emma Michelle, a delicately detailed collection of objects and prints inspired by a fairy tale displayed in a darkened room with wood chip coating the floor transported guests to a mystical forest, without them ever having to leave the Elephant and Castle.

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LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

The BA (Hons) Creative Advertising student turned the atrium into a ‘cops and robbers’ themed exhibition space with golden guns laid out across tables and ‘WANTED’ posters plastered on the walls, at the London College of Communication’s Summer Show Two.

A large portion of the final projects were advertising campaigns for charities, including two sculpture installations by Zijin Miao, designed for animal rights charity ‘PETA’. The two pieces were a striking statement that demanded attention, with a crime scene layout centred around a dead fish – made to look as though it were a murder victim. The corresponding piece was a supermarket shopping basket interwoven with sharp fish hooks.

Moving around the space there were a number of more humourous projects such as Carl Ellis’ ‘Five Finger Kit Kat’ and Dave Smith’s satirical ‘A prediction of the future and the past’, a prehistoric stone tablet displayed next to a modern iPad. These pieces provided guests with an insight into the future of advertising, from dark imagery designed to inspire shock in the viewer, to the witty, wry comments about modern technology it was great to see such a range of talent from the students of the course.

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LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

BA (Hons) Graphic Product Innovation and FdA Graphic & Spatial Communication shared a space at this year’s Summer Show Two at the London College of Communication. Students’ final projects were widely varied and used a range of mediums including large scale installations, intricately detailed architectural models and even film.

From Julie Fry’s environmentally focused work, looking at upcycling (reusing old objects or materials for a new or revamped purpose) domestic appliances and creative ways of preventing waste to Chanelle Bevis-Walker’s design for the revamp of London’s home of magic ‘The Folly’.

The styles and inspiration behind each of the pieces could not have been more different, with the only recurring theme being the consideration of the environment and waste prevention. Even the branding for the show followed the theme of sustainability with Ines Suarez de Puga designing clean and simple white paper triangles that were mounted on the wall leading into the gallery.

Julie Fry, BA (Hons) Graphic Product Innovation

The Folly, Chanelle Bevis-Walker

Keep an eye on the LCC blog for more from Summer Show 2

Open // Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 June 2013, 10am-5pm

Showing // BA (Hons)/FdA Games Design // BA (Hons)/FdA Media Practice // BA (Hons)/FdA Production for Live Events and Television // BA (Hons)/FdA Interior Design // BA (Hons)/FdA Surface Design // BA (Hons) Graphic Product Innovation // FdA Graphic and Spatial Communication // BA (Hons) Creative Advertising Strategy // BA (Hons) Book Arts and Design.

LCC Storyteller and BA (Hons) Journalism graduate Morgana Edwards reports on the LCC Summer Shows 2013. Follow her @EdwardsMorgana

The One Club Creative Boot Camp returns to LCC this week offering students hands-on experience working on a real advertising brief. BA (Hons) Advertising students will be taking part along with students from other universities across the UK.

Sponsored by Mother UK Advertising Agency, this four-day workshop will introduce students to the art of creating advertising for a client from initial conception through to final pitch.

The boot camp takes place from Thursday 13 June  – Sunday 16 June 2013. Interested students can register via the One Club Website http://www.oneclub.org/londonbootcamp

Previously LCC students have enjoyed success at The One Club’s, Young One’s Awards and you can see some of that award-winning work in final year advertising students’ degree show, part of LCC Summer Show 2 starting  tonight and until Friday 14 June.

Recruits at the last One Club Boot Camp at LCC in November 2012