Foundation Diploma Art & Design students at London College of Communication kicked off the Summer Show Season in style this week with an exhibition of outstanding work buzzing with creativity and ideas. The show, open 9am – 5pm until 19 April,  is the first of four LCC Summer Shows exhibited under the theme London College of Exhibitionists. 

Over the year foundation students have the opportunity to explore and experiment within a wide range of project-based art, design and media-based activities in order to prepare them for progression into Higher Education art, design and media courses. And from the high standard of work on show, it’s certain that among over 300 students exhibiting there are some stars of the future.

Cameron Williamson, Photography Pathway // cargocollective.com/cameronwilliamson

Stanley Leung, Grahic Design Pathway //

Isabelle Andarakis, Photography Pathway // isabelleandarakis.wix.com/isabelleandarakis

Anna Erhand, Photography Pathway // cargocollective.com/anneerhard

Lucy Jennings, Graphic Design Pathway // lucyelenajennings.tumblr.com

Anna Harnden, Cuming Museum Curator giving visitors a guided tour of the art works loaned from the Southwark Art collection and displayed at LCC in the Artefacts and Affects exhibition.

Programme Director in Design at London College of Communication (LCC) Nicky Ryan delivered a presentation called ‘Creative Collaborations’ on 10 April at the ‘Expertise, Engagement and Impact’ event organized by the Share Academy. The partnership between UCL, UAL and the London Museums Group (LMG) aims to broker stronger connections between the Higher Education and museum sectors.

Nicky discussed a range of projects undertaken in the last five years by LCC in collaboration with the Cuming Museum and reflected on the benefits and challenges of such partnerships. Sadly representatives from the Cuming Museum were unable to attend because they were busy salvaging artefacts following extensive damage caused by fire on 25 March.

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This week London College of Communication (LCC) Foundation Diploma Art & Design students kick off our Summer Show season when they showcase their final work in an exhibition opening on Monday 15 April (Private view 16 April 6-9pm).

In a show buzzing with creativity and ideas these hugely talented young artists and designers have produced work in a broad range of disciplines including film, photography, graphic design, 3D and Spatial design and illustration.

Over the next week we’ll be highlighting some of these outstanding young creatives. Starting with an illustrator finding her own style among many influencers.

Lucy Jennings, LCC Foundation Art & Design, Graphic Design Pathway  

Lucy’s final major project, Per Manus Multorum (Through many hands) features a series of self portraits inspired by creative people she admires. Methodical in her approach Lucy has documented the progress of her final project and other work from the year in a blog, which includes detailed sketchbooks outlining her thinking. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 BA (Hons) Film Practice graduate, Carla Francescutti, has been snapped up by the United Nations’ specialist organisation, the International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome that seeks to overcome rural poverty.

After originally applying for a graduate internship, Carla was handpicked as a Communication Consultant to travel across Latin America and the Caribbean to document their outreach projects.

BA (Hons) Film Practice at LCC 

Students from BA (Hons) Surface Design and BA (Hons) Interior Design at London College of Communication (LCC) are collaborating with the National Trust to design a contemporary take on a tree house. Taking inspiration from Polesdon Lacey, a National Trust property set in the heart of Surrey, (and childhood memories of tree climbing adventures) the students will work collaboratively to produce designs for the perfect treetop abode.  Read the rest of this entry »

Third year London College of Communication student Albert Castellfort was recently chosen by the New York office of Capitol Records for a highly coveted internship with its Artist and Repertoire division. Albert, who studies BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies at LCC, had the role of networking with the city’s underground music acts to scout upcoming talent.  Read the rest of this entry »

Second year BA (Hons) Animation student at London College of Communication (LCC) Rachel Olga Lloyd’s animation ‘The Lonely Mountain’ was nominated for best film, best animation and best score at national student film festival Screen Test.

The film festival which champions aspiring British talent took place at LCC’s neighbouring university London South Bank last month. And guess what;

The winner of Best Animation is… THE LONELY MOUNTAIN #screentestfest13 twitter.com/ScreentestFest…

— Screentest (@ScreentestFest) March 23, 2013

 

So Congratulations go to Rachel. And here’s the delightful, heart-breaking, award-winning film..

More LCC BA (Hons) Animation stories… 

BA (Hons) Animation at LCC

Earlier this year students from London College of Communication’s BA (Hons) Public Relations course gained some practical experience of social technologies that are changing the way PR practitioners produce and share content online when they had a session on social media newsrooms with PressPage. Here, year 2 PR student Melanie Trombetta describes the experience.

“On January 24th, Roel Cozjinsen, successful and charismatic co-owner and general manager UK at PressPage, the leading social media newsroom technology, shared his knowledge of the practical side of social media and web publishing with Year 2 BA (Hons) Public Relations (PR) students.

Roel taught us about how social media is used to distribute news as well as introducing us to the PressPage online newsroom platform. He defined the workshop as a “Great opportunity to work together with a world leading University and to give students a practical experience to benefit from.”

We also had the privilege to try out the PressPage technology in the context of a competition, which consisted of designing the perfect LCC Newsroom featuring social media releases.

The general feedback from PR students was that they were very grateful for this fascinating workshop which introduced us to cutting edge social media technologies and the extraordinary potential they offer. As a result we’re one step closer to becoming successful PR practitioners!

The session was definitely appealing to me as it made me realize how important it is for an individual or a corporation to establish and manage their online identity. Not only that but we were able to gain a unique opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the PressPage newsroom technology which is widely used by leading global PR agencies and their clients.
This is one small step for students, but one giant leap for the making of our kick-ass CV.”

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Learn more about social media newsrooms and PressPage 

As England fans prepared for their trip to Montenegro on Tuesday night for a must-win game London College of Communication (LCC) student Sam Rowntree was invited to report on the group’s travel preparations.

BA (Hons) Sports Journalism student Sam joined the fans at their travel forum and will be writing a bylined article for the FA website about his experience of being a travelling supporter on his return.

An amazing opportunity for Sam, but a disappointing result. England let a halftime lead slip, the game finishing in a 1-1 draw, leaving England with an uphill task to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

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BA (Hons) Sports Journalism

Yesterday two London College of Communication (LCC) advertising students joined industry figures in the House of Commons to discuss advertising’s role in the economic recovery.

Chaired by Helen Goodman MP, Luke Owen and Max Lehner, (3rd year BA (Hons) Advertising) were invited by the Advertising Association to support Laurence Green (founding partner, 101 London) and Sam Blackie from Deloitte debating the motion “It pays to advertise, but not enough to revive Britain”

According to a recent study, advertising is worth £100bn annually to UK GDP and crucially, has been proven to inspire growth. So could advertising be the key to economic recovery?

Well, not enough to revive Britain according to the new generation of top creative talent who were present and voted in favour of the motion debated by Luke.

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BA (Hons) Advertising

Run. is a short film and graduation project by London College of Communication (LCC) Media Practice students who are using the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to find backers for the project.

Inspired stylistically by David Fincher’s ‘Seven,’ the story follows a mysterious boy who bursts into an internet café claiming he is being chased by a murderous foe.  The help he’s offered is not what one would expect, and over the course of the film, the boy must decide whether the people that inhabit this internet café will help or hinder him in his quest for safety. Read the rest of this entry »

Third year BA (Hons) Creative Advertising student Dani Cubillos has received a prestigious scholarship from The One Club New York,  the world’s foremost non-profit organization for the recognition and promotion of excellence in advertising.

The award which celebrates outstanding student achievement capped an incredible 2012 for Columbian student Dani in which her creativity landed her a number of awards and internships. We asked her to talk us through some of her favourite briefs and ideas that helped her win the scholarship.  Read the rest of this entry »