GDC students Joel Baker and Philip Linnemann both opted to enter this years D&AD student awards for Typography and both have just been heralded as winners and awarded with ‘Best of Year’ titles by D&AD – well done!

Come and visit our show in June and see their work and what they’ve been up to since – details will appear here soon.

Links here to Joel and Philips work on the D&AD website.

After graduating from the course back in 2010 Vanessa Osborne started working for GF Smith papers as a creative consultant. Vanessa and her team recently created the five day GFSmith ‘in collaboration’ event with key creative institutions, including It’s Nice That, Made Thought, Monotype and the British Council’s Architecture, Design and Fashion department. The exhibition and related events featured live letterpress machines running so you can do your own printing and there was a monotype exhibition of unseen Eric Gill work as well as a vast array of design & artistry.

images via eye blog

All our entries can be seen here..

An experimental film ‘Lucid’ by Graphic Design Communication student Jack Haslehurst has been shortlisted for a Vimeo award. The final results and award event will be held at the Skirball Centre in New York in June 2012. Jack is shortlisted amongst a group of only 20 within the ‘experimental’ category. This category recognises video that experiments with new ideas and/or techniques, often characterised by the absence of a linear narrative.

With a winners prize of  $25,000. Judging is open to a public vote, so Jack is relying on all your support! Visit: http://vimeo.com/awards/vote/experimental

Internationally acclaimed Chelsea College of Art and Design introduce Iceland into the Graphic Design Communication final year curriculum

A new international design project is set to cement Iceland’s position as the new creative centre of the world. As part of a unique partnership between Inspired by Iceland and London’s internationally acclaimed Chelsea College of Art and Design, the entire island is set to become the muse and source of inspiration for the world’s top creative art and design students.

Acknowledging Iceland as a country of creative flair, academic staff working with the Brooklyn Brothers advertising agency selected six final year students from Graphic Design Communication to travel to Iceland in a bid to be creatively stimulated by the country’s natural culture, wonder and existing creative talent.

Students in Iceland met the country’s most talented and innovative designers and travelled across Iceland with them working from a mobile creative studio. With an ever-changing landscape and an imaginative and vibrant culture, Iceland is fast becoming recognised as one of the world’s most inspirational hotspots for the creative soul.

Iceland is fast gaining a reputation for having more creative individuals than any other Country in the world. The government is also committed to supporting Iceland’s creative talent and through large investment have accounted for 12.5 per cent of the creative sector’s total. Whilst using the country as a source of inspiration, the students documented their inspirational journey, which can be viewed on inspiredbyiceland.com and via the ‘Inspired by Iceland’ social media channels.

As part of stage one’s ‘Bad Type’ project, students have made a nine-hole working typographic mini golf course displaying some of the worst fonts in common use – all made under the guidance of our Chelsea woodwork technicians from a single sheet of MDF.

Award winning design and communications agency SAS (part of MSLGROUP) are launching a £10,000 scholarship programme at Chelsea College of Art and Design, to recognise creative excellence and nurture emerging talent.

The company has created three scholarships totalling £10,000 for students on Chelsea’s BA Graphic Design Communication course. The scholarships will be open to all second year BA Graphic Design Communication students.

Students that wish to apply will be asked to complete a live project in their second year with three winning students being chosen to receive a Scholarship for the final year of their undergraduate degree.

Geoff Thomas Shaw, Chelsea’s Undergraduate Programme Director, hopes that this collaboration with SAS ..

“ensures our new, young designers are more financially confident and feel valued as the next generation of professional practitioners”

David Stocks, Executive Creative Director at SAS said:

“It’s tough for students with the cost of study rising all the time. We believe there is a responsibility on agencies to support and nurture young talent and not just use new graduates as lowly paid interns. The great reputation for creativity that we have in this country will only continue with the support of our industry”.