Continued from their ‘please god’ poster before the game The Partners finish the job.

Last week the Designers Northern Alliance (DNA) exhibition took place at The Triangle in Manchester. The two day event was ‘designed to bring together representatives from industry and academia from the North to develop closer links and share ideas on best practice.’
It was a great success for both graduates and employers and looks set to become an annual event!

It was also a success for UCLAN with Mike Potts winning ‘Best Graphic Design in Show’ for his Rolling Stone self initiated project…

The project is a series of information graphics archiving the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs and Albums into song length and year of release. The basic premise of the piece is to look visually appealing, yet when approached, become engaging and provide a catalyst for conversation. Something the knowledgeable readership of Rolling Stone magazine and music lovers in general would find captivating.”

(Rolling stone project: click on the images to view PDF’s.)

Cheryl Poyser was also commended in the ‘Best in Digital’ category for her ‘Is facebook pointless’ project.

Congratulations all round!

TEN graduates from the University of Central Lancashire are going to be showing their portfolios in the Crown Tavern on Clerkenwell GREEN on the 1st July from 6pm.
Come and join us for a few BOTTLES!

The graudates exhibiting are: Jennie Spiller, Micheal Potts, Joseph Windsor, Rachel Jarrett, Louisa Mallett, Hollie Jackson Andrew Bovaird, Lindsay Hore, Chris McMahon and Derek Borthwick.

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A good bit of copy-writing for the match on sunday, found at Ashbury & Ashbury their inspiration was from The Partners ‘Please God’ poster.

Design legend Stefan Sagmeister has ventured into furniture design but sticking true to his graphic design roots. The Darwin Chair, shown as part of Dutch design company Droog’s show at Design Miami features more than 200 patterned sheets to suit any environment and desired look. The Darwin chair utilizes a free swinging structure that includes about 200 sheets of attached prints. As the top sheet gets dirty or tired, the user can simply rip it off thereby transforming the chair’s appearance.

Sorry to say but the print version of Grafik magazine has been put into liquidation, but is staying open online.

Is this the future for the printed publications?

These guys are camping outside the Apple Store in SF in the hope that someone will pay them for their space so they can put the cash towards the newly designed iPhone from Apple. Clever? Crazy? Goes to show the power of a brand I suppose.