Shillington College

me&dave guest lecture at London

Mark and Rob, founding partners of London design agency me&dave, came in to the London college today to give a brilliant and insightful talk about how our students need to 'brand' themselves as they enter the industry. Judging by the volume of eager questions asked by the class during the talk, Mark and Rob did a fantastic job and even very kindly spent time chatting with the class afterwards. Thanks guys!

Shillington student and graduate poster competition to HELP THOSE WHO HELP US.

 

Shillington College are running a competition to raise money for the State Emergency Service (SES) in QLD, VIC & NSW entitled 'I get by with a little help from my friends'. This competition is open to any current or ex-student of Shillington College or Shillington School worldwide.

I am sure every ex-student (Australian or otherwise) is aware of the severe floods that effected Queensland, Victoria and Northern New South Wales. All the staff at Shillington College would like to give back to those in the SES who have been truly heroic and selfless in their efforts across the country to save lives and help those most in need. Now again in the last 24 hours they have made great efforts to save and assist those adversely effected by Cyclone Yasi.

So if you are interested in flexing your creative muscle, and help those, who are helping us all the time. All you have to do is submit a poster design based on the title 'I get by with a little help from my friends'. We want to see the most original and striking artwork, it can be purely typographic, type and image, done by hand and photographed. It's completely open to interpretation, you can use the words in the title or choose your own inspired by the title.

The Lecturers at Shillington College will select the top 20 entries which will then be posted on 15th Feb on the Shillington facebook page for online voting.

Voting will close on the 28th Feb. The winning poster will be printed and sold online, with all profits going to SES in QLD, VIC and NSW.

The designer of the winning poster will receive a single print of there A1 poster, plus a $100 AU voucher for itunes.

Submission Deadline: 14th Feb
Poster Specs: (A1) 841mm x 594mm portrait, CMYK (no spots or pantones). Final artwork must be 300dpi.
For voting submit 72dpi file 427pixels x 604pixels to: info@shillingtoncollege.com.au
Please include your full name, which college you were enrolled, or are currently enrolled, at and the year of study.

We look forward to seeing all submissions and encourage you to put your design to a positive use, if not for this competition, for others who are in need across the world. 

Wooden Toy Magazine Launching in London Dec 2

If you happen to be in London on the 2nd December then why not head down to the UK launch of Wooden Toy Magazine.

While you're there say 'hi' to Timba, founder of the mag, Shillington Allumni, and all round tall Australian & good bloke to boot!

Check out the mag here: woodentoyquarterly.com
Check out the venue here: concretehermit.com

London is full of vegies and I love it!

Carl Warner and his team of five model-makers spent three weeks crafting the famous London landmarks out of foods ranging from melons and tomatoes to asparagus. Check out the Youtube video below for their process:

Art of the Arcade

No one ever goes the arcade anymore. In my day (a child of the late seventies and eighties) this is where everyone hung out, got into trouble and smoked cigarettes under age.  

This site has an awesome selection of arcade and early game console artwork including packaging, logos and ads from various sources featuring stuff like the atari logo and the pong console packaging. 

A great deal of designers today seem to revisit some of the styling from this period. I am sure it will pass.Remember when looking at this artwork this was done before the advent of the of the mac and applications like illustrator. Probably all of it was done by hand.

Interested? Check it out at 'The Art of the Arcade'. 

What employers love and hate in a graduate.

You really are hearing it from the horses mouth in this recent CR blog item. Plenty of creatives adding their two bobs worth on what they really want and don't want in a graduate creative. READ IT! 

From what I understand this relates to the printed Creative Review August 'graduate' issue.

D&AD New Blood 09

D&AD have an annual showcase of the newest and brightest student talent. The film above was created for Hewlett Packard by 2 Kingston students (Matthew Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth).

If you are lucky enough to live in London then go and check out some of the wonderful work on display at D&AD NEW BLOOD 2009. Venue: National Hall, Olympia, W14 8UX. Its on Between 29th June and 2nd July. Have a look at the website for more specific details and register as a visitor.

David Pearson the book cover designer.

David Pearson has an amazing folio of book covers, working extensively for Penguin Books. Great place to go to see some of Davids contemporary takes on some of the past classics.

Always judge a book by its cover. The book cover archive.

 

This site is probably the best place to go for inspiration for the book cover brief or just to look at type packages and images working well.  With such a limited space design principles are really put to the test to ensure the cover is noticed and impact on display. Some awesome example to see at the BOOK COVER ARCHIVE with some work from designers like David Pearson. You can search covers by author, designer, genre and even illustrator.

Greenpeace Poster Comp

 

Ever wanted to change the World. This is your chance to be the hero and save the planet.
Greenpeace have a competition which anyone can enter.

Submissions: Registration and submission may be conducted between 1 March 2009 and 15 June 2009.

Historically posters have been inextricably linked with cause-related campaigns. Visually striking, often iconic and frequently iconoclastic, posters grab the attention like no other medium. They effectively help spread a succinct message and in doing so shift attitudes and contribute to significant changes within society. The brief is to design a poster that delivers the message ‘Be a Part of the Action’ – this does not necessarily have to be expressed in words. The poster could bear witness to catastrophic environmental damage and in doing so, cause outrage. Alternatively the poster could actively encourage peaceful protest to expose an environmental problem.
Above all, the poster needs to raise awareness of environmental issues and inspire action.

Check out the brief  and submission requirements online and encourage the public to take action.