MAC1176 - FRESH Newsletter

Autumn/Winter 2012/13

Fresh

News magazine from the University of Wolverhampton

School Of Art AND Design

Animation • Applied Arts • Computer Games Design • Fashion and Textiles • Fine Art • Graphic Communication • Illustration • Interior Design • Photography • Product Design • Video & Film Production • Visual Communication

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Fresh newsletter.

We’ve not long celebrated our annual undergraduate Degree Show, where our final year students showcase their work to the public. Our students produce an amazingly diverse range of work that ranges from thought-provoking to innovative and beautiful. The show is an opportunity to celebrate talent across the board before students launch themselves into their careers. You can see highlights from the show on pages 3-6.

Also inside this issue we’ve got a great selection of success stories to share with you from students, alumni and staff from across the School.

Saturday 6 October 2012 Saturday 17 November 2012 Saturday 9 March 2013 Saturday 15 June 2013 Saturday 17 August 2013 www.wlv.ac.uk/opendays

MA Show Saturday 29 September – Sunday 28 October 2012 The Public, New Street, West Bromwich West Midlands, B70 7PG

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University Open Days

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by M-Culture Art UK Monday 1 October – Tuesday 30 October 2012 The Long Gallery, School of Art & Design www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

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UCAS Design your Future Wednesday 14 November – Thursday 15 November 2012 ExCeL London www.ucasevents.com/design

UCAS Design your Future

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Monday 26 November – Tuesday 27 November 2012 Manchester Central Convention Complex www.ucasevents.com/design

Degree Show Saturday 1 June – Friday 7 June 2013 School of Art & Design www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Front cover image: David Warner BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles

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Recent events WLVfotofest success!

Earlier this year the School of Art & Design held its very first WLVfotofest.

This festival was conceived as an experimental programme of key activities over a two-month period. Exhibitions, workshops and seminars were based around the Royal Photographic Society’s 154th International Print Exhibition, which was curated and shown across the School of Art & Design’s galleries and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

Su Fahy, Divisional Leader for Fine Art and Photography, told us: “The programme enabled us to work with The Royal Photographic Society, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, local artists and teachers from regional colleges offering both Further Education and Higher Education courses in Fine Art and Photography.

“We were able to create a lively debate about photography in the city and region and to enable a community of practitioners to start to develop ideas and concepts for future events.”

Highlights included The Veiled Chamber, a camera obscura initiated and installed

by Ann Walker – a local artist and photographer at the Gardner Centre within Wolverhampton City College.

This proved to be a real hit with visitors despite the different weather conditions including rain.

Planning is now underway for the WLVfotofest 2014 and we welcome proposals, contributions and sponsorship for exhibitions, seminars and pop up events.

For further information please contact Su Fahy at the School of Art & Design or email: s.fahy@wlv.ac.uk

Image: Veiled Chamber, 2012

Welcome to new staff Claire Dunn, School Manager Claire joined us on a nine-month secondment from her current role of ML Student Office Manager. Claire gained both her BA and MA from the University, and since coming to work here in 2002 has held a range of administrative roles including MI Student Office Manager, Senior Campus Administrator and Systems Administrator.

Marek Hornak, Business Development Facilitator Marek started with us in April for two years under Higher Education Innovation Funding to strengthen our external income initiatives. He comes from the School of Technology where he has been a Project Monitoring Officer at the e-Innovation Centre, and more recently on the Radio Frequency Identification’s From Farm to Fork project. Marek is also a semi-professional ice hockey player.

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Dr Andy Hewitt has been awarded his PhD from the University of the Arts London with a practice-based thesis entitled Art and counter-publics in Third Way Cultural Policy. We all wish him our warmest congratulations.

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Each year final year students celebrate their time at the School of Art & Design by showcasing their work to local schools, colleges, businesses and the wider public.

The School has exhibited over 8,000 students’ work since opening its doors at the first degree show in 1969, and features some of the brightest new artists and designers in the country.

This year, artwork from over 300 students across 18 BA (Hons) and BDes (Hons) courses was on display, embracing the areas of applied arts, digital media, fashion and textiles, fine art, graphic communication, illustration, interior design, photography and product design.

Fashion Show BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles students held a successful final year Fashion Show at the Arena Theatre. The event was sponsored by fashion retailer Bank, and they chose Natasha Jackson as their winner of the Bank Trophy for the Best Fashion Collection at the Catwalk Show.

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The Fashion Show was a wonderful celebration of the diverse creative skills and talent of our students, particularly the very exciting and original final collections shown by this year’s graduating students. I would like to thank everyone at the University of Wolverhampton, and our Arena Theatre, for all their help and support in making this event such a super success.

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Students get involved with the Candy Chang Before I die community art project Jo Rooney and Debbie Shelley, BA (Hons) Fine Art students undertook a large community art project in June.

Before I die is a community orientated art project which is currently taking place around the world.

American artist, Candy Chang, turned the side of an abandoned house in her neighbourhood in New Orleans into an interactive mural, allowing residents and members of the community to come together to share their hopes and dreams.

When Debbie and Jo heard of the project they wanted Wolverhampton to become a part of it and embarked on their project; seeking permission from the Council and contacting local media companies for support. They even received a letter of support from the artist Candy Chang.

Student focu Their exhibition took place on the hoardings around the row of vacant stores situated in Victoria Street. The project began with the students painting the boards with black paint and stencilling on the words: ‘Before I die I want to...’.

Members of the public were then provided with chalk and invited to interact with the wall space.

The project ran for one week in June and at the end of the project the area was cleared and the boards painted in black paint.

Messages have been heartfelt. A young boy wrote ‘I want to make my mum proud.’ Other messages include ‘I want to be immortal’; ‘I want to love and be loved’; ‘I want to see my children succeed’; ‘I want to make my mum proud’; ‘I want to play bingo’; and ‘I want to see no more litter’.

Jo told us: “We wanted to make a positive effect on the city of Wolverhampton. Our aim was to bring a positive, thought-provoking mural made by the people of Wolverhampton. This project comes from the heart. We will get some credit towards our course; however, this is an independent venture that we knew had to come to our hometown. In a society where our goals are becoming just dreams Before I die offers a united statement in a very strong visual piece of art”.

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Third year student exhibits at the Open Art Exhibition in Stafford

Alice Jones, a final year BA (Hons) Photography student has just had her first piece of work accepted into the Open Art Exhibition, Stafford.

The work is taken from Alice’s final year project: The Perfection Aspiration. The piece is called Fading Away and represents the artist’s fears and upset over the way an eating disorder has impacted her life.

It represents the illnesses power to strip away her identity as well as her physical being.

Alice told us: “I wanted to convey my feelings of vanishing and losing the qualities which used to make me Alice. The ambition in my work is to expose the damage caused by the current pressures women face to be beautiful, thin and perfect. I wanted to present the viewer with the reality of conforming to the socially constructed notion of beauty.

“I was absolutely thrilled to get my work accepted into the Open Art Exhibition, it is a fantastic opportunity not only to exhibit my work in another reputable gallery, but to also feature amongst the most contemporary and innovative artists’ works.

“It has enabled to me to push my work into another public domain where the viewer can interrogate and engage with the concept, hopefully resulting in the viewer challenging and questioning the current ideas on perfection.”

For more information on the Open Art Exhibition, visit: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/openart

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Students shortlisted by the Design Museum Seven School of Art & Design students have been shortlisted by the Design Museum in London as part of a live brief for their final year projects.

Innovative ideas from the BA (Hons) Graphic Communication students for the Design Factory project included a new garment care symbol, a simplified TV remote control using a smartphone app and a re-design of the traffic light labeling system for food packaging.

They represented the University at an event at the Design Museum in May where they met leading international designers, collaborated with one of the designers from the Designs of the Year Awards 2012 and met other shortlisted students from international universities.

In addition, a selection of the Design Factory submissions will be showcased on the Design Museum website. The students are Alex Steer, Ben Pritchard, Christian Leoci, Katie Howell, Bradley Ankers, Raymond Chan and Caroline Gibson.

Senior lecturer, Jessica Glaser, said: “We’re delighted with the success of our students in this live brief with the Design Museum. This is a great opportunity for them to gain experience of working on live briefs and to network with leading designers.”

For the project, the students visited the Design Museum’s This is Design exhibition, which looks at mass production and how design has shaped the modern world. They were tasked with selecting three examples from the exhibition to analyse and research.

For the second part of the brief they identified an everyday, possibly ‘unnoticed’ piece of design, whether 2D, 3D, digital or package, that they wished to challenge for functionality and innovate to add to the quality of everyday life.

Video and Film students secure internships Phil Noakes and Daniel Anderson, BA (Hons) Video and Film Production students have been successful in securing graduate internships with the Institute for Media Arts.

The Institute of Media Arts is a centre of excellence at the University of Wolverhampton, priding itself on producing graduates with the potential to shape the future of Britain’s media and creative industries.

The Institute provides top flight professional development opportunities to people working in the industry or who would like to explore doing so working with regional, national and European partners in innovative projects.

Tracy McCoy, course leader for Video and Film Production told us: “All of their hard work achieving a good degree classification, preparing for interviews and taking part in our Enrichments Project and other extra-curricular video projects has clearly paid off with their success in securing these internships, well done!”

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Student wins Light House Open Photographic and Exhibition Award Brian Sheridan, second year BA (Hons) Photography student, has won the Light House photographic award for his series of work about the Whitmarley Activists.

Now in its fourth year, the Light House Open Photographic Award and Exhibition invites students from all years of the Photography course to submit their work to be considered for an exhibition in Light House’s balcony gallery.

The successfully shortlisted work is then displayed in the gallery, and an overall winner is selected by Zoe Lippett, Exhibitions Curator at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Zoe told us: “This year we decided to make the award open to all genres of photography, and we were inundated with high quality work” The 16 emerging photographers included in the show are: Roger Baker, Katherine Bell, Tony Blood, Nicole Chambers, Gregg Faulkner, Nigal Goodship, Zoe Hannagan, Alice Jones, Lizzie Middlebrook, Urszula Motyl, Jack Nelson, Brian Sheridan, Robert Stasiukiewicz, Anna Tedesco, Dominic Tranter, and Laura Wellings.

Fashion student wins top accolade Recently graduated BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles student, David Warner, has been chosen from over 200 of the top fashion and textiles graduates throughout the UK by Texprint. Texprint interviews, mentors and promotes the UK’s most talented textile design graduates with the support of industry professionals worldwide.

As one of the top 24 graduates selected David has already exhibited at the Chelsea School of Art and has exhibitions in Paris, Shanghai and Hong Kong planned for the year ahead.

Fashion lecturer Sharon Watts told us:

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This is a wonderful experience for David and we are so proud of him, especially as he is the first student from Wolverhampton to have achieved this accolade.

On behalf of the Fashion and Textiles team we would like to wish our next Paul Smith much success and congratulations!

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This prestigious prize from Texprint ensures support and mentoring from international industry specialists with opportunities for work placements and commissions. Those selected are introduced to buyers, press and sponsors at the Texprint London event, and at Europe and Asia’s leading yarn and textile exhibitions.

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Top: Dawn van Gerven Far right: Jon Williams Right: Pam Salter

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uccess Wedgwood Museum Global Products Project 2012

For the fourth consecutive year BA (Hons) Applied Arts students and alumni have been invited to work with the Wedgwood Museum on a live brief.

The brief, entitled The Global Product, required students to develop products for the museum’s retail outlet. Over 40 students and alumni have chosen to participate in the project, many of whom are now working as makers and designers in their own studios; all eager to keep constantly developing new and innovative ideas and research different markets.

Gwen Heeney, senior lecturer in Applied Arts said: “This is an outstanding opportunity to be involved once again with the prestigious museum on a challenging, ‘live’ project with a particular market in mind.

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This is a real project that demands the kind of professionalism needed to survive in the world outside of the University.

For further information, visit: www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk

Graphics graduate’s success at esteemed publishers Graphics graduate, Michael Salu, is artistic director at Granta Publications, working across Granta Magazine, Granta Books and Portobello books.

Granta Magazine was founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University as a periodical of student politics, student badinage and student literary enterprise.

In this original incarnation it had a long and distinguished history, publishing the early work of many writers who later became well known, including: A. A. Milne, Michael Frayn, Stevie Smith, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Since 1979, the year of its rebirth, Granta has published many of the world’s finest writers tackling some of the world’s most important subjects, from intimate human experiences to the large public and political events that have shaped our lives.

In his role Michael oversees all the visual work produced

by Granta, publishing photography and art in Granta magazine, and art direction of all print and digital projects.

He told us: “Being a commissioning editor my role brings together art and photography, art direction, design, project management, illustration and much more. I run an art department and enjoy working with a host of design professionals.

“We’ve just finished our Britain issue, for which I’ve curated a showcase of works addressing the multiple currents of British identity. The issue is a celebration of the nation’s past and present, its people, its land – and the deep connections between them. The stories, poems and memoirs in this collection show the delicate human interactions within the sometimes brutal context of historical and contemporary Britain.”

For further information on the magazine,visit: www.granta.com

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Exciting new school project for Glass graduate Gary Grosvenor, a BA (Hons) Glass graduate from 2000, is currently working on an exciting new project to design and install new cast glass windows for Penn Fields Special School who, as part of the Building Schools for Future Programme, are relocating to a new purpose-built site.

Since his graduation Gary has been part of dozens of exciting projects including the cast glass installation of 169 cubes at Innovation Square, Birmingham; 9 Blocks, a 10-metre tall chandelier for the Carling Group; and Darwin Gate, 60 cast glass units for the columns for the Renn and Thacker partnership.

This latest venture has involved Gary working alongside the schoolchildren to explore colour, shape and drawing ideas.

Gary told us: “The design for the windows were a direct response to working with the children, I have never made any coloured architectural cast glass before.

“The children’s drawings of seeds, leaves, pods and abstract shapes have been embossed, carved, and scratched into the casting mould material before melting the glass. This I hope will give the children a sense of pride as really it is their work that has been produced.

“The final theme was based around several concentric elliptical shapes that linked all five windows with spectrums of colour, particularly the colours the children preferred. And the patterning on the glass slabs have been informed from the drawing days we had at the school.

“If I didn’t work alongside the children and didn’t take part in any workshops my proposal would have been totally different.

I’m so glad I worked there.”

The windows are due to be installed within the next couple of months. If you would like to see the finished design, visit: www.wlv. ac.uk/artanddesign

Top left: Darwin Gate, Shrewsbury Top right: 9 Blocks’, Carling Group, Leicester Bottom left: Windows, Penn Fields Special School Bottom right: 169 Cubes’ Innovation Square, Birmingham

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Wolverhampton filmmaker’s Black Country success Manjeet Gill BA (Hons) Video and Film Production graduated from the University of Wolverhampton in 2007 and has gone from strength to strength with his filmmaking career.

Following graduation Manjeet worked in several roles, including Broadcast Producer at Sandwell Academy, Video Editor at Nexus Digital Vision and he produced and directed one series of the entertainment show The Buzz for BritAsia TV. Then in 2009 he formed Black Country Cinema, where he produces art films alongside two other University of Wolverhampton graduates. The trio specialise in documentary where they aim to portray the Black Country and British culture as honestly and authentically as possible through film.

Manjeet told us: “By pooling our various cultures, backgrounds and experiences, we create film that we feel is honest, authentic and minimalistic. Last year we were really pleased to win the MyStreet prize at the Open City Documentary Festival for our film – Walk 17.

“Walk 17 is a short documentary about a postman’s delivery route during a dark and cold winter morning. We interviewed various people from the B68 area to find out how they start their week.

We came across a young parttime postman who talks to us about a place he likes to visit whilst delivering on his route. The route he was on at the time was called Walk 17.”

Several of the collective’s other films have been commissioned by UK Film Council and MultiStory.

And their latest venture is a film made for the NHS. The film I was diagnosed, but... is about young people coping with diabetes. The film was originally made as an experiment but almost a year later turned out to be of interest to the NHS because of its subject matter. Therefore, the team have now received funding from NHS Choices, which has allowed them to complete the previously unfinished film.

Manjeet believes his time at the School of Art & Design was key to the success he’s enjoyed in his career so far. He explains: “The course provided me with the ability to understand film production on a professional level, and gave me some of the fundamental skills that have proved to be essential in everything I have done since.”

For further information on Manjeet’s work, please visit: www.blackcountrycinema.com

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Staff focus Glass art featured in new exhibition in China

Six glass artists from the School of Art & Design exhibited their work at a prestigious show in China in May. The lecturers were invited to exhibit glasswork at the New Glass Art Exhibition at ART Shanghai from 10-14 May 2012. It was the 10th anniversary of ART Shanghai, which now attracts exhibitors from all over the world.

Work by experts Professor Keith Cummings, Stuart Garfoot, Dr Max Stewart, Simon Eccles, Sara Squire and Jo Newman was on show; and Dean of School Dr Bryony Conway attended the opening in Hongqiao New Town Central Park in Shanghai.

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The School of Art & Design has had a major impact on the development of studio glass in China as was demonstrated in 2010 in the Glass Roots exhibition in Bilston Craft Gallery.

Ben Salter, senior lecturer in Interior Design, got involved with local charity the Woodford Foundation last year to help them design a photographic exhibition of their project work from Shropshire to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Woodford Foundation are a small charity based in Shrewsbury who work with other organisations to support and empower children and young people with sensory impairments in income-poor countries.

Ben told us: “I was lucky enough to be able to help them with the design of a photographic exhibition to showcase a small part of the great work they do here in the UK and abroad.

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Lecturer lends a hand to charity exhibition

“The photographs in the exhibition represented a number of fundraising events which have been undertaken throughout Shropshire, and showcased some of the people and communities Woodford has been able to help.”

The Woodford Foundation is always looking for new faces to join their volunteer team. To find out more information about their work, visit: www.woodfordfoundation.org.uk

“We are delighted to maintain and develop that collaboration through our participation in the New Glass Art exhibition, which has been facilitated by Honorary Professor of the University of Wolverhampton and graduate of the School of Art & Design Zhuang Xiaowei.”

The new exhibition follows the inclusion of work by University of Wolverhampton staff and graduates in the permanent collection at China’s first glass museum, the Shanghai Museum of Glass, when it opened in May last year.

The glass course at Wolverhampton was set up in 1854 as the first glass design course in the UK and has been in continuous operation since then.

Over the last 40 years, distinguished alumni have successfully established educational glass and professional practice all over the world, including in North and South America, Australasia and China.

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Hat trick of exhibitions for Glass technician

Lecturer’s internationally acclaimed journal

Simon Eccles, senior glass technician at the School of Art & Design, was selected to exhibit at three exhibitions over the summer, including the 2012 British Glass Biennale.

Dr Kristina Niedderer, Reader in Design and Applied Arts and Course Leader for Applied Arts, has received a glowing praise for her journal: Craft Research by the American Crafts Council (ACC) Library.

Simon told us: “The 2012 British Glass Biennale is the most important UK glass exhibition and it also has international impact. It was an honour to be a selected artist for the British Glass Biennale for the second time (Simon was also selected in 2008). It is the major event of the UK glass artist’s calendar so I’m extremely pleased to have participated in it twice now.”

As well as three exhibitions, the School of Art & Design also hosted three masterclasses as part of the International Glass Festival which Simon was involved with, including working as the teaching assistant on the Richard Marquis masterclass event at Ruskin Mill.

Since its launch in 2010 the journal has been recognised internationally, being held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Crafts Council, the ACC and over 30 institutions internationally. The ACC library reviewed the journal in their bulletin 100 Years of Periodicals at the ACC Library (July 2011) saying: “It is a gem; dedicated to advocating and promoting current and emerging craft research.”

Kristina told us: “Setting up the journal was motivated by a real need of the craft research community for a medium that would allow it to find its voice. The support we received in setting up the journal, both from the publisher (Intellect) and from eminent people in the crafts and beyond has been amazing, and has helped the journal gain its unique, international position in the field.”

Dr Rina Arya releases new book about Francis Bacon Dr Rina Arya, Reader in Visual Communication, published her new book: Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World last April.

images: ‘The pig, the pin and the marble’

by Simon Eccles, selected for the 2012 British Glass Biennale.

Recent publications by School of Art & Design staff Graphic Communication lecturer’s best seller Senior lecturer in Graphic Communication, Jessica Glaser’s latest book: The Graphic Design Exercise Book has now become a bestseller for publisher RotoVision.

Jessica, who co-wrote the book with former School of Art & Design lecturer Carolyn Knight, told us: “This book showcases the results of my research and uniquely documents in detail the professional methodology of branding design, editorial design, design for screen, designing for music and packaging.”

Throughout his career, Francis Bacon (19091992) made many anti-religious and, more specifically, anti-Christian statements. He exploited the symbols of Christianity in order to show its untenability in the modern age.

Rina told us: “Throughout my extensive research on Bacon I noticed that whilst there have been a number of studies on isolated aspects of his use of religious iconography, there has not been a single study that has consolidated the recognition of the significance of the religious in Bacon’s art. My book advances that project.”

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Creative employability Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) wins business award A partnership between a Shropshire company and the University of Wolverhampton which helped transform the business has won a national award.

(from left to right): David Vesty, MD Tough Furniture, Barbara Vesty, Director Tough Furniture, Nigel Jordan, from the University’s Business Solutions Centre, awards presenter Maggie Philbin and Dr Douglas Robertson, PraxisUnico chairman.

Tough Furniture Ltd designs and manufactures products for challenging environments such as Young Offender Institutes, care homes, mental health units and individuals with learning difficulties.

The company, based in Craven Arms, enlisted the help of the School of Art & Design as part of a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

The partnership won the Special Recognition category at The Impact Awards, run by PraxisUnico. The awards showcase outstanding contributions to society and the economy through innovation and had more than 100 entries.

The University provided help to revolutionise the company’s design

Designed for success Gwenael Prost, a second year Product Design undergraduate student from Rennes, France, has won a competition to design and make the trophies for a regional business awards ceremony.

Gwenael, who is studying at the School of Art & Design for a year as part of the Erasmus European exchange programme, won the commission to make the final collection of trophies for the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) West Midlands Director of the Year Awards, sponsored by the University.

His design was inspired by the Japanese art of Origami and he used state-ofthe-art CAD systems in its design and manufacture.

Gwenael said: “It is really rewarding to see something you have designed and made come to life. It’s great to hear good things about your work and to make something real. You feel that you can truly call yourself a designer.

(from left to right) Peter Maskell of the BHSF Group, who won IoD WM Director of the Year and Gwenael Prost

“I realise it is an achievement to have my trophy used in these awards. I have had

processes by mentoring a Product Design graduate to help provide a dedicated design capability.

As well as being able to benefit from the transfer of skills to their workforce, Tough Furniture was also able to have access to University facilities, such as rapid prototyping and specialist training in photography and Photoshop to aid its in-house sales and marketing output.

Since the KTP was run the company’s profits have increased by 20%.

Rob Cooksey, senior lecturer in Furniture Design at the University, mentored graduate Rhys Thomas through the scheme. He said: “Supervising KTP partnerships like Tough Furniture is a wonderful opportunity to keep abreast of design developments in the furniture industry and the individual needs of manufacturing companies.

“Using the company as an example of design in practice makes my teaching more relevant and impactful to students on our applied design undergraduate programmes and demonstrates how valuable their contribution can be to companies seeking new graduates”.

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Coming to England has really opened up my mind as a designer.”

Gwenael attended the awards at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham in May and saw eight of the trophies he designed and made presented to the winners.

John Phillips, IoD West Midlands regional director, said: “It always means so much more to receive something that is unique and individual and made by hand. It is even better that we have done that in conjunction with the University of Wolverhampton.

“It is a tough market place at the moment and we want to help young people and motivate them to show that there are opportunities and exciting and rewarding careers out there.”

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Graduation prize winners 2012 · Top Pot Award for Achievement Each year the School of Art & The Dean’s Prize in Ceramics – Nour Touaiti Design together with local and for Excellance national businesses award a series · The Craftline Award for Excellence · The Dean’s Prize for Excellence of prizes to final year student’s to in Ceramics – Lin Leadbeater recognise their achievements over in Fine Art & Photography – the course of their undergraduate · Simon Bruntnell Award for Alice Jones degrees.

Best Glass Work in Show – We are pleased to announce this year’s prize winners are:

Robyn Corfield

· The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Design & Applied Arts – Richard Brotherton

Keith Cummings Award for Excellence in Kiln Glass Casting – · The Dean’s Prize for Excellence Kelly Louise Rooker · The Bank Trophy for the Best in Visual Communications – Fashion Collection at the Catwalk Alex Steer Daler Rowney Prize Show – Natasha Jackson · The Dean’s Prize for Excellence · Daler Rowney Prize for Excellence in Digital Media – Chris Kinsey · The Caparo Prize for Creative in Painting – Jodie Wright Enterprise – Glenn Rossington · The Express & Star Award for Digital Editorial Design in Graphic Communication – Sangita Kumari · Wolverhampton Art Gallery Prize for Fine Art – Gavin Lawley · MDTi Prize for Excellence in Commercial Video Production – Laura Hunt · The Hill & Co Enterprise and Presentation Award – Kennedy Glews · Ed Bird Memorial Award – Rebecca Broomhall · Wow! Stuff Product Innovation Award 2012 – John Facer An annual prize awarded for excellence in product design. · The Canon Illustration Prize – Blair Frame · The Potclay Award for Outstanding Work in Clay – Lydia Stanford-Murphy · The Valentines Studentship Prize for Ceramics – Holly Inglis

· Daler Rowney Prize for Excellence in Graphic Communication – Daniel Dean

The Sandvik Prize · The Sandvik Prize for Excellence in Sculpture – Anna Smith · The Sandvik Prize for Excellence in Photography – Jonathan Hancock

The Rotovision Award · The RotoVision Award for Excellence in Editorial Graphic Communication – Hannah Foy · The RotoVision Award for Excellence in Visualising – Bradley Ankers

The Sheaffer Prize · The Sheaffer Prize for Use of Language in Graphic Projects – Katie Howell · The Sheaffer Prize for Outstanding Work on Live Commissions in Graphic Communication – Jordan Jones

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Tel: 01902 322058 Email: art-design@wlv.ac.uk Web: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

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