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Graduate Shows

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The University of Cumbria: Graphics and Illustration end of year exhibition Wednesday 6th June - Wednesday 13th June.

Creative Spark 2012

6-23 June | 10am-4pm, Monday-Saturday
Sheffield Hallam University City Campus

Reveal

University of Leeds
School of Design
Degree Show 2012
June 18th — 22nd

 

   University of Sunderland
   BA (Hons) Glass and Ceramics degree show 2012.

   Preview: 15th June 2012
   6.00pm – 8.00pm
   Exhibition: 16th – 21st June 2012
   10am – 5pm

Riverside Rooms, National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL

 NTU Art and Design degree shows 

FREE ADMISSION
Public View: Friday 25 May - Sunday 3 June 2012 

Monday - Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY ILLUSTRATION & ANIMATION DEGREE SHOW 2012

Tuesday 3rd July - Saturday 7th July.

If you have your graduate show coming up please drop us a line with the details to vlem2@hallmark-uk.com or visit our Facebook page.

Studio Manager Wanted in our Bradford Studio

Emily Hogarth

  © Emily Hogarth
  © Emily Hogarth

  © Emily Hogarth

The amazingly talented Emily Hogarth has just launched a new look website which features stacks of her wonderful work.

Emily is a Scottish designer and illustrator living and working in Edinburgh with her husband and their West Highland Terrier ‘Mary’. Emily captures the magic of the Scottish landscape and its wildlife combing these with her recognisable floral and faunas. Working mainly with papercuts, Emily loves the combination of boldness and delicacy that they bring to designs.

Emily's distinctive illustrations and bold designs have provided opportunities to work with some big names including Cadbury’s, Nivea, Red Magazine, Lloyds Bank, Jasper Conran for Debenhams; Bebaroque; Graham and Brown; Tigerprint; Studio Roam; Medici Cards; and Cole and Sons.

Christian Louboutin

01 May – 09 July 2012 at The Design Museum

The Design Museum presents iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin’s career showcasing twenty years of designs and inspiration, revealing the artistry and theatricality of his shoe design from stilettos to lace-up boots, studded sneakers and bejewelled pumps. Be taken on a magical journey of style, glamour, power, femininity and elegance.

This looks like an amazing exhibition and do let us know if you've been lucky enough to visit it already.

 

Made North Designer Showcase

The Made North Designers showcase has come to Wakefield! Since it's launch back in February at the Made North conference it has been traveling around the UK & will end in London later this year. The Exhibition is promoting the brilliant furniture / product / graphic designer's that can be found in the north.

It celebrates designers who are using innovation, technology & new processes to create new ideas & products. If you've got a spare afternoon in Wakefield I'd recommend popping in.

The exhibition runs from April 16th - June 8th, at Beam.

 

Competition News

You now have the long bank holiday weekend remaining to submit your entries for our latest competition Male Humour.

The deadline for all entries is midnight (GMT) Monday 7th May 2012.

In case you've already finished your entries are are eager to tackle the next competition then you can head here and check out the Male Photography Competition launched earlier today.

Best of luck with your entries and have a great weekend!

Male Humour Competition

Good morning all and we hope you all had a great weekend!

You now have only one remaining to submit your entries for our latest competition Male Humour.

Deadline Monday 7th May 2012.

 

Best of luck with your entries!

Male Humour Competition

Good morning all and we hope you all had a great weekend!

You now have two weeks remaining to submit your entries for our latest competition Male Humour.

Deadline Monday 7th May 2012.

 

Best of luck with your entries!

Emily Button Personalised Cards

Great news from the Emily Button team - as from today you can purchase very special personalised Emily Button cards for those special children in your life.

Don't forget if you have friends or family aged 2-11 years old who love to draw? Then tell them all about the Emily Button Art Competition where they can win exclusive Emily Button artwork and goodies!

The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design - Showcase!

  Hand-drawn ‘Magnolia Mews’ by Katy Hackney

 

I was thrilled to hear from the lovely Rachael Taylor today who was bursting with pride from all the wonderful work that's been created by the students of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design.

It was so lovely to look through all the work but so difficult to choose which one to show you in the post so please do head over here and check them all out.

  Bright and sketchy ‘Tangerine Hoops’ by Katy Clemmans

  Pretty bird motifs in ‘Outbackyard Collection’ by Luisa Franco

Pretty repeat design ‘Feather Design’ by Liz Smith

 

Directional florals in ‘Oriental Bloom’ by Susan Lloyd (theprinttree@yahoo.co.uk)

  Feminine ‘Artisan Florals’ by Suzanne Washington

 

Well done to all the designers and good luck with the next module and find out how you can take part here.

Jessica Hogarth Designs

  © Jessica Hogarth Designs
  © Jessica Hogarth Designs
  © Jessica Hogarth Designs
  © Jessica Hogarth Designs

  © Jessica Hogarth Designs

I adore post and these days I really don't get a lot of physical post so imagine my delight when I received a curious package from Jessica Hogarth.

I was ecstatic to discover a wonderful bundle of gorgeous design courtesy of Jessica Hogarth who was the winner of our Word Up competition back in 2011.

Jessica's designs are stunning and I love her illustrative style and the wonderful atmosphere her designs evoke.

"Jessica Hogarth Designs offers unique prints, cards and home wares featuring hand drawn designs inspired by a blend of Parisian life and the historic buildings and seascapes of the North Yorkshire coast.

Jessica’s designs begin as illustrations in black pen on paper before they are digitally scanned and enhanced with subtle colour schemes. Her final products are produced using both digital and hand printed methods making for a varied range. Jessica’s entire collection prints and products are designed and manufactured in the UK, an industry she is keen to continue supporting.

Her use of bold colour combined with playful illustrations make for a collection of quirky yet sophisticated designs. The prints and patterns typically depict images of daily life, places Jessica has visited or feature strong influences from Robin Hoods Bay and the Yorkshire coast".

 Jessica's career is going from strength to strength since graduating in 2010 and this year a colloboration with Lab C to launch of a range of ‘designer edition’ iPhone cases. The seven cases produced with Jessica’s designs feature a mixture of both graphic abstract patterns and highly illustrative conversational prints. A free iPhone app is also available for download, meaning the designs can be used as decorative phone wallpapers.

In addition you can catch Jessica this year at New Designers One Year On and also the British Craft Trade Fair in Harrogate next week.

To find out more about the lovely Jessica and her gorgeous work head to the following links:

 

http://www.jessicahogarth.com/

http://www.jessicahogarth.com/blog/

Stockists of Jessica Hogarth Designs

 

Thanks to Jessica for the oh so lovely bundle it made my week!

Play Time!

Seen as it's the Easter holidays we have decided to extend the Play Time competition deadline to give you a few extra days to work on your submissions.

All entries must now be received by midnight Monday 9th April to be included in our judging session next week.

Good luck and have a great Easter weekend!

And the Winners are....

We had a fun filled Easter themed day yesterday and as promised here are the results of the Character Challenge. From left to right, created by our fabulous designers Lucy C, Abbi G, Nicola W & Yvonne, and below by Bruno.

Easter Challenge

The Tigerprint Studio have been set an Easter Challenge this morning, they had an hour to create another studio member from a boiled egg & craft materials. The results look fantastic and if you've been in the studio let us know if you recognise anyone.

Check out our facebook pages later on today to see who won.

TP Workshop: Hand drawn fonts by any means

The lovely designers in the Tigerprint Studio have been taking part in a handdrawn type workshop today. Everyone got involved for a quick power hour as a way to learn a new skill, a new style or simple to free up their illustrative styles. They usual work with our huge font library so its a nice change to seem some great styles & techniques coming through.

We can't share all of the outcomes but I hope the images above give you a taster. The designers could use a mixture of pens / inks / brushes.

Life Online

A group of Tigerprinters will be attending the late night opening of Life Online tonight at the Media Museum in Bradford.

We've been waiting a long time to see this exhibition which officially opens Friday 30th March.

"In March 2012, we will open the world's first gallery dedicated to exploring the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet. This permanent gallery will trace the history of the internet, uncover how it has changed people's lives and track the latest trends.

The gallery will bring together historically significant content, multimedia displays, and a programme of special exhibitions exploring contemporary trends and issues related to how the internet and the web are changing society.

Life Online will be powered by the ideas, thoughts and opinions of our physical and virtual visitors, ultimately creating an invaluable public archive of society's relationship with the internet and the web in the 21st century".

In addition the Media Museum will be hosting the TEDx Bradford event Friday 30th March 1-6pm and we will be sure to bring you a few snippets from the events in the next few days.

 

Out of Sync

  © Somerset House
  © Somerset House

London based Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere’s large scale courtyard installation at Somerset House recreates the joy we feel at the site of blossoming daffodils signalling the end of winter and the beginning of spring. 10,000 ceramic daffodils, placed in a naturalistic setting within The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court, remind us of the wonder and accuracy of nature’s clock, against the backdrop of an ever changing environment.

The exhibition is free to all and will be open until 27th April during the hours 10am - 6pm.

Check out the full details from Somerset House here.

 

London Easter Egg Hunt

© The Big Egg Hunt

The Faberge Egg Hunt is live across London. Use the maps on-line to hunt down 200 Easter Eggs in the Capital. Each egg has been created by a different designer and you can update others when you've spotted them, visit the site for more information. The interactive exhibition runs until Easter Weekend.

Emily Button Art Competition

Do you have family or friends aged 2-11 years old who love to draw? Then why not tell them all about Emily Button's art competition to draw your favourite place!

Exclusive Emily Button prints and goodies to be won so head over to www.emilybutton.co.uk and find out more!

Deadline for entries is Friday 27th April 2012!