Bentalls Center Hack

To start off the day we were given a tour of the Bentall's Center, and given a map to demonstrate where we could and couldn't use. Areas highlighted in green are where we can use.   Photos of the Bentall's Center taken by Frida: We then were split off into different rooms to come up…

Workshop – Lottie Hanson-Lowe

Lottie came in to give us a talk about 'Design for change'. This looked at how we could use design for social change essentially. I found the talk really interesting. I found that the graphics Lottie used to create her presentation were very aesthetically capturing. I also found that Lottie was the most interesting speaker…

Hackspace Workshop

In order to start off the project, we had a day having a workshop with one of the guys from the Hack space. This included trying to manipulate different codes, and making a small circuit with an Arduino. We played around with changing speeds, numbers, and colours. The day was interesting however, not necessarily relevant.…

Journalism Workshop

Journalism Workshop with Andy Jones, freelance journalist. Find out what people are sensitive about, and write a story about it. e.g. Cocaine quality article is sold to vice every year Stag and Hen do's disrupt tranquil river town, sold to Sunday times First Exercise; Come up with two themes about a magazine advert Body Confidence…

Creating a Presentation Workshop

We had a workshop with Russell on engaging ways to create a powerpoint, and how to visually communicate a message. This was useful as it showed me that you can be humorous and playful with the information. In addition it showed me that you need to have enough space on the page, and minimal text.…

Illustrator Workshop

Having never used illustrator before, I was unsure of how easy it would be. I have always found photoshop to be incredibly easy, but struggled to learn new software such as indesign. Especially since it is so easy to just use photoshop for everything. However, using illustrator has demonstrated to me that there are so…

Advertising Workshop 2

Workshop with Matthew Mifsud from Quiet Storm Advertising. He came and gave us a talk about what he does and about tips for advertising. He then gave us a brief he has been working on for Vimto. We worked on it in pairs to create a new branding for them. Erla and I came up…

Advertising Workshop

Workshop with Brian Sheppard based around advertising and scamping. He taught us that we must always draw a box around our scamp as it makes it much more effective. We started off by being given a list of weird actions and being told to scamp them, for example a baby crying, or a girl skipping.…

PR Workshop

One of Mark's former students Lisha, came to give us a workshop. She now works in PR, at a firm called Marlin PR. She gave us a talk about different aspects of the job and what she does. She also discussed current issues with us. Our task for the workshop was to be split up…

Animation Workshop: Identity

We had a workshop with award winning animator Jessica Ashman. It was a workshop for anyone, so there were students studying various courses at kingston university, and also people who were not even students. We started off by introducing ourselves and saying our favourite piece of art at the moment. Then we were put into…