Newsflash is an in depth insight into the social impact of the Geo- political climate that we are faced with today and was the main part of my self directed study.

My theme was focused on social design and it’s implications in a brave new world.
Propoganda and dissent has permiated mass culture, my research and communication skills were greatly improved due to the nature of this project.
The 130 page document is a critique on mass culture, educating the reader on important social issues aswell as a unique journalistic approach to graphic design.

Duncan Bambridge
cargocollective.com/db-designdunks

“Love beetroot” explores my fascination with growing veg as a part of my final project on “Life in the countryside”
I’ve chosen beetroot as I have fond memories from my teenaged years, when my parent would send me to my aunty who’s favorite veg was beetroot and I love Polish “barszcz” borscht.

The final outcome consists of a book “All you need to know about Beetroot”,packet of seeds, postcards and a “Health benefits poster” all packaged in a hinged paper box with “Love beetroot logo”

Viola Wyszynska
www.thesilkdesign.com

The Paper Chain is a creative new charitable Christmas Activity to be put on by schools, churches, or community groups.

All participants can donate to a named charity in exchange for a paper slip. This piece of paper is where each individual writes a memory or message, and then shares it with
the group in the act of joining their piece of paper with others to construct the chain. This idea comes as a solution to the need of remembering loved ones at an often lonely time of year, Christmas.

The Paper Chain allows people an appropriate space, and creative way to do this; where respect and understanding from fellow contributors outweighs any element of personal risk of showing emotion.

The Paper Chain was short-listed for the RSA Student Brief ‘Shared Assets’ 2011/2012

Grace Watling
www.gracewatling.co.uk

Shaun Ogden
www.shaunogden.com

As part of my final university project on obsessions I have created a book on tattoos and the reasons why people decide to get tattoos, be it religion, as part of a gang, or modern culture.

I created this book to show people the obsessional mind set that some people are in when they get tattoos and the reasons why.

Ben Curliss
cargocollective.com/bencurlissdesign

In my final term of university I began looking at ‘utopias’ as part of a self directed project. My research led me to Thamesmead Estate, South East London. Thamesmead was an estate built to solve London’s problems with overcrowding in the late 60′s – early 70′s. The estate, that shows off futuristic architecture (even now) was designed to be the ‘perfect’ society. It was meant to be a safe ‘haven’ that didn’t make the same mistakes of housing estates of the past. However, today Thamesmead carries associations of crime, broken promises and even murder. Where did it go wrong? How did this planned ‘utopia’ become more reminiscent of a ‘dystopia?’ My book ‘Town From A Wilderness’ follows the life of Thamesmead estate and tries to conclude where everything went wrong. It also looks at whether the idea of a ‘utopia on earth’ is simply a naive dream and not a reality.

Tom Bennett
www.cargocollective.com/thomasjamesdesign

Huey May Chong
www.hueymay.com
vimeo.com/35842437

Everyone has memories of their local corner shop, from buying your favourite army and navy sweets to getting your weekly Saturday morning gossip and newspaper. Corner shops have been part of our British heritage for decades and have unique characteristics from their odd selection of products to their friendly personal service. We are now in real danger of losing our corner shops due to ever-increasing supermarkets.

This newspaper documents and explores the unique characteristics of Britain’s corner shops and aims to show why they would be missed.

Katie Davidson
www.katiedavidsongraphicdesign.co.uk

As part of my self directed study focusing on ‘Failure’, this is a selection of animated GIF’s demonstrating small and insignificant daily fails. Watch them repeatedly fail on my website: www.vickieburns.com

Vickie Burns
www.vickieburns.com

The book contains fifteen of the most famous ambiguous poems, which all contain more than one meaning or interpretation. But underneath the surface a code is used to add extra hidden context. The design, layout and images all add to the hidden messages all inspired by Sir Francis Bacon cipher in 1570. The design represents the time that both the poems and the cipher were created.

Katherine Wood
www.katewooddesign.co.uk