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Sixth form student CR covers

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Posted by Mark Sinclair, 25 November 2010, 10:34    Permalink    Comments (9)

The students of Pendleton Sixth Form Centre, Salford City College have been at it again – tackling the tricky job that is designing the CR cover. As with the fruits of last year's project, we've picked some of our favourite efforts...

The students, under the tutelage of David Holcroft, were again asked to design a Creative Review front cover and double-page spread based on a chosen design agency as part of their BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design.

"This year, however, we have explored some of the fantastic design agencies that we have on our doorstep in Manchester and produced covers that reflect their unique nature," explains Holcroft. "The aims of the project were: to encourage students to take an active interest in the design industry; raise their awareness of editorial design; introduce them to InDesign whilst allowing them the opportunity to develop their conceptual work. Essentially, four birds with one stone."

Each cover is based on a unique element that the student discovered about their design agency – a quote from their website, an ethos or individual approach, or anything else that seemed to separate them from other design agencies.

All of the work below was produced by 17-19 year-old students who have just started their second year on a BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design.

The following five were ones that our art director, Paul Pensom, thought stood out; the four after that are a few of the CR editorial team's favourites. You can see all the designs at the bottom of the post.

Dinosaur HQ by Ashley Tatum

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Unique by Jamie Hughes

Emotional Design by Jonathan Nugent

Brains by Jordan Smith

Love Design by Ryan Grimshaw

Metamorphosis by Katie Green

Beauty With Bite by Laura Green

Super Designers by Taime Rotchell

Hard Work by Benjamin Barke

9 Comments

i think this is some amazing pieces of work, to be honest
janet wise
2010-11-25 12:11:37

A lot of Great Designs and excellent Imagination .
kerry
2010-11-25 12:25:31

Amazing designs! There's so much creativity and imagination going on.
gwen
2010-11-25 13:02:25

Really lovely work guys. If I hadn't known I wouldn't have guessed these weren't produced by seasoned professionals.
David Cole
2010-11-25 13:15:42

I agree with David, I'd never have known these were created by students! Fabulous imagination - it shows that creativity can't be taught!
Clare
2010-11-26 13:27:59

The dinosaurs, the dinosaurs! The 6-year-old boy in me is smitten.
Katy McDevitt
2010-11-26 14:42:35

Some nice work. Emotional Design by Jonathan Nugent and Brains by Jordan Smith are really rocking it IMO.
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A
2010-11-27 20:00:29

I think this is strong work from the students, so this isn't a criticism, but could someone clarify this story for me.

"The students were again to design a Creative Review front cover based on a chosen design agency. We have explored some of the fantastic design agencies that we have on our doorstep in Manchester and produced covers that reflect their unique nature."

Are the following agencies based in Manchester? I've never heard of them. If not, which agencies do these represent?

Unique, Emotional Design, Brains, Metamorphosis, Beauty With Bite, Super Designers, Hard Work.

Ta.

Joe.
Joe
2010-11-30 14:38:26

Hi Joe,

Your point is a valid one as it doesn't explain here who the agencies are. I will list below the agencies that we looked at and link some of the covers that you have referenced. Thanks for your interest and I'm glad you like the designs as the students worked very hard on them.

The Chase, 999, Young Creative, True North, TBWA, Love Creative, Dinosaur, The Neighbourhood & RAW Design.

Unique = TBWA
Emotional Design = 999 (based on a quote from their website)
Brains = 999
Metamorphosis = The Neighbourhood
Beauty With Bite = True North (based on a quote from their website)
Super Designers = The Neighbourhood
Hard Work = TBWA

Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Cheers,
Dave
Dave Holcroft
2010-12-01 10:50:51

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