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Degree shows 2011: Loughborough visual communications

Graphic Design, Illustration

Posted by Mark Sinclair, 22 June 2011, 10:53    Permalink    Comments (7)

Loughborough's Fresh Milk show features the work of its visual communications graduates. Here's a selection of some of the projects that caught our eye...

Above is close up of one of Jake Machen's twisted characters (read on for more of his work) while, below, is a piece by Andrew Williams.

Here's Bon Iver, as illustrated by Doug Crookson in his Skinny Love portrait:

While Will Haywood's BBQ-ing horse made us smile, he also created this clever wine-themed pattern:

This piece is by Carolyn Bayley:

And Paul Eaton's work was great. Here's his take on the Seven Samurai and a Hammer-themed cover and spread for Little White Lies magazine:

Here are some more of Jake Machen's bizarre creations (one of his images opens this post). It's like The Dandy you wouldn't want your children to see. Have a look at his blog for some excellent comics, too:

And Ben Howarth did something interesting with glass:

Lucie Gould and Rosie Collins came up with this packaging for Tuborg beer (I'm assuming this was a collaboration as the images appears on both their pages):

And this type piece, What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?, is by Carla Juniper.

 

In the interactive projects we liked Michelle Charlton's Way Out app which helps London Underground users to find the right exit to take at each tube station (a short film about it is here):

And this nicely realised animated Tron typeface is by Joseph Harrison-Dunn and Ben Marsh (see it moving, here):

They also showed where they got their particular references from in an accompanying film (a still from this is below). Both films are here.

For more work from all the graduating Loughborough visual communications students, visit freshmilk2011.co.uk. The show is on until tomorrow at the School of the Arts, Epinal Way, Loughborough LE11 3BT and will then move on to D&AD New Blood in London next week.

7 Comments

Glad to see that Loughborough is still training up some talented young designers and illustrators. As an ex-student it makes me proud :)
Bry
Bryson
2011-06-22 12:17:03

I just wanted to say how useful these graduate show reviews are to students who are looking into the various courses available. Obviously nothing can compare to going to the show and having a look in person, but that's not entirely feasible when there are so many. So thanks.
VIctor
2011-06-22 13:39:01

@Victor Many thank for the comment, we're glad that these round-ups are proving useful for prospective students, too
CR Mark Sinclair
2011-06-22 13:48:10

Great work,
but you got his name wrong, the top work is actually by Jake Machen not Peter Menchen
Nick
2011-06-22 16:37:35

@Nick Thanks – guilty of the surname error, sorry, but on the Fresh Milk site he's listed as Peter, while on his blog he's Jake. I've gone with Jake now...
CR Mark Sinclair
2011-06-22 16:44:10

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onedotzero
2011-06-23 14:19:23

The Tuborg coolbox packaging is also by student Sarah Burrows
Simon
2011-10-17 15:48:00

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