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Degree Shows 08: D&AD New Blood 2

Patrick 23/06/08, 21:11

More from D&AD’s New Blood show

Jason Holroyd of Nottinghamshire Trent produced this beautiful laser-cut poster. Smaller versions of details from the poster made lovely business cards, jason.holroyd@hotmail.co.uk

Poster by Kevin Murphy of Croydon, kevindanielmurphy@hotmail.com

From a series of Penguin covers by David Jenkins at Norwich, jenkinsdave9@aol.com

By Gil Cocker from Edinburgh

Debossed crop circle patterns by Emma Harrison of Bath Spa

From a series of posters of proverbs by Chris Wharton, also of Bath Spa

By Duncan Ibett from Glasgow, duncanibt@gmail.com

Another lovely piece of 3D work, this time by Cobby of Nottingham Trent, cobby.cat@hotmail.co.uk

The uncomfortable truth about cheap toys from Amelia Roberts, Brighton

D&AD New Blood Exhibition 2008 is at Earls Court in the Brompton Hall, London SW5 until Wednesday 25 June

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(9 comments)

it was a great show, i particularly liked the work from Duncan of Jordanstone (who i’d previously not even heard of). love that papercut poster too.

Posted by katie on 24/06/08, 10:21 am

The 3D work by Cobby was really inspiring.

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Posted by Andy on 24/06/08, 11:30 am

That Amelia Roberts poster is a bit good non?

Brighton seems like a brilliant uni.

Posted by Gre Hale on 24/06/08, 12:15 pm

Some very nice work. I particularly enjoyed the subtlety of the Penguin covers and the crop circle poster.

Posted by honest joe on 25/06/08, 10:14 am

Great Show, quality of work was generally very good. Though the presentation of the D&AD student nominations was very poor.

Posted by Dan on 26/06/08, 12:14 pm

Am I one of the few who was beginning to get sick and tired of seeing laser cut this and that in so many stalls?

2008 the year of the unnecessary cut.

I thought Duncan of Jordanstone had the best stall by far.
That college clearly had some worthwhile metal/wood workshops for their students.

Posted by colm on 29/06/08, 6:19 pm

the pieces that i have viewed are very nice BUT one wonders if they have something to say other than ‘i am pretty’ or that ‘ i am expensive to make’ or ‘i took a long time to make’. maybe i am old school but i still remember the days when lots could be said with very little. (like the penguin example.)

Posted by brian LAU on 02/07/08, 5:53 am

Look at the laser cut poster again, you’ll be quite in awe at the idea behind it. I agree that the precedence of the idea is important in design but what’s wrong with a beautifully crafted piece? Surely both have the power to inspire, lead and communicate on such levels that they stop you, and make you look on with amazement at their concept and what they are saying, no matter how it has been executed? like all of the work above.

Posted by Matthew Savage on 03/07/08, 1:37 pm

Love those Penguin designs - I want to see what other scrapes our little feathered friend gets into!

Posted by Daniel on 29/07/08, 2:31 pm

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