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LOCAtiON: CHELSEA
DUrAtiON: fULL-TIME 1 YEAR
APPLY tO: DIRECT TO THE CCW
DEADLiNE: 1 JULY 2012
AhrC DEADLiNE: 1 MARCH 2012
StArt DAtE: OCTOBER 2012
MA GRAPHIC DESIGN
COMMUNICATION
CHELSEA COLLEGE Of ART AND DESIGN
COUrSE CONtENt The course is aimed at those
looking to be authors of their own practice. We
are open to different voices, individual definitions
of authorship, and new ideas and approaches. So
we are supportive of students who want to look at
innovative ways of generating, presenting and
disseminating work. This could mean new uses of
processes or technology, the development of a
signature style or an investigation into new models
of working.
Your goal will be to independently develop work
of integrity. But we will also ask you to chal-
lenge and redefine existing boundaries by examining
your practice within a broader cultural
context. It will see you considering the designer’s
role and responsibilities in societal, environmental
and ethical issues.
The course is studio-based and practice-led. It’s
also underpinned by a theoretical framework
which will help you evolve your own position on
contemporary debates. To this end, you will
participate in individual and group tutorials, and
workshops led by writers, designers and artists
from outside the college. Visiting speakers will
give postgraduate talks and practitioners will discuss
their work in the in-house Graphic Design
Communication lecture series.
KEY FACtS We have been involved in collaborative
projects and workshops with the Design
Museum and E4. We have also held workshops
with Billy Bragg of Le Gun magazine; Lizzie Finn,
ex-Assistant Editor of Frieze magazine; Jonathan
Griffin; Nick Roberts of Wordsalad; and the writer,
Anna Gerber.
Former professional lecture series speakers
include leading graphic designers; Nina
Chakrabarti; Andy Altman from Why Not Associates;
Andy Stevens from Graphic Thought
Facility; and Emma Thomas from APFEL. Then
there have been award-winning video direc-
tors; Dawn Shadforth and Nick Goffey from Dom
and Nick; musicians like Barry7 from Add N to
(X); and Stephen Mallinder from Cabaret Voltaire.
NExt StEPS We are committed to supporting
you in developing the skills and knowledge necessary
to continue your creative practice, and
for future study or employment. Recent graduates
have exhibited work at the Courtauld Institute
of Art and been awarded fellowships by the Royal
Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. Our
course focus on practice means that we encourage
you to go into professional practice or to pursue
PhD-level research.
LOCAtiON: CAMBERWELL
DUrAtiON: fULL-TIME 1 YEAR
PART-TIME 2 YEARS
APPLY tO: CCW GRAUATE SCHOOL
DEADLiNE: 1 JULY 2012
AhrC DEADLiNE: 1 MARCH 2012
StArt DAtE: OCTOBER 2012
MAiKO tSUtSUMi, PAthWAY LEADEr: ‘Making
and learning are intertwined on this Camberwell
MA. The wide range of works you will create
will be underpinned by a programme of thought,
discussion and lectures.’
COUrSE CONtENt The contextual programme
of the MA Designer Maker course will enable
you to engage with the contemporary debates in
applied arts, design and object-based art. And
to explore the position of the makers within different
cultures and contemporary societies.
Our course seminars and discussions touch on
a wide range of subjects; everything from material
culture studies, anthropology, philosophy and
sustainability to consumerism, museum studies,
psychology and literature. You will also be
encouraged to attend the MA lecture pro gramme
and cross-course seminars, which draw upon
the richness of the research within the college
and across the CCW Graduate School.
We welcome applicants from applied arts, design
and fine art backgrounds, including ceramics,
furniture, jewellery design, metalwork and architecture.
The course is aimed at practitioners
with well-developed workshop skills, so you will
be used to getting hands-on. You will also be
keen to develop your critical skills so that you can
engage with a wide range of social and cultural
issues around the production and consumption of
MA DESIGNER MAKER
(VISUAL ARTS)
CAMBERWELL COLLEGE Of ARTS
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objects. By the course’s end, you will have made
a wide range of works, including installations
of small-scale sculptures, lighting designs, ceramic
works, furniture designs and jewellery. These
will vary from batch productions to one-offs and
limited editions.
KEY FACtS You will be exposed to an
exciting round of tutorials, group critiques and
discus sions. And our series of lectures, workshops
and seminars will feature many visiting
practitioners, including designers, makers,
artists and curators. In addition, you will make
visits to collections, makers’ studios, galleries
and museums. Showing your work at public exhibitions
and following a personal development
programme will ensure that you leave with your
practical skills well-honed.
NExt StEPS Many of our graduates go on to
pursue interesting careers. These include as independent
applied arts and design practitioners,
creative industry professionals, curators, freelance
designers, workshop leaders and teachers. Others
go on to study at doctorate level.