Before starting a project, it is really important for students to have a good awareness of some key basics. That is why most lecturers will start the project delivery and timeline with a set of research tasks. The following is an article on an idea for getting students to a solid…

Paul Rand produced a wide range of design including illustrations, logos, packaging, posters and even products. Along with others like Josef Muller-Brockman, Neville Brody and David Carson, he had a major impact on the way people thought about design. He had extensive ideas about what design…

Title sequences are a great opportunity for anyone interested in making creative responses using moving images. They cross the boundaries between art and media in a unique way, giving both kinds of students an opportunity to explore different ways of communicating. This article is about using the…

This is the third in the series of Sketchbooks to Share. In the same way as the first in the series, when I saw this sketchbook and project, there were so many interesting elements, so many opportunities for others to learn from, that I just had to share it. Possibly the most important aspect is the simplicity of…

This is the second in the series of Sketchbooks to Share. It is different from the first in that it isn’t a sketchbook that covers a particular project. Rather, this sketchbook represents the development of skills in a wide range of computer arts. A very different kind of delivery, that aims to provide underpinning…

Edexcel Creative New Media is an fantastic resource. I am an International Standards Verifier with BTEC Art & Design programmes in South Asia and East Africa. Some are excellent, with good practice that equals the best UK centres. Others struggle to get beyond a didactic approach to programme delivery, where students are not encouraged to question their tutors - or themselves! The phrase I seem to repeat most often in my QRFs (visit reports) is "students should log their creative process…

Every now and then a student creates a sketchbook that just makes your jaw drop. You wonder how many hours of love and passion have been put into it. More importantly, you just want to make sure that as many lecturers see it as possible. This case is a sketchbook by a student called James…

There is something beautiful about painting on your first canvas. It may be romantic, but painting on canvas holds a special place for any art and design student. This is a worksheet that takes students through producing their own stretcher and canvas. It also looks at some of the benefits that this can give to…