Visual Communication, London Metropolitan Univercity

Posted • , we remember and celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela. His immense contribution to bringing Apartheid to an end remains his lasting legacy and a continued source of inspiration across the world.

On 18th July 2018, Rolihlahla Mandela was born.

His political career spanned over 70 years.

His fearless political activities led to numerous arrests, detentions and banning orders, and in 1964, he and his co-defendants in the Rivonia trial were saved from the death sentence owing to a strong legal defence team and fear from the state that hanging Mandela would make him a martyr and cause massive unrest.

Mandela was eventually freed in 1990 after 27 years in jail. He was elected President in 1994.

In 2009, the UN General Assembly declared 18th July . Mandela Day offers a renewed chance to do good in the world, contributing to communities in your preferred way. Plant a tree, donate to a food bank, relieve a neighbour’s loneliness, sign a petition, and act in solidarity with the marginalised. Answer the call.

🖼️ Phoenix, 2024 (created for our brief to BA). Phoenix has chosen to show Nelson Mandela with other formidable South African activists, including Ruth First, Helen Joseph, Steve Biko, Desmond Tutu, Albert Luthuli and Denis Goldberg to celebrate his remarkable spirit of collaboration and unity.

Check out this event featuring our recent graduate 👏

Posted • 🎨 Heritage Hues: A South Asian Art Celebration 🎨

Join us for a vibrant and joyous painting event in honour of South Asian Heritage Month!

Fankaari UK x Malaika’s Sketchbook present to you, Heritage Hues, where we come together to create art inspired by the rich and diverse cultures of South Asia.

Led by the talented , this workshop is all about expressing our cultural connections through creativity.

👀What to Expect:

- Creative Inspiration: Bring a picture that holds a special cultural meaning to you or take inspiration from the colourful tapestry of reference pictures that will prompt you to create something amazing!

- Guided Art Session: Under Malaika’s guidance, explore new techniques and discover the beauty of cultural art.

- Storytelling & Sharing: Share your stories, ideas, and the inspiration behind your artwork in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

- Celebration of Culture: Celebrate the traditions, colours, and beauty of South Asian culture through your unique artistic expression.

Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, this event is for everyone!

Let’s come together, create meaningful art, and celebrate the heritage that unites us.

This is open to everyone of all backgrounds who would like to get exposure to South Asian culture.

🗓️ Date: Sunday 4th August 2024

🕒 Time: 13:00-15:00

📍 Location: The Rebel School, 470 Harrow Road, Maida Hill, W9 3RU

🎟️Tickets (LINK IN BIO): £7.50pp (This is to cover the cost of materials, the venue and light refreshments)

Capacity: 25

Bring your creativity, your stories, and your love for art. Let’s paint the canvas of our heritage together! 🤍

A look back at our 2023 - 2024 BA Graphic Design Level 4 student project exploring identity and underscoring the importance of creating space for self-reflective projects. This project allowed students to delve into their personal narratives, cultural backgrounds, and unique perspectives, fostering a deeper understanding of self. These projects serve as a vital platform for students to articulate their individual stories and contribute diverse voices within and outside of our

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Creative talent indeed! 😃 We love this photo of with his fantastic Rewind youth club project which is being showcased on our stand. The students and staff have been having a blast! Being a London uni also means we are blessed with being just a hop and skip away from this great event in east London! 🏃🏿🏃🏼‍♀️💨

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An impressive digital and print project, Zainas has been mastering both Lino printing and digital drawing as well as using our ceramics workshop! Head to her Instagram to follow and see the full project! ✨👏🏆

A really beautiful drawing and printand publishing project by .👏 Using our Riso printer to print this Major project and its supporting poster!
As part of our course we offer the opportunity to do a work placement in 3rd year and we were delighted Jasmine was able to do her work placement at the amazing .co 😃✨

A brilliant and laugh out loud funny silent book project. Displayed in our Summer Show! ✨ Work by

Posted • BA Completed!!!! Thank you to all the beautiful people from my course who supported me and made the last 3 years much more fun, its been a really insane journey for me and something i never thought i would achieve so getting here means a lot!! Love you all lots

Our Summer Show is up and it looks brilliant, a photo here from our awards ceremony that happened at the private view. It was great to celebrate our students and their fantastic achievements! ✨😃🏆

Our third year Illustration and Animation BA students installed and exhibited their work in Cape Town, South Africa! 🤩🎨

In October students and staff went to Cape Town, South Africa, to help prepare for an exhibition to celebrate renowned anti-apartheid activist Leah Tutu’s 90th birthday on 14 October. The artwork was shown in the exhibition space at The Old Granary, the headquarters of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation.

This opportunity for our students came together as part of our ongoing partnership with The Liliesleaf Trust, a charity working to advance public knowledge of the international movement against apartheid and the contemporary relevance of learning from this heritage.


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A piece of incredible work by our Illustration Alumni 😃- A piece done for the upcoming Imperium Maledictum Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay for

Follow his Instagram to see more of his expert character design and concept art amongst other commissions! ✍️We also have a interview with Karl linked on our course page , the link is in our bio! 👆

Introducing our new alumni Risograph print Support experts and 👋 Both are BA Illustration & Animation graduates ✨🏆🎓
Check out the posters they created, you will see them around campus 😁

So exciting to see our Illustration & Animation Alumni is the main guest at festival in May! 👏😃🎉

Beautiful colour and drawing experiments by our BA Illustration & Animation alumni who is now doing an Illustration MA with us at London Met!

Our 3rd year Illustration students are really enjoying getting advise and tips from our fabulous visiting alumni! Here discussing with her tips for students working on their Major Project. The following photos are Doinas amazing illustration and puppet work and the last photo is one of Darios fab 3D printed puppets from last year!

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Rule number 1: Be prepared.

You never know who’s looking at your work or about to throw you a career testing question. Over the last three days our students experienced first hand the importance of networking and key tips to take forward as they go in search of their first industry jobs.

Day 1 - BA Graphic Design and BA Animation at the festival 2023

Well done to all the exhibiting students representing their courses and year groups


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Our Summer Show is tomo Tuesday 20th June 4pm for friends and family, during which there will be presentations of student prizes. The show will then be open to all from 6pm onwards. Graphic Design BA and Illustration & Animation BA exhibition areas will be Goulston Street on the second floor.
No sign up or tickets are required, just turn up! We cant wait to see you there to celebrate!

A collection of amazing work from our alumni Noah Gurden for Arsenal football club. You can see Noah’s work on a weekly basis working to tight deadlines on match days at the Emirates to deliver content ready for half-time and full-time scores. See Noah’s point of view in slide 10.

Out and about for welcome week. Welcomes, fun and smiles all round.

The culmination of a year long project with The Lillieleafs Trust UK. Congratulations to our Level 5 Illustration and Animation students and our Level 5 Graphic Design students on a series of outcomes that went far beyond both briefs.

A huge thank you to all involved and please do try to see all of the work as well as the chosen Visual Identity for The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre of Memory and Learning in our Goulston Street site (ground floor and 1st floor) until 2nd July.

The School of Art, Architecture and Design: Summer Show 2022 by School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University

Wednesday 22nd 2022 until 2nd July 2022

Monday - Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday and Sunday 11am - 6pm

We thought it would be nice to start sharing some of the work/projects created via our in-house agency, HyperStudio ✨. HyperStudio works on design, publishing, illustration & animation live projects and gets paid work for our current and recent Visual Communication graduates. We facilitate the opportunity for these students or graduates to work on live projects whilst also getting support from our creative consultants and importantly our Hyper Studio Project Manager 😎

Here is one of our first ever projects where we commissioned our (at that time recent) graduates & 👏to create a unique roundel logo for our Visual Communication Course. This has since appeared everywhere we do, including on some totebags!

If you have any questions about HyperStudio drop us a DM

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Fun badge making workshop today with level 5 BA Illustration & Animation students. Research-through-making for a ten-week live brief with responding to the history of the Antiapartheid movement, illuminating stories in history to connect to audiences today. Badges have long been part of activism. Students are investigating all sorts of ways to communicate activist messages today. What’s your favourite badge?

Final Major Project investigations by Kyle Sims exploring product and packaging design of the future.