Art, Design & Architecture with Plymouth University

IGNITE provides an opportunity to search for emerging talent, view, watch and listen to the latest topics from the University of Plymouth, Plymouth College of Art, local practitioners and key economic partners.

The physical IGNITE Festival of Creativity for 2020 was cancelled but our goals for 2021 remain with a hybrid twist, to connect emerging talent, Plymouth’s creative community, industry and the public to ignite economic growth, productivity and employment live and online, contributing to making Plymouth and the region a flourishing and dynamic place to live work and visit.

https://www.ignitefutures.co.uk/

IGNITE

Product, Furniture, Ceramics and Interior Design students are show-casing their work in New Designers, the nation-wide graduation show.

Many of this year's work hunted out briefs that benefit human and environmental needs, such as cultivating communities, mindfulness, education, sanitation and a covid19 ventilator.

And well done to our two winners of Royal Society of Arts Student Designs Awards addressing Holiday Hunger and Social Tableware.

https://www.newdesigners.com/exhibitors/university-of-plymouth/

ADA Instagram challenge

The School of Art, Design, and Architecture (ADA) is challenging our students to get creative and document their experience of lockdown.
Using Instagram our students can upload images, text and stories that throw a light on their daily lives, work and experiences as they study from home.
We’re running weekly competitions with Amazon vouchers up for grabs for the best entries
Week 1. Daily life�What have you been up to and how are you coping?
1. Your working from home desk set-up.
2. Your home hacks for Covid survival
3. Do a short vlog/ story board of your ‘uni day’ from home

Any format, any medium but just needs to be posted on Instagram

Tag and mention to enter

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Prizes £25 x 4. Total £100

It's good to know that you can buy essential Food from our university catering.
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Have you got a winning creative CV that makes YOU stand out?
1st Place = £300
2nd Place = £100
3rd Place = £50

The Creative CV Competition provides students with the opportunity to showcase their skills through designing a unique, imaginative CV that is tailored towards their chosen industry. Whether you are a budding graphic designer, film-maker, designer-maker, fine artist, illustrator, wordsmith or any other creative professional, this competition is perfect for you.

Creative CV Competition University of Plymouth Creative CV Competition

MacEwen Award Shortlist
Multidisciplinary student team from University of Plymouth turn windswept hill into learning space.

A team of first year BA Architecture students from the University of Plymouth helped revitalise the plot, in collaboration with students from the Early Childhood Studies and Education departments. The main objective was to develop an outdoor learning space with a fire pit as a focal point. The aspiring architects would experience various job stages, from briefing to post-completion evaluation, within a live nine-week time frame.

The future architects discovered the socio-economic and ecological challenges facing the community, and the requirements for designing an enhanced and safe learning environment, as well as the practical elements of progressing a design to a 1:1 scale and hands-on making. ‘I like it. It’s educational aspiration and answers to the community,’ says judge Cecilie Sachs Olsen.

https://www.ribaj.com/macewen/macewen-awards-2020-university-of-plymouth-students-riverside-community-primary-school-plymouth-outdoor-classroom-firepit

Riverside Community Primary School outdoor classroom answers to the community

Get down to Royal William Yard to see Illuminate, open till tomorrow Sun.

www.illuminate-festival.co.uk

Join us this weekend!

'Light Festivals around the world create wonderfully vibrant and engaging social events for cities to enjoy. They are a fantastic display of a city’s creativity and a great, fun, family event that gives people something to look forward to. We are excited to be able to show off some of the region’s excellent creative talent, something to be really proud of!'

Chris Bennewith
Head of the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth

Illuminate is a spectacular light-based festival based in Plymouth that connects all of the Mayflower 400 destinations across the UK and internationally. Now in it’s third year, Illuminate will open the Mayflower 400 commemorations in November 2019.

Our ambition is to build an annual large-scale light festival that will be a highlight in Plymouth’s event calendar.

FREE and welcome to all ages
28th November – 1st December from 5:30pm each evening.

https://illuminate-festival.co.uk/artist-profiles/

Artist Profiles | Illuminate

Pop-Up Shop 1 Day Only.
Tues 22 Oct 0900-1800 (Ground floor Levinsky Building)

Buy unique designs by 3rd year Designer Makers: Deskware, Tableware, Jewellery, Lighting, T-Shirts.

Come, browse and find us to learn about how the objects were made.
See you next Tuesday!

Not visited our campus before? Here is a brand new interactive tour.

We are in the center of Plymouth, voted UK's Friendliest City (moonpig.com). The Barbican Marina is 10 mins walk south (straight ahead), Cornwall is to the west, Dartmoor National Park to the NE. Student accommodation and the city centre are just across the road.

Our School of Art, Design & Architecture is mainly based in the Levinsky and Scott Buildings.

Come a visit us!

https://virtual.plymouth.ac.uk

University of Plymouth | Virtual Tour Take a virtual tour of the University of Plymouth campuses and it's facilities.

MA Design's Gavin Keightley has been hand picked to exhibit at FUTURE HERITAGE Decorex, the leading exhibition for Interior Designers.
https://www.decorex.com/future-heritage/2019

Renowned design critic and curator, Corinne Julius, made her selection of designer-makers, who work across a diverse range of media. Future Heritage is the UK’s leading platform for British craft, designed to discover and support collectible artists and designers.

Next, the whole MA Design cohort will be exhibiting their final projects (alongside work by their tutors) at Dutch Design Week 19-27 Oct.
https://www.ddw.nl/

Thank You To everyone who took the time to chat with me @decorex_international It was so fun to speak with you all and show you my work, I had an amazing time exhibiting with #futureheritage . For those of you who liked, shared and commented on my work I really do appreciate it all. None of it would have been possible without this lovely lady. Corinne Julius has had such a positive influence on my life, I can't thank her enough for encouraging me to work hard over the last year. This week was great, and there are still great things to come. Looking forward to so much over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for updates! #furnituredesign #terraform #designresearch #materialexploration #designprocess #contemporarycraft #alien #designermaker #decorex2019 #exhibitiontime