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yes to success…
All of our students are really busy at the moment - the first years are getting all their work together & creating fabulous looking portfolios, while the second years are nearing the end of their...
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all white, all white…
That time is here once again…exhibition time!! Most things are quite a bit different this year; New building, new exhibition space, new boards, even some new exhibition surprises… However, some things...
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just like it never ended…
The exhibition-putting-up-machine is in full swing. Everything is going non-stop… the painting, the printing, the cutting, the spray-mounting and the digital editing! We don't want to give too much...
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come on in…
Well, it's done and dusted once again. Last night marked the grand opening and private view of the Extended Diploma Final Show 2012 (along with all the other art & design courses at Blackburn...
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showing off…
All of the end-of-year exhibitions are still proudly on show around the Beacon Centre. Just in case you can't make it down to the college to have a look, or you just want to look from the comfort of...
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back in black(burn)…
We are back on our blog, after what seems like forever!! We are all still here, and all still working hard… We are in somewhat of a transitional period here at EDGD, which has been one of the reasons...
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blast from the past…
Just before February half-term, we had a visiting lecture here at EDGD from ex-student Rebecca Morris. Rebecca graduated from our very own Extended Diploma Graphic Design course way back in 2009, and...
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apples and pears…
Recently most of the EDGD team went out on the road… taking a course trip to London. We all had a great time, visiting the Tate Modern and Saatchi galleries as well as acting like tourists and going on...
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highly animated…
Right about now our first years should be busy working on the final stages of their time-based media project. So far they have created a photographic timeline/story, as well as illustrating lots and...
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perfect pages…
To promote our shiny new UAL Extended Diploma Graphic Design course to prospective students, Tim has been working away on a new course portfolio. He is keeping it very close to his chest, but has been...
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logo love…
Our first years are currently working on a live brief. They have been asked to create a logo design for the Red Rosettes Choir from Burnley. The choir is an all ladies, all ages group which has members...
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get it off your chest…
We are soon going to run a taster project to give people in Yr10 or Yr11 an opportunity to work with us on a design brief. The taster project will take place in three sessions running on Saturdays over...
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i heart new york…
Hope everyone had a nice Easter break, and ate loads of chocolate!! We are glad to be back at 'work', and are super excited to announce that… we are planning a trip to New York!!Open to second year...
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it's time…
It's official. It's that time of year again… Final Major Project time! Or referred to by us lot as FMP, and sometimes Fuh Muh Puh. All our students are underway working on their big, amazing, final...
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Sniffing Glue(books)
Our first years are currently working on their FMP for the year which is a fanzine project. One of Sue, Mandy & Tims favourite inspirations for projects like this is always Thomas Schostok and his...
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portfolio peek
Tim has very nearly finished the new course portfolio to promote the UAL EDGD. Here are a couple of sneak peeks of some student work. The whole portfolio will be going up on our Facebook page as soon...
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every dog has his day
A 'well done' goes out to one of our first years, Kasim, for his extra special work yesterday. Kasim took over from Mandy for the morning, and ran the weekly tutorial session. He focused on proverbs,...
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make a wish…
This week and next week mark a very special time for Blackburn College… it's our 125th anniversary! To mark the occasion there have been, or there will be very soon: visits from V.I.P's and royalty,...
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exhibitionism…
The 125th anniversary celebrations are still going on around the college this week, and since we mentioned it the other day, these are the prints that Sue and Tim contributed to one of the art &...
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the ultimate inspiration…
The time has arrived already… Both our first years and our second years have their respective FMP deadlines today. First years are finishing up their fanzine projects, and of course the second years...
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big it up 2013…
September has flown by already here at EDGD, so much so that we have forgotten to keep you posted with our goings on!! Our new first year is the biggest one we have had for a few years, and with the...
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changing tune…
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in March, we mentioned that our first years were working on a live brief with the Red Rosettes choir. Well, over the summer the Red Rosettes rolled out the new logo that we had...
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heart-broken…
Unfortunately, Blackburn College has had to cancel our planned trip to New York next March. This is a great shame, and we think all the students who were going to be involved from the graphics,...
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happy accidents…
As we approach half-term (already?!?!), we would like to share some advice/inspiration. As always, we don't want you to just take our word for it, so we have chosen a quote from someone a lot more...
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we have moved…
Yep, we have moved our blog over to Tumblr. We ask all our current students to have a Tumblr to present certain aspects of their work, and to have some form of online portfolio… plus Tumblr is a bit...
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