National Youth Jazz Collective

Jessie worked with a group of other students last year to create an identity the National Youth Jazz Collective. In her submission Jessie records the ups and downs of the implementation of this identity.

The Persuaders

Second year FdA Graphic Design students have been working on a project with Tara Hanrahan from ‘Thinkdo’ Studio and Sophie Thomas, one of the founders of Thomas Matthews. The project involved students working in small groups to create communications strategies aimed at having a positive effect on people’s behaviour. In just a week students organized tea parties on the Circle line, campaigned to raise awareness of hygiene issues related to IT equipment, created an online space to share overlooked places and organized activities designed to encourage students to log out of Facebook for a week.

The tea party on the Circle line prompted Julie Carr, head teacher of a Primary School in Wiltshire to send us this Email: “I was on the tube yesterday coming home from a conference. I don’t usually work in London and never look forward to the tube journey. However yesterday was different! Your students were a real credit to your organisation. What a fabulous idea-my cup of tea was most welcome and the idea of getting people to talk to each other was great! But it was their charm, their fabulous manners and the creativity that so impressed me."

Moving Brands

In 2008 we ran a project in partnership with Moving Brands. Jon Hewitt and Matt Wade briefed students on the project and then chaired weekly meetings with the teams. At the end of the project the they presented their work to the senior creative team at Moving Brands in their boardroom.