Creative Boom South East

Success calls for Middlesex student

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000

20th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ A design student from Middlesex University will see his unique mobile phone designs hit the UK market in 2012 after his stylish graphics were spotted in online forums. Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, 23, from...

Lorna Leigh Harrington

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

17th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Lorna Leigh Harrington is an Illustrator from West Sussex UK. She graduated from Portsmouth University last year with a BA Hons in Illustration. We love her work and so will you. Check out her [blog](...

Middlesex students make over More4

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

17th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Students from Middlesex University have teamed up with innovative design and installation consultancy Jason Bruges studio, to help create five stunning new idents (promotional branding trailers) for c...

Design and Craft students exhibit with international designer

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

16th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Nine budding designers of the future have been given the opportunity to exhibit alongside internationally acclaimed expert Jiri Pelcl at his first UK solo exhibition this month. The students on the De...

London university names fashion studio after leading Hong Kong business

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

14th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Middlesex University has launched its new “TAL fashion studios”, at a ceremony attended by international clothing businessman, Dr Richard Lee, Chairman of TAL Apparel. The fashion facilities are p...

An exhibition of new pencil drawings by Rebecca Swainston

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

8th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Rebecca Swainston exhibits a new collection of pencil drawings at The Modern Artists Gallery. In a departure from her usual medium of richly coloured paints, Rebecca has transported her figurative sty...

Photography students go underground

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Exit nine of Charing Cross underground station will be the unusual home to the photography work of students from Middlesex University for the next two weeks.

Photographs taken by students on the p...

Students display themselves in University ‘Fifth Plinth’ art project

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

3rd Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ A pair of Buckinghamshire New University students found a novel way to attract the attention of passers-by to their display - by covering themselves in gold paint and a gold cardboard dress and posing...

Readers' Studios: PhotoRed

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

1st Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Readers' Studios is a lot like Readers' Wives, except we're talking about photos of some of the most stimulating creative workspaces instead of... well, you know. Today we're taking a peek at the stud...

Emma’s slice of the cake

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

20th Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Middlesex University graduate Emma Block is taking a slice of the illustration world with the publication of a book packed with tea and cake recipes illustrated by the Southgate resident. 'Tea and Cak...

Create in Brighton competition launched

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

16th Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Create In Brighton is a graphic design, photography and illustration competition in association with Know The Not Known and Tiger Beer. The competition is calling for Brighton & Hove based graphic des...

Lighthouse awarded management of BFI Film Fund Shorts 2012

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

13th Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Brighton-based digital culture agency, Lighthouse, is delighted to have been selected to manage the BFI Film Fund’s new fund for short film. The BFI is the lead body for film in the UK with responsi...

Branding Agency 1HQ redesign Jordans portfolio

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

12th Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Cereal brand Jordans has unveiled a new packaging identity and range design created by Windsor-based entrepreneurial and creative branding agency 1HQ. Taste values and Jordans’ commitment to the Bri...

Fuse Medway Festival gives opportunities to local artists

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

11th Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Fuse Medway Festival, the free, outdoor arts festival for the people of Medway and beyond, supports local talent by providing an opportunity for artists to be part of the Festival and to develop their...

Kirstin Moore Contemporary Jewellery The Enchantment Collection

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0000

5th Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Kirstin Moore is the latest jewellery designer to come out of Kent. She produces concept led designer jewellery, drawing influence from the human form, her childhood and her surroundings. Her striking...

Let’s dance in Eastbourne

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

3rd Jan 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ More than 100 university students and 200 school pupils will be joining forces for the first time in a dance extravaganza. Students from the University of Brighton’s Chelsea School of Sport in Eastb...

Medway young people learn new skills from the Circus

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

14th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Term two of Fuse Medway Festival’s Circus School will begin at the Brook Theatre, Chatham on Friday, 13 January 2012 and as places are being snapped up fast, organisers suggest early booking. Thank...

Review: Nigel French at Artists Open Houses

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0000

12th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Artists Open Houses is a festival in Brighton that celebrates local artists and makers who open up their homes to the public to showcase their work. Following the trail around Hove on a sunny Saturday...

Review: Adrian Walker

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0000

12th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Adrian Walker is a Brighton-based artist who works mainly in oils. His dramatic, colourful and highly textural canvasses are increasingly sought after, with many already in private and corporate colle...

Review: Kellie Miller at Artists Open Houses

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

12th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ It was a cold, crisp but sunny Saturday morning when I walked around Brighton & Hove to sample the Christmas Artists Open Houses, a festival that offers an array of work from contemporary and original...

Luca Sage

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

12th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Luca Sage graduated with a first class honours degree from the University of Brighton in 2004. Whilst still at college he was selected for the Schweppes Portrait Prize and was runner up in both the Fu...

Don’t miss “The Analyst”

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

12th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Scientists at the University of Brighton are using TV-style contests as a new tool to teach university students. Teams of student contestants are set tasks in a similar way Sir Alan Sugar challenges c...

Students’ artwork wows audiences on Roger Daltrey’s US tour

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

8th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Middlesex University students are celebrating after creating stunning artwork for Roger Daltrey’s US and Canada tour of The Who’s “Tommy”, which has recently drawn to a close after eight weeks...

Amber Cassidy

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

5th Dec 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Amber Cassidy is a cardigan-wearing, nature-loving, treasure-finding, pencil-scribbling Illustrator and general creative person living in Brighton. She's very nice, a bit shy and generally found at th...

Pop-Up Brighton launches new exhibition

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

30th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ A group of artists in Brighton are restoring and refreshing an empty shop on Brighton's sea front ready for a new exhibition opening this week. Lianne Harrison, FishBoy, Jim McElvaney and Hugo Jones a...

The Virtual Hospital

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

30th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Computer-generated tours of virtual hospitals can help patients with intellectual disabilities overcome fears and to understand treatments they are about to undergo, according to a new study. The rese...

New creative hub launched in London

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0000

28th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ London’s Middlesex University has officially opened its new £80m hub for creative courses, holding a celebration of the creative industries which showcased some of the most impressive student facil...

Antii Sullivan

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0000

24th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Antii Sullivan is a designer from Winchester, UK who has recently finished a photo shoot featuring her brand new cushions which are available at [Culture Label](http://www.culturelabel.com/shop/antii-...

Don’t write off internships

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0000

18th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Young job seekers are more likely to achieve successful careers if they take up internships linked to education programmes, according to new research. Professor Jackie O’Reilly, professor of compara...

Paid internships for design breakthroughs

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

16th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Global sports and lifestyle brand Puma is offering paid internships to University of Brighton students who come up with ideas that could lead to the next big breakthroughs in sustainable designs...

José Hendo Wins Radical Designer Award

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

16th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Essex based designer José Hendo was awarded the Radical Designer Award after an extensive judging process at the Noble Suite, Novotel London Hotel, St. Pancras. The Radical Designer Award is one of t...

The Search Partners launched to support agencies with search marketing

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

11th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ A new agency has been launched to help advertising, marketing and media companies offer strategic search marketing services to their clients. The Search Partners is the creation of technical expert Da...

Five Minutes With... Nick Edwards

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0000

7th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Nick Edwards is a cartoonist, illustrator and comic-maker from Brighton who specialises in science fiction puzzle adventures, dinosaurs, robotics, cats and owl-men. We spent five minutes picking Nick'...

Student gets gong from Simpsons creator

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

7th Nov 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Matt Groening – a name synonymous with great animation – has awarded a student from Middlesex University a top animation prize. Final year BA Animation student Clive Shaw picked up the Shooting Pe...

Tora Baker

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000

27th Oct 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Victoria Baker - or 'Tora' as everyone calls her - is an events photographer based in Brighton. She specialises in club nights, gigs and music festivals. If you need someone to photograph your event, ...

Review of the world's first photography exhibition underwater

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0000

27th Oct 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Having lived in Brighton a fair few months, it seemed almost criminal that I hadn't been down to The Brighton Sea Life Centre, the oldest operating aquarium in the WORLD. So when the chance to witness...

Brighton ranked high for top earning students

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000

25th Oct 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ The University of Brighton is among the best in Britain for helping students gain well-paid jobs. That’s the finding of a study by international consultants The Parthenon Group which ranked Brighto...

Lose Your Heart to Art at the Fair/ Windsor Contemporary Art Fair 2011

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

17th Oct 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Before there was speed dating there were art fairs: you can go on your own without feeling alone, and there’s no pressure to say that you like what you see. But the truth is you wouldn’t mind a li...

Beautiful sound machines

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000

14th Oct 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ The University of Brighton is holding the first, dedicated UK exhibition of work by renowned European sound sculpture artist, Peter Vogel. The Sound of Shadows, curated by Faculty of Arts academics Je...

Casablanca Sunshine The Get Around EP

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000

4th Oct 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Casablanca Sunshine are bright, breezy ‘n’ boozy 60s-influenced indie beat designed to satisfy the appetites of ears looking to move out of that moody corner they've been hanging around in...

Brighton Art Fair 2011, Thursday 22nd September, The Corn Exchange

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

29th Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ I was recently invited to attend a private viewing at the Brighton Art Fair, and wrongly assumed that it would be an intimate little affair, with just a few people checking out the work of a few artis...

Review of Shakedown Festival, Brighton

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000

27th Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ A man was crumpled on the floor. A police officer knelt beside him. I couldn’t tell if he was trying to restrain him or put him in the recovery position. Behind them, another officer talked to what ...

Kingston camps out at Tent

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000

23rd Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Kingston University’s MA students are gearing up to exhibit their final projects in front of almost 20,000 designers, employers, critics and consumers at Tent London – one of the most high-profile...

Whitley Arts Festival Attracts Award-Winning Composer, Raymond Yiu

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000

16th Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Award winning composer Raymond Yiu has been confirmed for Whitley Arts Festival, October 2011 where his specially commissioned work will be performed as part of St Mary’s Project, an exhibition of m...

Bryony Crane

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:00:00 +0000

7th Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Bryony Crane is a recently-graduated illustrator from the South Coast of England, who loves to work with a mix of traditional and digital methods, focusing on vibrant colour and detail. She was recent...

Design Activism and Social Change Conference

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

7th Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ The University of Brighton is sponsoring the annual Design History Society conference on design activism in Barcelona. Two hundred designers and design historians are expected to attend the conference...

Scarlett Rebecca

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

1st Sep 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Scarlett is a 23 year old Illustrator from Ampthill in Bedfordshire. She is a multi-disciplinary illustrator working mainly with hand drawing and print, producing work for editorial briefs and portrai...

Stevyn Colgan

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0000

29th Aug 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Stevyn Colgan is a Buckinghamshire, London and Cornwall-based illustrator and cartoonist. Works mainly in acrylics, inks, gouache and pen. Some digital work too. Clients include Pan Macmillan, BBC, Fa...

Kingston student arrives in bookshops on a magic carpet

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000

25th Aug 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ A Kingston University student has illustrated the cover of the latest paperback by Booker Prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie. Sir Salman and his publishers Random House were so impressed by 22-year...

Review of BoomTown 2011 11th - 14th August, Matterley Bowl

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0000

22nd Aug 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ This was my first ever BoomTown Fair, and boy was it a goodun'! The hype surrounding the festival started as soon as the earlybird tickets went online late last year, with the suspense of the secret l...