23rd Jan 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ A De Montfort University (DMU) graduate’s biker-style collection is to appear on the runway at one of Europe’s most renowned fashion trade shows after winning a prestigious competition. Lauren Pharoah, a fashion design graduate from Leicester’s DMU, is one of...
14th Nov 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A media graduate from Coventry University will see his first feature-length documentary given its world premiere at a major international film festival being held in the Netherlands this month. Palestinian-born Laith Al-Juneidi left the University in 2003 after gaining...
26th Oct 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ An award winning graduate from a London university will have her artwork - made from human hair – used to promote an exhibition at The Louvre. The world-renowned Parisian art gallery will be displaying a poster...
26th Oct 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ Former BA Graphic & Media Design student Richard Harvey, co-founder with Keivor Stainer of Poietic Studio, has designed a revolutionary drinking fountain called The Tropism Well, which uses natural laws of physics to function...
5th Oct 2011 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ A De Montfort University (DMU) graduate takes centre stage this autumn with a leading role in the new Curve production of cult classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, directed by the award-winning Michael Buffong...
14th Sep 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Boutique brand ‘Bits & Bows’ this week launch a new collaboration with Truffle Shuffle, the online superstore filled with quirky, cute and kitsch pieces for the fashion conscious shopper...
5th Sep 2011 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ A fine artist who has just graduated from Nottingham Trent University has been named as one of four finalists in the Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4’s New Sensations Prize 2011. As a result, Krystina Naylor has been invited to show her work at an exhibition in London in October, has been given a bursary to produce a new piece, and will have a short...
2nd Aug 2011 ⁄ East of England ⁄ This August, Lincoln’s In Vitro gallery presents Sliver – an exhibition featuring artwork and prints by an eclectic mix of UK and international artists. The exhibition will include works by artists Amanda Thompson, Natasha Kiddle, Nader Sharaf, Maria Emilov and Jon Starkey. The showcase launches with a private viewing on Saturday 6th August and...
1st Jul 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ Grazia is launching the ‘Fash Factor’ competition for fashion students and graduates to submit their designs for a chance to be featured in the magazine.On Tuesday 5th July at 9am, fashion students, budding designers, milliners, shoe designers, and jewellers are invited to bring their designs to the offices of Grazia, and present them to a judg...
16th Jun 2011 ⁄ The top award at Graduate Fashion Week has been won by a Nottingham Trent University fashion knitwear design and knitted textiles student. Rory Longdon was named the prestigious George Gold Award winner as the showcase came to a close in London last night. In an amazing night for the university’s School of Art and Design, another fashion knitwear...
10th Jun 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ The countdown is on for the 2011 Cass Summer Show, one of the largest showcases of graduate talent in London. From June 15-19, the exhibition will display works by 800 graduates from the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design (The Cass), from a range of disciplines including animation, fine art, film, design, jewellery, furniture, textil...
3rd Jun 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Five Coventry University graduates who worked with award-winning fashion designer Gavin Douglas as part of a government-funded internship scheme are seeing the fruits of their efforts exhibited at the Caribbean Fashion Week 2011 (June 8th – 13th).
The fashion graduates made use of the University’s state-of-the-art studios to help with resea...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
