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   Sam Smith

   Katy Cowan / 11 Aug 2011

   Sam Smith is a Graphic Designer / Illustrator from Portsmouth. Recently graduated from Winchester School of Art sam works closely with print design with the odd dibble into typographic illustration. While studying at Winchester School of Art, Sam was selected to work on all the branding and promotional material for WSA's Graduate Fashion Shows for 2011. His work was used as part of graduate fas...

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   Design student wins international fame

   Katy Cowan / 19 Jan 2011

   Second-year university student Matt Dempsey got a lot more than he bargained for when he put his design project online to be assessed. He told his tutor that if just one person visited his website and it inspired them to think about what typefaces suited different purposes then he would consider it a success. But within minutes of going live his website was being praised by web designers and...

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   Second national win for student architect

   Katy Cowan / 18 Jan 2011

   For the second year running, a University of Portsmouth architecture student with a passion for historic buildings has won a prestigious national award for his plans to transform a Hampshire landmark. Niall Bird, 23, won the Philip Webb Award for his sensitive, thoughtful plans to transform Bursledon Brickworks, near Southampton into an education centre. He won the same award last year for his ...

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   Artist Mandy Webb

   Katy Cowan / 10 Dec 2010

   Mandy Webb is a fine artist who lives in Portsmouth. A lot of her work is based around and inspired by her HIV Positive status. She feels very empowered about creating work around this issue as so many hide away as fear disclosure. She has exhibited many times and won the Fine Art Graduate Award in 2008 at the University of Portsmouth for her Degree Show which was titled 'The Museum of the los...