ART & DESIGN DEGREE SHOW

At DMU the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities brings together award-winning student work, world-leading research and the innovative thinking of our many creative disciplines. As an acknowledged leader in creative education, we work tirelessly to give our students a rich and rewarding experience. Our strong industry links, placements, lectures by industry professionals and opportunities to work on live commercial briefs all equip them to realise their full potential and enter the workplace ready to make a valuable contribution from the beginning. Our graduates go on to work for high-profile brands such as the BBC, Tommy Hilfiger, Mothercare, Abercrombie & Fitch, Dyson, BMW, Next and Adidas.

Each year we recognise many student successes and experiences, here are just some of them.

Product Design graduate Elly Skelton, was awarded a £2,000 prize after winning an RSA Student Design Award for her sustainable toy design. The prestigious annual competition is organised by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and is open to emerging designers.

Photography and Video student, Peter Tatsis was invited to showcase his work at FORMAT. The festival hosted an exhibition in the city for the first time at LCB Depot

We are delighted that you have joined us for our Art & Design Degree Show. We are very proud to celebrate the diverse, original and innovative work of our final year students and to showcase the exciting creations of the next generation of artists and designers from our architecture, art, design and fashion courses.

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in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter. International professionals chose two of Peter’s photographs for the display, including his piece ‘The Land of Goddess Athena’, which became the focal point for the exhibition.

Last year from the catwalk of London’s Graduate Fashion Week, Fashion Design graduate Fraser Miller, beat off competition from more than 40 other universities to win the Innovative Knitwear Award at Europe’s biggest showcase for young designers. Whilst Contour Fashion graduate Daniella Jayes won the Boux Avenue Lingerie Designer of the Year award.

I am also proud to say that our Architecture graduate, Khanh Nyugen won global recognition for his designs, which offer a new way of thinking about high-rise living. Last summer he won gold in the Eurasian Prize Student Awards, which is judged by a panel of some of the world’s leading architects and design studios.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Simon Bradbury MA (cantab) DipArch RIBA ARB FHEA

Pro Vice-Chancellor Dean, Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities

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ARCHITECTURE BA (HONS)

Our graduates have a confidence in their architectural skillset to change the world and the habitats of the future with their creative design skills, imaginative vision, strategic thinking, humanistic and ethical understanding.

Left to right: Balraj Sehmi, Isaac Szabo

ARCHITECTURE MArch

The Architecture MArch programme develops the emerging architectural professional and challenges the individual to discover and develop a personal stake in the architectural world.

Left to right: Charles Smith, Naeem Girach

CONTOUR FASHION BA (HONS)

Contour Fashion at DMU was established in 1947 by the British Corset Industry. Over the last 70 years, thousands of our students have dared to be different and created stunning designs which have earned themselves prestigious positions within the industry.

Left to right: Roshni Desai, Georgia Wells

DESIGN CRAFTS BA (HONS)

Design Craft is a multi-disciplinary craft course where our students design and make objects using both traditional and emerging technologies.

Right: Sam Kelly

Top far right: Georgina White

Bottom far right: Jack Casey

FASHION BUYING WITH DESIGN BA (HONS)

Fashion Buying meets the needs of the highly dynamic, fast-moving and exciting fashion buying business. Responding to industry developments, our students can now study Fashion Buying with Product Development or Fashion Buying with Merchandising at DMU.

Left to right: Simran Kotak, Bailey Villiers, Paige Stevens

Right: Victoria Widdowson, M&S clothing marketing plan

FASHION BUYING WITH MARKETING BA (HONS)

FASHION DESIGN BA (HONS)

Fashion Design at DMU is creative and dynamic. Our graduates meet the demands of the fashion industry and can confidently navigate the boundaries between creativity, technology and design.

Left to right: Mariah Esa, Hollie Mobbs, Achaia Gay

FASHION TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES BA (HONS)

Fashion Textiles and Accessories provides our students with the opportunity to develop in-depth textile and accessory design expertise for the fashion industry.

Left to right: Isobel Upjohn, Nan-Young Kim, Jessica Baker-Hollinworth

FINE ART BA (HONS)

Fine Art at DMU gives our students the opportunity to experiment with a range of specialist techniques. Drawing together the full spectrum of visual arts, from traditional processes to cutting-edge digital media.

Left to right: Roberta Villette, Lauren Green

FOOTWEAR DESIGN BA (HONS)

Footwear Design covers the unique and complex shoe design process, and enables our students to acquire the knowledge and skills that set them apart from others in the fashion sector.

Right: Dimitri Gabellier

Far right: Natasha Ellison, Minsun Kim

Bottom far right: Hye-Jin Park

INTERIOR DESIGN BA (HONS)

Interior Design at DMU is a long-established course that allows our students to manipulate and divide volume and space within interior environments, while building their awareness of community, social and global issues.

Top: Miriam Karamoko

Bottom: Christina Andreou

Far right: Zuzanna Lubera

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO BA (HONS)

Photography and Video offers a unique programme of still and moving image with sound, which meets the changing demands of both the creative industries and professional arts practice.

Left to right: Natasha James, Gianluca Misso

PRODUCT AND FURNITURE DESIGN BA (HONS)

FURNITURE DESIGN BA (HONS)

Product and Furniture Design at DMU develops the ability to think creatively across the boundaries of product and furniture design encouraging our students to make bold challenges to convention by developing innovative design solutions.

Left to right: Toren Storer, Grace Mak

PRODUCT DESIGN BA (HONS)

Product Design BA (Hons) develops creative thinking and consistently produces innovative product designers. Our students have a strong art or design background and focus on both the technical and visual design aspects of design for industry.

Left to right: Chris Kay, Rachel Bicknell

PRODUCT DESIGN BSc (HONS)

Product Design BSc (Hons) at DMU combines industrial product design with engineering design principles to develop creative and technical skills. Our students gain a detailed understanding of the principles of design and apply that knowledge to create designs that meet the needs of commerce, technology and manufacturing.

Left to right: Ben Withey, Jade Springett

TEXTILE DESIGN BA (HONS)

Textile Design encourages creativity and individuality guiding our students to find a personal design direction. Students develop a broad range of design practice skills across print, mixed media, knit and woven textiles.

Left to right: Lauren Harris, Emma Ashurst, Ella Kirk

ONE YEAR ON

SOPHIE WAGSTAFF, CONTOUR FASHION GRADUATE

Following on from her placement at Loveday London Sophie managed to secure a full-time job as a Design Assistant and Brand Co-ordinator.

She has designed all the collections for seasons AW19 and SS20, produced new patterns and styles. Alongside this, she also represented the brand at Trade shows located in Paris, New York and London, communicating with key buyers and suppliers across the world.

Looking to the future, she plans to continue to gain experience within the high end luxury market, and eventually branch into the commercial market.

ONE YEAR ON

MORGAN STOCKTORN, DESIGN CRAFTS GRADUATE

Design Crafts graduate, Morgan will have her unusual work featured at the London Glassblowing Gallery – a leading studio for contemporary glass art - and at New Designers, one of the most important design events for emerging talent.

Her work is inspired by the industrial architecture in her hometown of Birmingham, she creates her sculptures by blowing hot glass into and onto steel wire moulds, resulting in unique pieces.

ONE YEAR ON

KRISTIE BRIDGES, FINE ART GRADUATE

Fine Art graduate Kristie Bridges went on to study the Fine Art MA at DMU. Her ideas and fascination with geometric patterns led her to experiment with different materials, such as plastics. Her current project explores how colour and light respond to the materials and space the artworks occupy.

She continues to work on commissioned projects, generating public art and holding exhibitions.

Our students are now well-established in the Vijay Patel Building. This award-winning building brings all of our art and design courses together into a stunning architectural space that’s been designed to provide inspiring, flexible spaces, studios and extensive facilities which invite creativity and innovation.

Sitting at the heart of our recently transformed campus, this landmark building defines us as a 21st century university. It shows how serious we are about giving our students the very best experience possible and embodies our ambition to provide them with all of the tools they need to achieve their aspirations.

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Front cover design by Catherine Evans, Design Crafts graduate