The UK now has representative cities for five of the seven creative industries championed by the Creative Cities Network. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
Written on 08/09/2014 Outside of this collaboration I am currently involved in the early stages of a transmedia project and to find out more about this multiplatform way of working and storytelling, I attended a Learn Do Share event in […]
Post written on 1/09/2014 In between our official scheduled meetings, Mike and I will be doing our research and keeping in touch online. After the first meeting he shared with me some existing examples of digital technology used for creative […]
Due to crazy weather we postponed our first meeting on 10 Aug to 16 Aug. During that time we did some admin work, set up a shared drive to put documents in and also put together some reading materials, which […]
A guide on how to apply good design to your website.
Examines design industry’s perceptions of young people, their suitability for work and the neccessary skills and abilities needed to thrive within the sector.
On the first weekend in October in over thirty venues across the London Borough of Lambeth, artists are opening their work spaces to the public.
Lin Cheung, Papaver Argentum (silver poppy)
Caroline Saul, Bulbous Form One, recycled plastic milk bottles, 45x45cm, 2008.
A new study has revealed that exports account for 30-40% of designer-makers’ business within Cockpit Arts, with France, Japan and US the main markets.
Penny Jones explores the career of Andrew Tanner who has spent ten years as a designer maker developing many successful ranges of batch-produced ceramics.
Frances Lord explores Michael Marriott’s career and practice which involves exhibition design, curating, writing, product and furniture design and installation.
Peter Freeman makes light sculptures and installations that articulate public spaces. Kate Stoddart explores his practice.
Karen Lubbock is the creator of Karen magazine, which delights in the ordinariness of everyday life, providing an antidote to the mainstream celebrity and lifestyle magazine world.
An exploration of professional development support needs for makers in the West Midlands has identified that as makers’ working patterns are characterised as “multi-tasking portfolio workers”.
Whilst sitting in my parent’s garden in the summer of 1996, I became mesmerised by the patterns created on the table by the light filtering through my father’s pint jug of beer.
Founded by sculptor Charles Hadcock and designer Russell Howard and housed in old water board offices, the Watermark in Preston is home to a unique blend of creative commercial businesses and artists’ studios. Twelve artists and designers located there grouped […]
Three years ago I found myself following my partner to Zanzibar, East Africa.
Amanda Fielding looks at the activities of Johanne Mills and provides insights into the versatility of the contemporary artist.
Lucy Wilson explores the development and expansion of Hidden Art, an initiative set-up by Dieneke Ferguson to promote the work of designer-makers in Hackney.
Gordon Dalton visits ‘Highlife’, an exhibition of artist-designed bird boxes commissioned by Bristol City Council, working with lead artists FAT, as part of Bristol Legible City.
Abigail Branagan discusses the development of this innovative platform for contemporary design and explores its value to exhibitors.
