THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTSBEYOND

ISSUE 18 SUMMER 2015

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VICE-CHANCELLOR’S WELCOME

Our alumni are our greatest ambassadors, and I am always very proud to hear and read about your careers and success stories after leaving NUA.As we approach the end of the year and Graduation, we are already hearing about the outstanding accomplishments of these stars of the future on a national and international level. Graduating students have already won prizes and other accolades from leading organisations in the creative industries, including D&AD, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, JKR, the RSA, Deutsche Bank and Bradford Textile Society – while our fashion students wowed audiences at NUA’s catwalk show during Graduate Fashion Week in May 2015. The work of BA Fashion student Yu Miao was hand-picked from hundreds of UK fashion hopefuls for the Graduate Fashion Week Press Preview, and her collection was photographed by Rankin. On the other hand I must admit that such a victorious result cannot be reported for the staff football team in the recent N170 Staff vs. Students match at Carrow Road. Staff from all departments joined in the challenge set by the student football team, but despite putting up a brave fight they were overcome, 2-11.I do hope you have been able to join us at some of our N170 events, (for more details on forthcoming events see page 34) and that you will be visiting our summer Degree Shows. In particular, I look forward to being able to welcome you back personally at our alumni weekend 3–5 July 2015, so you can see for yourselves how the University is developing and planning for the next 170 successful years.With very best wishes

PROFESSOR JOHN LASTVICE-CHANCELLOR

WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL 170TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF BEYOND – THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMBINE RECOGNITION OF THE UNIVERSITY’S PROUD HISTORY, WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE MANY SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STAFF AND CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS.

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S WELCOME 03NUA NEWS 04INTERVIEW WITH ERNST NICOL 06INTERVIEW WITH TIM GILES 07GRADUATE INTERVIEW: PHIL CARTER AND PHIL WONG 08ALUMNI NEWS 12STUDENT SUCCESSES 13DEGREE SHOW POSTERS 14N170 NEWS 17NUA TIMELINE 18GRADUATE INTERVIEW: ROSIE BALL 20GRADUATE FASHION WEEK 22INTERNATIONAL VISIT 24GALLERY NEWS 25IDEASFACTORYNUA 27INCUBATION CENTRE 26MA GAMES 28BUSINESS COMPETITION SUCCESSES 29ALUMNI BENEFITS 30SCHOLARSHIPS 31WHATEVER HAPPENED TO 32EVENTS@NUA 34

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Front cover illustration: St Georges Building, External, 2015 Illustration by Emma Bailey MA Communication Design 3

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NUA NEWS

Research at NUA has received a big funding boost following its classification in the recent Research Excellence Framework (REF). The REF description of 19% of NUA’s research as ‘world leading’ and 36% as ‘internationally excellent’ has led to a 35% budget increase for the research department from an overall funding stream worth £2 billion. The extra money will enable NUA to continue to develop its research infrastructure and support the University in operating on the international stage.During the REF, NUA put forward 34 submissions from 11 students and academic staff, involving outstanding outputs and case studies in the areas of

NUA RESEARCH RECEIVES ‘OUTSTANDING’ CLASSIFICATION

art practice, media, history and theory in art and design. NUA has achieved particularly striking success in terms of impact on the broader cultural and economic landscape. This new area of assessment provides NUA with a welcome opportunity to showcase some of its staff’s most expansive and far-reaching research projects. Submissions included EASTinternational; Professor Lynda Morris’s research on Picasso; and the resulting exhibition ‘Picasso: Peace and Freedom’, which attracted considerable media coverage globally and drew large numbers of visitors to the Tate Liverpool, the Albertina in Vienna and the Louisiana in Denmark – as well

Proem a film by Professor Suzie Hanna, Tom Simmons and Sally Bayley

as achieving the display of one work by Picasso in the Picasso in Palestine exhibition in Ramallah. Director of Research, Professor Julian Malins, commented: “NUA has done exceptionally well in this exercise, one interesting aspect of which has been the recognition of practice-based research, a particular strength of the research community at NUA and something that will continue to grow in importance over the next few years. NUA research has always had, and will continue to have, international significance, as well as local and national impact.”www.nua.ac.uk/research

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NUA CELEBRATES STAFF MEMBERS’ LONG SERVICE

What was the University like when you first started here? I started in 1985 and printmaking was located in the basement of St Georges Building. Staff were encouraged to work on their practice alongside students to aid this transfer of knowledge. It was a great community and there was a real buzz about the place.

Did you study art?I left school at 14 and started as an apprentice toolmaker. I have always liked making and building things but I left after two years to go travelling. I later studied for my Foundation Diploma at Bexleyheath School of Art and my BA Printmaking at Loughborough School of Art and Design and somehow came away with a First. I had always wanted to work in an arts institution and I was offered two positions, one in Norwich and one in Florida. After visiting Norwich, I fell for the city’s charms and have stayed ever since.

What changes at NUA have you seen in the past 30 years?The arrival of Ana Maria Pacheco as Head of Fine Art was a real turning point. She revitalised the fine art department, she had such energy and determination and brought in younger tutors who had new ideas and a fresh perspective on things.The printmaking studios are now used by a lot of different courses, not just fine art and illustration, so its appeal seems to be widening. After their initial induction in the printmaking workshop, many students become inspired and enjoy getting their hands dirty and choose to become more hands-on with their work.

TWO OF NUA’S CURRENT LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS OF STAFF WILL RETIRE THIS SUMMER. LIBRARIAN TIM GILES AND PRINTMAKING TECHNICIAN ERNST NICOL HAVE BOTH PLAYED AN INFLUENTIAL AND SUPPORTIVE ROLE IN THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SINCE THE 1980S.

What will you miss most about NUA?The students and staff. Working alongside young people with lots of creative ideas challenges how you see things and how you can do things differently. Even after 30 years I am still learning every day. At first students can be quite nervous using the equipment, but once they take their first print from the press and you see their beaming face, you get a real sense of achievement. I will definitely miss that.

ERNST NICOL: TECHNICIAN, PRINTMAKING

CAROLINE BAILEY INVITED ERNST AND TIM TO SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THEIR TIME AT NUA.

STAFF INTERVIEWS

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What was the University like when you first started here?I started in 1983, we had around 300 students with two main courses in Fine Art and Graphics plus a very successful Foundation Diploma course. It was the 1980s and art schools had contributed so richly to popular culture, particularly to music in the 1960s and 70s but it was still quite radical to go to art school. Ed Middleditch was Head of Fine Art and he was such a character. The Library was based on the first floor of St Georges, it was quite modest and needed a new

way of thinking as to how we could resource and support the courses more. After the merger with Great Yarmouth School of Art and Design, we absorbed their collection and needed bigger premises and so in the mid-1990s we moved to the Monastery building.

You went to art school, what led you to become a librarian?I went to the University of Leeds to study Fine Art and graduated in 1974. Afterwards I did a Masters at Birmingham. I have always loved libraries, I loved the library at the University of Leeds, particularly their card catalogue

it was just absolutely wonderful – mahogany drawers, lots of subject cross indexing – it was a work of art in itself. My first job was in the library at Leicester Polytechnic but I always wanted to work in a specialist art and design institution. I was brought up with art, I studied art and valued its influence in political and social issues of the time so coming to NUA was my dream job.What is your current favourite item in the NUA Library?My favourite book is Steam, Steel and Stars: America’s Last Steam Railroad by O. Winston Link, an American photographer who documented the demise of the steam railways in the US. It is full of wonderful black and white images. My other favourite item is a Lego model of Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye which was requested by the Architecture department.

What will you miss most about NUA?My Library! I will miss the staff, we make up a wonderful team. Librarians are professional enablers and I am very lucky to have worked with such a dedicated team and of course I will miss the students!

TIM GILES: LIBRARIAN

IN NOVEMBER 2014 NUA GRADUATES PHIL CARTER AND PHIL WONG (DIPAD GRAPHIC DESIGN 1977) CELEBRATED 30 YEARS OF THEIR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY GRAPHIC DESIGN AGENCY, CARTER WONG.

How did your course at NUA prepare you for your careers?Phil Carter (PC): As an art school it was fantastic. We had inspirational tutors, people like Brian Love who would travel up from London, we thought they were so laid-back. We were encouraged by our tutors to have creative ideas – a great idea never goes away and this way of teaching is still incredibly relevant 30 years on.Phil Wong (PW): We owe a lot of debt to that philosophy of creative thinking, we have adopted it to our work and it has been very successful for us. We were told that we could either become great technicians and work on other people’s ideas or generate our own. PC: The fact that nine of us from our year were accepted into the Royal College of Art (RCA) is testament to the standard of teaching, the crits, discussions and influences – everything we experienced at Norwich.PW: Unless of course, we were just all creative geniuses!

Was it always your plan to start an agency together?PC: We had both been working at different design agencies and I was starting to get itchy feet so said to Phil: “look, I think it is time we did this”. We both had experience of working for other people and it felt like the right time.PW: I was always up for it. We first collaborated on a project at NUA and knew we worked incredibly well together. We had originally planned while we were at NUA to set up a company in Norwich but then the RCA happened. PC: Looking back we had no business knowledge. We worked from Phil’s kitchen table at first, I could walk to work and it almost felt like we were on holiday. I had also just got married so 1984 was a big year for me. I often joke I had two marriages that year!We started out getting work from people we knew in the industry – Boots, M&S, Tesco and gradually it gained momentum.PW: Our big break without a doubt was Formula One.

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CREATIVE GENIUSES: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF CARTER WONG

After meeting on the first day of their course at NUA, they remained good friends and decided to start their agency together in 1984. They have since worked with clients from small start-ups to multinational FMCG brands and their iconic Formula One logo has been seen by millions of people worldwide. The multi-award winning studio now has four NUA graduates in the team and was recently named as one of the top 10 agencies for best practice in the Drum Design Census 2015. Caroline Bailey visited the studio to find out more.

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How did this happen?PW: We were both interested in motor racing and had written to many teams touting for work. One Friday afternoon I got the call. At first I thought it was a friend playing a joke, but luckily I realised it was actually Bernie Ecclestone and it was the beginning of a successful 10 year working relationship.PW: Bernie was a real visionary for Formula One and was given the task of making Formula One into a global brand. He wanted a logo/brand that would be as recognisable as the Olympics and FIFA logos and I like to think that our logo helped to put Formula One on the map. I think the real catalyst for their success is actually a unified identity that they could sell to the world and that is exactly what we did.PC: It comes back to having a strong creative idea. The logo is now 21 years old but it still looks relevant. I look at the logo now and think there is nothing I would do to tweak it.

What has been the most challenging brief you have been given?PC: Every brief brings its own challenges. As designers we are problem solvers and also representing ourselves so sometimes we have to do a lot of soul-searching. One brief that sticks out was for Lowe, the advertising agency. They told us to not to be too outrageous or “scare the horses”! Each office had its own identity so the challenge was to create a different logo for each location but simultaneously bring everyone together under one universal brand. We created a logo in stacked type influenced by symmetrical Japanese signature woodcuts, which resulted in a very unique design.After we were given the Unilever job due to the size of our agency, back in 1996, they questioned our ability to do the job even though they had accepted our designs. Luckily we could do it and as it turns out the marque we created for Unilever is now instantly recognisable and now

applied across all of their brands worldwide.What do you think is the secret of your success?PC: We have been friends for over 40 years and as I said earlier, it has been like my second marriage. We have different skillsets that complement one another: Phil has taken on the business side of the studio and allowed me to concentrate on the creative output, which has left me free to pursue what I love best.PW: I also think the other designers who have come through the studio have contributed to our success. We have a great team and we are like one big family.PC: I think again it comes back to the creative idea, as we were taught at NUA. If we continued for another 10-20 years I don’t think I would work in any other way. www.carterwongdesign.com

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CARTER WONG’S TOP FOURWE ASKED PHIL CARTER AND PHIL WONG TO SELECT FOUR OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE CLIENT PROJECTS FROM THE PAST 30 YEARS.

1994 F1 logo. A logo that hasn’t changed since we created it in our studio 21 years ago.

1996 Unilever Heartbrand. Instantly recognisable worldwide

1985 Cypressa olives. Our first client and D&AD Awards nomination for a design which is still used 30 years later.

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2014 Howies Caston. This typeface for Howies won us a D&AD Award and was commended in the Drum Design Awards 2015.

GRADUATE INTERVIEW

The Prince’s Trust have commissioned illustrator and surface pattern designer, Deborah Ballinger, (BA Graphic Design (Illustration) 2010) to create an exclusive range of home furnishings and accessories for George Home’s spring/summer 2015 range. As well as receiving the Trust’s help and support three years ago when she first set up her illustration business, Deborah benefited from one-to-one mentoring and input from the George Home design team before launching her range to the market. Palm Springs, Deborah’s 1950s Americana-inspired range features intricate drawings in repeat patterns involving tropical animals, pineapples, palm trees, and of course, Florida flamingos. Using a vivid coloured pallet, her designs are featured right across George Home. Speaking at the launch of the range, Deborah commented: “I never thought I’d have the chance to see my designs come to life and to go on sale with such a successful retailer – it really is a dream come true.”www.deborahballinger.co.uk

Gemma Correll (BA Graphic Design (Illustration) 2006) has been commissioned to illustrate a new book aimed at pre-teen girls. Being a Girl written by teen author Hayley Long is aimed at easing growing pains of pre-teen girls, Gemma’s humorous black and white illustrations will hopefully make some of the issues covered in the book less daunting and will encourage readers to discuss the issues more openly.Gemma explained: “I was really pleased to be able to work with Hayley Long, who is an extremely funny and talented writer and the team at Hot Key Books allowed me to get away with a lot of silly ideas.

DEBORAH BALLINGER CREATES HOMEWARE RANGE FOR THE PRINCE’S TRUST

GEMMA CORRELL ILLUSTRATES PRE-TEEN BOOKS

It’s funny and informative but not patronising – and it’s got cats in it!”Gemma has also recently published her latest book. The Worrier’s Guide to Life, illustrated to be a light-hearted look at the complications of life, is full of advice for worriers and insomniacs everywhere. Famous for her love of cats and dogs, particularly her Pugs not Drugs illustrations, Gemma has built a very successful freelance career since graduating from NUA. Her designs have been sold in Waterstones, Paperchase and Amazon in the UK, Europe, Japan and the US. www.gemmacorrell.com

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ALUMNI NEWS

Deborah Ballinger Gemma Correll

Graduating students from Norwich University of the Arts have received a number of prestigious awards and accolades from the creative industries, which have added an extra sense of excitement and anticipation ahead of their final Degree Shows.Final year Graphics students have swept the board in a number of student design competitions set by the design industry. Prizes so far have included Ben Taub’s design for Chief, a premium buffalo milk for gym users, which won the JKR Juice Competition. Students on both BA Graphic Design and BA Graphic Communication have been awarded pencils by D&AD and there was triple success for NUA in the YCN Student Awards

EMERGING DESIGNERS WIN PRESTIGIOUS INDUSTRY COMPETITIONS

STUDENT SUCCESSES

with students impressing the panel with their responses to briefs set by Save the Children and Yorkshire Tea.It was another successful year for BA Textiles students at the Bradford Textile Society Design Competition with NUA students Bethany Franks and Lizzie Kimbley winning the top two prizes in the Clothworkers’ Foundation Award for Woven Fabric for Interiors. Margaret Bacon received a commendation in the Clothworkers’ Foundation Award for: ‘a fabric for either fashion or interiors category which shows an innovative combination of textile processes’. Linda Sadler (BA Textiles 2011) also earned a commendation in the British Wool Marketing Board Award for:

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‘a fabric of any construction for interiors or outdoor wear which enhances the intrinsic qualities of natural British wool’.In other news, BA Fine Art student Henry Driver was selected to show two of his pieces in Late at Tate Britain in May 2015. MA Fine Art student Tim Simmons has been selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries (BNC) 2015. Tim will exhibit his work in Nottingham in September before touring to ICA, London in November 2015.www.nua.ac.uk/degreeshows/2015

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DEGREE SHOW POSTERS

DEGREE SHOW POSTERS

1974 Mark Allen Mark Allen was responsible for making this photoshoot happen. At the front of the tractor is John Tomlinson, ‘JT’, who was Head of Graphics at the time. Mark recalled: “The year group all worked together to prepare our third year exhibition and the theme was a demolition site and we used the slogan ‘Tip Top Dip’. We raided various sites for old doors, scaffolding, corrugated iron sheets, the more battered the better. We wanted to contrast this with the pristine quality of our artwork! It was a happy ending to the wonderful time we spent at Norwich School of Art.”

1983 Graham Pritchard and George OngThis poster was a collaboration between George who was responsible for the photography and Graham who was the designer. Graham commented: “Our end of year show was in London, so we wanted to find an idea that related to Norwich. The lightbulbs represented the group of students and the high emphasis on creative ideas taught on the course. The wooden produce box came from Norwich market. The final visual concept was produced in collaboration with George.” Now in collaboration working as a freelance photographer in London, George added: “We were taught at NUA to understand that every good photograph carries a message behind it; without it, it would just be a photocopy of life rather than photography.”

1988 Mark Noad and Alice ChalkWith help from graduates from the Class of 1988 we were able to trace Mark Noad who created the poster with Alice Chalk. Mark explained: “The concept is the classic ‘idea on the back of an envelope’. The strength of the course was its emphasis on idea generation so this seemed like an obvious approach. The final outcome looks like an envelope that has been unfolded, hence the notches on the edges. There were lots of ideas for posters from our year group so we tried to incorporate all of the ideas as doodles on the final outcome.”

AN ONLINE EXHIBITION OF NUA’S DEGREE SHOW POSTERS IS NOW LIVE TO COINCIDE WITH OUR N170 CELEBRATIONS. WE DECIDED TO DELVE INTO THE COLLECTION TO SELECT A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITES TO SHARE. WE ALSO CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THE DESIGNERS TO REMINISCE ABOUT THEIR POSTER IDEAS.

2009 Sam FosterWe tracked down Sam working in Singapore as a Designer at Design Bridge. He explained: “The idea was based around the anticipation and excitement of the degree show – all the students had been working so hard, we were all looking forward to seeing what was going to be revealed!”

Can you help?We were unfortunately unable to trace some of the designers and what year of some of the posters in the archive. Can you help? Do you know who designed your year’s poster and where they are now? To view the full collection, visit the online exhibition at: www.degreeshowposters.com

Email or tweet us your favourites @NUAAlumni #NUAdegreeshows

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1974 by Mark Allen

1988 by Mark Noad and Alice Chalk

1983 by Graham Pritchard and George Ong

2009 by Sam Foster

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DEGREE SHOW POSTERS

1983 by Wayne Caba

2011 by Rachel Price and Alexandra Wylde

1996 by Jackie Lemon

1973 by Brian Bolland

Throughout 2015 we have been celebrating our 170th anniversary with a number of events to engage with our students, alumni and other friends and supporters. Employed as our Marketing and Events Intern through the Creative Arts East internship scheme, Sam Webber (BA Film and Moving Image Production 2014) has played an invaluable role in the N170 campaign. Sam looks back over on the past six months: After graduating from NUA last year I thought I knew all about the University but working on the N170 campaign has been a great experience, not only for my personal development but also for the amazing history and interesting tales that I have learnt about this unique institution.It is easily forgotten that when NUA was established in 1845 Britain was under the

Stephen Frears Sam Webber

rule of Queen Victoria. So much has changed within 170 years of creative culture.Throughout our N170 year we are celebrating the great history of the institution and the creative minds that have passed through its doors. The N170 Lecture Series has brought prominent figures such as director Stephen Frears, writer and illustrator Graham Rawle and architect Anthony Hudson to NUA, sharing their inspiring tales with the wider NUA community and the general public. The Hidden In Plain Sight exhibition held in January 2015 of staff work reflected the professionalism that the staff at NUA possess and utilise in supporting students. However, the staff will never forget the competitive victory that the students showed against them in the N170 Staff vs. Students football match at Carrow Road!

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CELEBRATING 170 YEARS OF CREATIVITY

One of the highlights of our campaign was the N170 projection on to the external Gallery window, which used a 10,000 lumens projector to display artwork by students past and present, a timely reminder of the vast talent and variety of work that students at NUA have created. Our dedicated N170 blog, n170.today, was launched in January 2015 to kick-start the campaign. Here you can find all of the up-to-date information on events and news relating to the N170 year as well as many reflections, memories and photographs from across our vast history. n170.today

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Established as Norwich School of Design in 1845, NUA is now a top specialist arts, design and media institution. We are proud of the achievements of our students and staff who have contributed to the

University’s reputation and look forward to the next 170 years of creativity. Where is your place on our timeline?

HISTORY OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

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IN APRIL 2015 NUA WELCOMED BACK ALUMNA AND BAFTA GAMES AWARD WINNER ROSIE BALL TO CAMPUS. NOW GAMES PRODUCER AT CHUCKLEFISH, ROSIE WAS INVITED TO SET A DESIGN CHALLENGE TO GAMES STUDENTS AND GAVE HER FEEDBACK ON THEIR WORK.Caroline Bailey caught up with Rosie to ask about her role at Chucklefish and what else has happened since graduation.

Tell us more about your role at Chucklefish?Chucklefish is an independent games studio and we are soon to release our first title Starbound. I joined the studio about nine months ago and I am a Games Producer and

It is a multi-player game and there is a strong community surrounding the game with players sharing their characters and stories online. I get to meet and speak to players who feedback to us all of the time, via Twitter and Facebook – what they like and don’t like, it’s very rewarding to have this one-to-one interaction.I have also been doing some work with schools, not only about the game but also about what it’s like to be working in games. The industry has changed so much in the last five years since I graduated. With so many different roles available it’s about educating kids that working in games is a viable career.How did you get started in your career after NUA?At the end of my final year I was in a team that entered Dare to be Digital (a video games competition) and we created

ROSIE BALL (BA GAMES ART AND DESIGN 2011)

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Artist. My role is extremely varied which I really enjoy. In addition to production and designing characters and bits for the game, I get to do a lot of audience engagement and go out and about to networking events, talking to businesses and meeting the people who are playing our game. Starbound is a sound-box game which allows each player to follow their own storyline.

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THE GAMES COURSE AT NUA GAVE ME LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS MY CREATIVE IDEAS AND THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT WITH WHAT TYPE OF GAMES I WANTED TO MAKE.ROSIE BALL

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a game called Tick Tock Toys. We won a BAFTA Games Award in the Ones to Watch category, which brought us a lot of attention from the industry. It was at Dare that I was spotted by Disney and I was subsequently offered an internship with them.What did you learn about the games industry from working at Disney?Disney was an invaluable experience and I have been able to apply so much of this to my role at Chucklefish. I received great mentorship from the Head of Creative and at every opportunity he pushed me out of my comfort zone. I developed my confidence in explaining creative ideas in executive meetings, conducting conference calls and working in larger teams across the organisation. I became a Creative Producer and worked on games including Disney Fairies: Lost & Found,

Disney Junior Play, Evermoor The Thread of Fate, Disney Superbia... and many others. I would have to report to the teams who controlled the budget, the marketing, Intellectual Property and protect the image and tone of the Disney brand the game was promoting. All these things I had never thought about before.How did your course prepare you for working in the games industry?I can remember that from an early stage we were encouraged to enter competitions, go to expos and games fairs and meet contacts in the games industry, which is great practise. The Games course at NUA gave me lots of opportunities to discuss my creative ideas and the freedom to experiment with what type of games I wanted to make without any pressure to follow a certain genre.

What advice did you give to students at NUA about starting their careers in the games industry after graduation?There were two pieces of advice. The first, to demonstrate that you can finish something from the beginning to the end and to not give up if things get tough. The second piece was although you may have a specific role in the game, it is important to have a wider understanding of the bigger picture and to know where your character or scene relates to what the rest of the team are doing. We were able to give them technical feedback but also constructive criticism in the way we would if they were applying for a job with us. I think it is very important for students to know what the industry expects and I hope they found it helpful.www.chucklefish.org

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GRADUATE FASHION WEEK

Graduate Fashion Week is the world’s leading event showcasing the creativity of students and graduates to fashion commentators, designers, buyers, bloggers and potential employers.Victoria Miller’s striking collection of red garments impressed the panel of the judges and she was selected out of thousands of graduates to be one of 25 emerging designers to feature in the Graduate Fashion Week Gala Show.Prior to the show, Yu Miao was one of only eight students in the UK to be selected for the Press Preview of the event. Her work was photographed by portrait and fashion photographer Rankin, and styled by Natalie Hartley, Fashion Director at Glamour magazine. Yu

was featured in major national newspapers and magazines such as ES Magazine, Elle, Drapers, Wire, The Sunday Times and Time Out.For the second year, designer Betty Jackson CBE and journalist Hilary Alexander OBE visited NUA and along with Course Leader Sue Chowles gave last minute feedback and advice to students on their garments before the catwalk show. Impressed with the overall standard of work by the students, Betty Jackson commented: “The Fashion course at NUA is on the right track and it was a pleasure to see some exciting work by the students.” Other successes for graduating students from the BA Fashion course include Abigail Clarke who was named as a finalist in the Warehouse Competition, students Sami Hogg and Amy Bull who

made it on to the longlist for i-D Magazine’s Diversity NOW! 2015 competition and Madara Rozensteina, Shahad Albeshr and Yee Ki Ng who were shortlisted for the Golden Shears Award known as the ‘Oscars of the tailoring world’.The catwalk show was also an exciting opportunity for BA Photography students to get a taste of the commercial world. Bethany Bull, Taya-Rae Fuller, Jade Vincent and Dibs McCallum were given special access into the press area for the show, standing alongside freelance fashion photographers shooting for the fashion press including Vogue, Look magazine and Condé Nast Traveller. www.nua.ac.uk/bafashion

GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM THE BA FASHION COURSE AT NUA WOWED AUDIENCES AT LONDON’S GRADUATE FASHION WEEK 2015 HELD IN MAY.

FASHION STUDENTS SHOW COLLECTIONS AT LONDON CATWALK SHOW

Yu Miao Diego Preciado

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INTERNATIONAL VISIT

In spring 2015 the international office at NUA made a visit to the US to attend education fairs and specialist arts high schools in a number of American cities, and to meet students and to learn about the particular needs and aspirations of students from the US considering applying to study in the UK.Involving alumni in our overseas recruitment is always extremely valuable. We include both British graduates living abroad and those from the country we are visiting in our activities. Graduates share their experiences in marketing materials and volunteer to help out at recruitment events in their home cities.During International Officer Amanda Monfrooe’s trip to Baltimore to visit the High School for the Arts, she had the pleasure of meeting artist and NUA alumna Sarah Pettitt (BA Fine Art 2000), who was exhibiting in the city.Caprice, curated by American artist and curator Seán Boylan, included a new triptych of 3-dimensional paintings that Sarah prepared in the UK but constructed and finished in Baltimore and an installation featuring sand coils.When Amanda met Sarah at Open Space, the artist-led gallery hosting the exhibition, she spoke passionately about her experience in the city,

particularly the contemporary visual artists in Baltimore actively resisting the dominance of the New York scene by working as an inclusive community. Sarah also shared her fondness for Norwich and her happy memories of NUA. In autumn 2015 NUA will visit America again including New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and other Midwestern cities. We welcome any US-based alumni to contact us to share your success stories and careers since graduating. For more information and to register your interest, please email: alumni@nua.ac.uk www.nua.ac.uk/international

ARTIST SARAH PETTITT HELPS NUA RECRUITMENT IN US

Installation by Sarah Pettitt

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GALLERY NEWS

We are very excited to announce that the Gallery at NUA is moving to a new home in Cavendish House. The building is currently under development but will open in autumn 2015 and will house the gallery together with a new shop on the ground floor. East GalleryNUA will occupy an expansive open plan space and will benefit from the popularity of its location in the Norwich Lanes as well as a very visible position on busy St Andrews Street. The new name – East GalleryNUA – symbolises not only our location but also NUA’s crucial and continuing commitment to the presentation of high-profile arts, design and media exhibitions in the region.

The artists selected for the British Art Show 8 (BAS8) have now been announced. BAS8 is hosted every five years by four cities across the UK. NUA and Norfolk Museums Service are the key partners for Norwich and the University is extremely proud to have been instrumental in bringing this exceptional show to the Eastern region for the first time.The exhibition opens in Norwich on 24 June 2016 with both NUA’s St Georges Building and East GalleryNUA exhibiting works. Additional works will be shown in other venues around the City including the Forum and Norwich Castle Museum.The selection process was undertaken by co-curators Anna Colin (co-founder and co-director of Open School East and Associate Curator at Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris), and Lydia Yee, Chief Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery (previously Curator at Barbican Art Gallery). Many of the 40 participating artists already have a strong international reputation. Laure Prouvost, the 2013 Turner Prize winner who has previously exhibited at NUA as part of EASTinternational 09, is included in the selection, as is 2014 nominee James Richards. For the full list of of exhibiting artists please visit:www.nua.ac.uk/news

NUA GALLERY TO MOVE TO NEW HOME ON CAMPUS

ARTISTS FOR BRITISH ART SHOW 8 ANNOUNCED

The Gallery will continue to offer internships to NUA students seeking opportunities to learn about running a gallery day to day and assisting with exhibition installation, receiving hands-on experience of working together with the artists and curators.We look forward very much to welcoming both students past and present to this new space and continuing our highly successful exhibitions programme. These shows have seen an exponential increase in visitor numbers year on year and have established the gallery and its exhibition partners at the very heart of the visual arts scene in the City and beyond. www.nua.ac.uk/thegallery

The Ideas Factory for Digital Business Incubation at NUA is set to launch in autumn 2015. The Ideas FactoryNUA is specially designed to establish an ideal environment for ‘incubating’ early-stages digital creative businesses. Based in Cavendish House on St Andrews Street, the Incubation Centre will sit right in the heart of Norwich’s creative zone.This £3m project was co-funded by NUA, HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council of England) and the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership. It will provide a tailor-made support system for an increasing number of NUA graduates hatching their own start-ups or establishing themselves as freelancers. The Ideas FactoryNUA is the University’s response to graduate feedback about the difficulties of getting specialist help, and the obstacles these particular enterprises face in accessing government-funded initiatives for SMEs.Additional funding has been secured to house a special UX lab to research digital creative work amongst consumers, which will be

available to the centre’s occupants, regional business, and the University itself. Not only fast-establishing itself as best practice with web and games designers, UX is soon expected to be widely adopted by other sectors.If you are a graduate looking for new state-of-the-art space to develop your business, you can either take a desk in the open plan ‘Hatchery’ area or have a small separate office of your own, accommodating up to four people. While there will be many other advantages and benefits on offer, from use of the University’s shop to accessing the specialist business support programme, this outstanding opportunity will be the chance to get on board as a founding member of a vibrant and networked community of creative entrepreneurs.For anyone interested in moving into the centre, please contact Sarah Steed, Business Director at: s.steed@nua.ac.uk or call 01603 610561.

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INCUBATION CENTRE

INCUBATION CENTRE TO SUPPORT GRADUATE START-UPS

EMPLOYABILITY SERVICE TO BE LAUNCHEDAs part of the Cavendish House reopening, the Careers Service will relocate to the Ideas FactoryNUA and offer a dedicated employability service for students and graduates as they take their first steps in the creative industries. An Employability Adviser will be available for one-to-one appointments and will be available to all NUA students for the first three years after graduation and to Alumni cardholders.www.nua.ac.uk/employability

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IDEAS FACTORY AT NUA

A project commissioned through the ideasfactoryNUA has given a team of students at Norwich University of the Arts a real-life taste of working on a commercial magazine title. Final year students Jordane Roberts, Sarah Peters and Amber-May Meadows (BA Design for Publishing) along with Gemma Lock (BA Photography) all worked together to deliver the brief.The publisher’s of the Good Spa Guide commissioned their new magazine Wellness to operate as a sister title to the actual guide. The brief was to create a design identity for the magazine, available online as well as in print format to be exclusively available in the spas. The brief covered creation of the masthead, front cover and internal page system

NUA STUDENTS COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN MAGAZINE

with the client requesting that the design should encapsulate the essence of the benefits of the spa experience. The students’ challenge was to combine working within the existing guide’s brand identity but simultaneously creating a stand-alone publication.Projects commissioned through the ideasfactoryNUA offer students the enormously valuable experience of working on live briefs: a core component of NUA’s commitment to developing its students into fully equipped, prepared, and industry-ready graduates by the end of their course. As Amber-May Meadows commented: “This project has given me the opportunity to work with the client’s in-house style as well as bringing my own ideas and designs to the table. It has

L-R top row: Gemma Lock and Sarah Peters L-R bottom row: Amber-May Meadows, Caitlin Dalton (The Good Spa Guide) and Jordane Roberts

given me greater confidence about working in the industry – as well as new skills, such as time-management and working as part of a team.”If you are interested in working with the ideasfactoryNUA at NUA, please contact Sarah Steed, Business Director at ideasfactory@nua.ac.uk or call 01603 610561. www.nua.ac.uk/ideasfactory

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MA GAMES

Commencing in September 2015, the course is offered as a Paid Postgraduate Apprenticeship, developed as part of a pioneering approach to higher education provision in association with industry skills body Creative Skillset.Kate O’Connor, Deputy CEO at Creative Skillset explained: “These new work-based qualifications have been developed by industry for industry to inject new skills, ideas and energy into creative businesses, enabling students to gain valuable work experience and industry contacts, whilst still

achieving a degree qualification in their chosen discipline.”The course, led by Subject Leader Marie-Claire Isaaman, will build upon NUA’s existing close relationships with the UK games sector forged through its BA (Hons) Games Art and Design course. After consultation with the games industry, the University has listened to the needs of UK games studios to inform a progressive curriculum, which combines the rigour of studying at Masters level with an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills in a professional environment.

MA GAMES TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO EARN WHILE THEY LEARN

Students will also have the opportunity to work in a professional games studio, negotiating bespoke access to in-studio resources and submitting their commercial projects to be graded towards their MA. Outside of the studio, students will have access to the Ideas FactoryNUA, NUA’s new digital business incubation centre equipped with state-of-the-art media facilities and a Digital User Research Lab.For more information on MA Games and other postgraduate courses at NUA, come to one of our Open Days. Book a place at: www.nua.ac.uk/opendays

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A POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MA GAMES WILL OFFER STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY FOR A POSTGRADUATE DEGREE AND EARN A SALARY WHILE GAINING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN A COMMERCIAL GAMES STUDIO.

It has been a whirlwind couple of months for students at NUA who have won a high-profile business start-up competition that will help them realise their business potential. BA Film and Moving Image Production student Jillian Englehard Fosten and BA Animation Student Eleanor Wright have won £10,000 in the Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Enterprise (DBACE). The prize money offers great financial support to the winners and helps these creative entrepreneurs develop their businesses plus providing ongoing mentorship and business training.Jillian and Eleanor won first prize in the Film and Photography category with Exploring the Mind of Alexandra Mackie, a partially-animated investigation of a young blind woman’s

imagination. They will invest the prize money into completing their film. Jillian commented: “The money is going to be invested into producing the second and third parts of the documentary. We’re also planning to host installations in Norwich and London, which will use light and sound to create art that can be experienced by both visually impaired and sighted people in a similar way.”Other shortlisted NUA students included Bradley Morgan Johnson (MA Moving Image and Sound), Tim Simmons (MA Fine Art), Aaron Griffin (BA Fine Art) and Brainchild winner Kazz Morohashi. This is the first year NUA has participated in the competition, which caught the imagination of budding entrepreneurs at the University. NUA led in the number of entries per institution – something the organisers have now dubbed the ‘Norwich phenomenon’.

MA Communication Design student Kazz Morohashi was announced winner of NUA’s annual Brainchild Business Idea Competition with her new app Go Walkies!, which uses digital mapping, blogging and storytelling to help children engage with their heritage. Kazz will receive one-to-one mentoring from the judging panel to develop her ideas and grow her business.This is a double triumph for Kazz as Go Walkies! also won her an RSA Student Design Award in May – the £1,000 Patricia Tindale Legacy Award. The panel described her proposal as ‘magical, inspirational and powerful’ as well as ‘opening up a portal for children to explore heritage in a whole new way’. Kazz commented: Winning the Brainchild competition has helped me significantly with winning the RSA Award and also being shortlisted for the Deutsche Bank DBACE Awards.”

ENTREPRENEURS WIN £10,000 AT DBACE AWARDS 2015

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SCHOLARSHIPS

Two very fortunate second year students at NUA have won a fantastic opportunity to develop their practice and broaden their creative practice through donations to the University. The scholarships will enable the two students to expand and deepen both the theory and practice of their work ahead of their final year.James Brindley is the first recipient of the Nic Hughes Travel Scholarship. This scholarship is being offered in memory of NUA’s Graphic Communication Lecturer, the late Nic Hughes, by his family. An inspirational designer, Nic was a passionate believer in the ability of the experience of travel to deepen and enhance creativity. Along with Sabin Onceriu and Patrik Zachar, James has been working on a brief to create visual graphics for the Romanian band, Subcarpati. If their designs are

TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BROADEN STUDENTS CREATIVE THINKING

well received, James, Sabin and Patrik hope to work with the band and create their visual identity, including their website, music video and promotional material, which they will develop for their final-year project.James Potter, BA Architecture, has been awarded the Richardson Brown Travel Prize. A former student at NUA herself, Frances Brown left this legacy to the University to fund an annual travel bursary. The award provides financial support for a student to travel to a specific destination and to research an aspect of their practice.James was awarded the scholarship for his proposal to visit Switzerland and explore its historical monuments, museums and architectural housing developments. On winning the award, James said: “This is a

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great honour, and I am really excited, it will help me greatly in my current research, and inspire me as an architect”.If you are interested in sponsoring a named scholarship, please contact Caroline Bailey, Alumni Relations and Development Officer at: c.bailey@nua.ac.uk or call 01603 756288.

CELEBRATE YOUR PAST – AND SUPPORT SOMEONE’S FUTUREWe would like to offer a huge thank you to all of our generous alumni who have made a donation to our N170 Fund. If NUA made a difference to your career and you would like to help the next generation of creative practitioners at NUA, please make a donation. You can now donate securely via our online giving page at: www.nua.ac.uk/supportingnua

KOK YOONG LIM(MA FINE ART 2005)

MELISSA HALL (NÉE MCCARTHY)(HND GRAPHIC DESIGN 1999)

PETER OFFORD(BA FINE ART 1989)

I spent much of my time working with clay in the Life Room, with John Wonnacott and John Lessore. In the first year of my BA, Ana Maria Pacheco was appointed Head of Fine Art and a sense of anticipation of the arrival of this internationally known sculptor from Brazil ensued. She was a passionate and encouraging tutor and after reading my dissertation directed me towards writing, to experimentation and political awareness.In 1999 I qualified with a Masters in art psychotherapy and worked within the NHS and continued my fine art practice. I became politically active and was elected the first Green Party City Councillor in Norwich between 2008-2012. I am a member of the Norwich 20 Group and continue to exhibit locally and nationally.www.peteroffordart.co.uk

Since graduating from NUA I have been a researcher and lecturer in the Faculty of Creative Head of the Media Art program and Multimedia, Multimedia University, Malaysia. I am still a practicing artist and active in the local and regional art scene in South East Asia. Currently I am working as an Assistant Professor and pursuing my doctorate degree at the Global School of Media in Soongsil University, South Korea. My aim is to converge my experience in multimedia with my fine art training to make works that address the issues of consciousness in the age of cybernetics. www.simply-simple.net

Since I graduated from the HND Graphic Design course in 1999, I worked in various design roles before moving into the publishing industry. My role involved editing titles including: Miller’s Antiques Handbook and Price Guide and organising photoshoots for various related publications.In 2007 I joined my husband at ifour and we are now a team of 14 people based in Tunbridge Wells and regarded as one of the top agencies in Kent.We have recently won the RAR award for ‘Creativity & Innovation’ and been nominated for three more in the RAR Awards to be held in June 2015 and we have received six nominations in the Kent Digital Awards.It’s been really exciting to grow as an agency and maintain a high quality of work. We love what we do!www.ifour.co.uk

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO

GABRIELLE WALKER(BA ILLUSTRATION 2014)

LUCAS YEUNG(MA COMMUNICATION DESIGN 2013)

NAOMI HARWIN (BA FINE ART 2014)

In March, I received the Ashton KCJ Award in the Smiths Row Open 2015, an independent gallery in Bury St Edmunds to support emerging artists in the Eastern region. My prize included cash and three artist surgeries. My work No Place to Stay was inspired by the poem by Goethe of the same name. I wanted to capture the notion of finding a place to call home by using these fluid shapes along with the maps which relate quite obviously.I am now based in Cambridge and my work stems from the idea of using factual imagery to illustrate fictional text; mainly literature.www.gabriellewalker.co.uk @GabbyZWalker

After I completed my Masters at NUA I returned to Hong Kong. The portfolio I developed at NUA led to my job as a Graphic Designer at iPulse Design, a British run design agency. We create work for a number of disciplines including publishing, branding, digital media and events. I have particularly been working on publishing and branding projects and clients include A.S Watson Group, M Yachts, Pizza Express (Hong Kong and China division) and Nauticam. Recently I have become more involved with web design, which is crucial in this digital age. The research skills I developed at NUA are fundamental to my work and have made my work much more convincing and engaging. Design will always be a constant learning process for me.www.lucasysh.com

Just after I graduated I was awarded a six-month Graduate Residency at AirSpace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent. The programme offered free personal studio space with access to the Gallery’s facilities. There was an emphasis on professional development, with a series of monthly mentoring meetings, led by Gallery directors and invited artists. The scheme also offered two exhibition opportunities: an interim show in AirSpace’s window space and a solo exhibition. The residency was a fantastic opportunity and was an extremely productive period that not only strengthened my practice but also taught me about fundraising and promotion too. www.naomiharwin.com www.naomiharwin.tumblr.com

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EVENTS@NUA

EVENTS ON CAMPUSUG DEGREE SHOWS1–7 July 2015Open: 10am–7pm except forSaturday 4 July 10am–6pmSunday 5 July 11am–4pmTuesday 7July 10am–5pmLast entry 30 minutes before closing timeNUA Campus

TEACHERS DAY2 July 2015This event is designed to support teachers advising students who are applying for arts, design, architecture and media undergraduate courses.For more information and to book a place, email: recruitment@nua.ac.uk

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND3–5 July 2015Join us and friends in Norwich for a weekend to celebrate our 170th anniversary. Visit the UG Degree Shows and join us for a reunion party at Norwich Arts Centre. For graduates coming with their families, our family picnic day is an opportunity to meet up with friends in a quieter and less crowded environment.Friday 3 JulyInformal drinks in The Playhouse Bar7.30pm No need to bookSaturday 4 JulyWelcome back talk followed by a buffet lunch11am, Duke Street Lecture TheatreFor more information and to book your place, please visit: www.nua.ac.uk/alumni/events

MA DEGREE SHOW4–9 September 2015 Open: 10am–6pm Except forSunday 6 September 12 noon–4pmLast entry 30 minutes before closing timeNUA Campus

MA OPEN DAYS5 September 201512 noon– 3pmFor more information and to book a place, please visit: www.nua.ac.uk/opendays

ANDI SAPEY: 170 YEARS OF NUA27 June–11 July 2015An exhibition of portraits of artists in their studios by NUA alumnus and photographer Andi Sapey. Part of the University’s N170 celebrations, subjects have been chosen for their contribution to the success and reputation of the University throughout its 170–year history.Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedict’s Street, NorwichOpen: Monday–Friday 1pm–5pm, Saturday 10am– 6pm Closed Sunday.Free admission.

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