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Contentsforeword

Prime

news

showcase

Mario Picariello

Jay Blewett

Calum Crease

Jess Walker

Luke Sully

interview with designers society

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welcome to Prime magazine...

Over the coming issues we will be bringing you the best prime cuts from the creative students of the UK, including photographers, illustrators, animators and other disciplines, but back to this issue, we are pleased to introduce the graphic designers.

This time of year there are hundreds, if not thousands of students leaving universities all over the country and with so much talent bursting into the real world who will get the best jobs out there?! Prime Magazine is trying to filter some of this talent towards the people who need to see it, namely the creative professionals currently working in the industry.

We are focusing solely upon students, not just giving you a brief overview like other

magazines, but a more in-depth look at a range of creative’s across the country, what work they are producing and any others activities they are getting up to.

This issue is based around the graphic design students of Plymouth, whom are a talented bunch to say the least, situated on the sometimes sunny south west coast of Devon. Hopefully the work inside will at the least inspire you, and at the best, well that’s for you to decide, but should you feel the need to contact anyone featured, we’ve usefully included some important contact details for each designer.

So sit back, grab a cuppa and be inspired by the next generation of graphic designers.

Forewordforeword


what the heck is Prime?

Prime is an organisation set up to help promote creative students across the country to the creative industry both in the UK and throughout the world.

Prime magazine

Prime Magazine is a brand new student

based showcase of the best creative talent

in the UK right now.

The magazine is a quarterly publication that

focuses on creative students work from

across the country, taking the very best

projects and showcasing them to the rest of

the UK and the world. We try to include as

many entries as possible in each issue.

The magazine also gives the details of

the students featured, with the aim to

help promote them and their work and

show both professional studios and other

students what the next generation is doing.

Prime online

The Prime website is another addition to the magazine, as well the there being the current and back issues of the magazine uploaded to the site, it also features a portfolio section where students can upload their work for all of the world to see.

With all students looking for the perfect job we have also included a jobs page where employers can post an opportunities.

Prime


Prime

Prime gallery

The Prime Gallery is where we exhibit all the entries for each issue and where the judging happens to decide what goes into the magazine.

For each issue we host a judging evening at our gallery in London. All of the entries for that issue will be exhibited / displayed and a panel of industry profrssionals will spend an evening looking through the work and selecting the best entries, which will then be featured in the magazine.

Often there are exhibitions of student work at the gallery, both private and public, and these events are posted on the website.


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news

online Portfolio

The online portfolio section of the website is now live.

Here you students can upload work to our website via the portfolio section, where all students are entitled to a have free online portfolio. Here everybody can see your work and you can include any contact details you wish for any potential employers to get in touch with you.

call for entry autumn 2010 issue

Call for entries for the next issue of Prime, winter 2010, is now live. We are looking for any creative students studying in the UK who think their work is worthy of being featured in the magazine and online.

Entry packs are ready to be sent out. To get your hands on one fill out the form on the website and it will be winging it way to you soon.

You can also submit online for those who have computer based entries, such as websites, animations, etc. Just go to www.prime-mag.co.uk/submit to find the entry form.

News


news

Showcase is the main part of the magazine. It features a selection of creative’s chosen by a different judging panel each issue. Judges credentials will be posted on the website; www.primemag.co.uk/about.

Each issue will have a variety of projects, from the best emerging talent across the country, displayed in all its beauty.

Since this issue is about the graphic designers of Plymouth, where better to start than the third year of the Graphic Communication with Typography course at the University.

The students, or designers as they now are, will be finishing as this magazine is being printed, and all looking for that perfect first job. The following are just a few of the designers that will be leaving Plymouth University and some of their work from the previous three years.

Enjoy.

Showcase


showcase

luke sully


showcase

Jay blewett

mario Picariello

Jess walkercalum crease

about

Having just finished at Plymouth University

with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Communication

with Typography, Mario is really interested

in progressing into the publishing industry,

especially editorial design.

contact

Website www.mariodesign.co.uk

Email [email protected]

Twitter @marioPicariello

Mario Picariello


showcase

mario Picariello


showcase


no sweat magazine

No Sweat Magazine is a loose leaf magazine

creating awareness of sweat shops and what

can be done to prevent further exploitation.

The magazine holds the concept of ‘unfolding

the truth about sweatshops’, which is why

each article unfolds in a different way, with the

envelope unfolding into an A2 poster.

mario Picariello



showcase

Jay blewett


about

Hailing from Cornwall, but looking to move

to into the city or abroad, Jays main interests

within design lie in corporate identity,

advertising, editorial and information design,

with the an interest to experience different

cultures and design trends across the world.

contact


Twitter @diverseindesign

Jay Blewett

showcase


Jay blewett


tehidy country Park

Tehidy Country Park was a very personal

project for me as I’d been there many times

throughout my childhood. The current signage

is very dated and unclear so change was

needed. My response was to create a series

of tower signs, using a different colour for

each area of the park. Using simple, clean

typography and images of the park on each

sign, the towers appeal to people of all ages

and finally make navigation of the park

much easier.

Calum Crease


showcase

about

Calum has just finished studying for a BA

(Hons) in Graphic Communication with

Typography at the University of Plymouth.

contact

Website http://cargocollective.com/calumcrease


Twitter @calumcrease

calum crease

showcase


astronomy 100


astronomy 100

Astronomy 100 is a celebration of the

2009 Year of Astronomy.

The magazine is divided in two sections. One

consists of a booklet highlighting the locations

and astronomical events appearing throughout

the Astronomy 100 project.

The second is a flat-pack slide projector

that can be assembled and mounted onto a

standard table lamp.

There is also a series of advertising posters

which have been hand silk screened.

foreword


about

Jess is currently a Plymouth based graphic

designer, having recently completed a BA

(Hons) in Graphic Communication with

Typography, but will be moving away to

seek employment opportunities. She enjoys

branding mostly but is happy to be working in

any area of graphic design.

contact

Website www.jess-walker.co.uk


Twitter @Jesswalker88

Jess Walker


showcase

foreword



showcase

the body shop

This is a campaign to reinvigorate the Body

Shop as a brand. I created four posters and

a range of packaging. The posters are for

different parts of the body that the Body Shop

catering for. They use quotes and poetry about

those parts of the body which are set into an

asymmetric composition. I used skin and hair

colours to keep the posters looking neutral

and natural.

Jess walker



showcase

luke sully


about

Luke has just completed his final year studying

Graphic Communication with Typography at the

University of Plymouth.

He is currently looking for any work

placements, job opportunities or

freelance work.

contact

Website www.lukesully.com


Twitter @luke_sully

Just us Collective

www.justusdesigncollective.com/lukesully.html

Luke Sully

leaf

Identity and website for an online book

ordering service with packaging and covers

for the books and stationary. The book covers

focus on things which can be done with a

book, from touching and smelling to devouring

and loving. This element of things you can do

with “ME” runs as a coherent, strong, graphic

element onto the packaging and stationary.


showcase

luke sully


Vision for Plymouth

Identity and publication produced for the

vision for Plymouth campaign. The publication

consists of 3 books all bound together which

evaluates the past, present and the future of

the city of Plymouth.

After having a very successful year of various guest lectures from some of the big names in graphic design, we spoke to Jake Jennings, founder and chairman of the Designers Society in Plymouth.

The society has a large committee who do everything from organising lectures, social events and competitions, to designing posters to advertise events and the society.

You can see some of the these posters throughout the interview.

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interview

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the designers society


Prime magazineHi Jake, What exactly is the Designers Society?

Jake JenningsThe designers society is an attempt to get all creative courses across the university to mix and integrate. I think that it is so important to get inspiration from other disciplines and look at other areas of creativity. Plus when we finish university we will be without any contacts or knowledge of other fields and this is an attempt to help with that, getting to know each others work.

It is also about getting our students known in the creative industry. We are a backwater place - although its really hotting up this year with three creative societies forming in Plymouth but we need to get noticed.

We also will enter with such a gap in our knowledge and through lectures, workshops and events we hope to bridge that gap.

Finally it is a chance for people to see who they want to see, who they idolise within the creative industry and share that with others. We only invite down who others suggest.

It has broadened out to encompass so many areas of creativity, working with local creative businesses, the local community, the council and we do so many things it is more a question of what we are not!

Katarina Gatialova guest lecture poster

PmSo how did the idea of the society come about?

JJStarted after a discussion in a group rep meeting - I wanted to get more guest lectures down and people who would talk less about their work but about their experiences as a creative, ultimately what we were lacking in our education. David, our lecturer said that I should start up a society and I kept putting it off for the year until it came to the last meeting, everyone was talking about how I should start it and so went ahead. Friendly pressuring, haha!


interview

Michael Greenland guest lecture posters


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As well as putting on social events for its members, including film nights, competitions, exhibitions, and a trip to the 4 Designers Conference in London they have had many guest lectures from the likes of Patrick baglee, the Director of Creative Strategy at Navyblue, harry Pearce, from Pentagram, michael greenland of Greenland Studio and si scott, an Illustrator and graphic designer at Si Scott Studios, to name just a few.

PmHave any of the designers you have had to speak or visit kept contact with the society and its members?

JJAll of them. For example Patrick Baglee is returning to do portfolio reviews at the end of this term and I regularly keep in touch on a monthly, or more, basis with the other designers. Mainly updates as to what we are doing but also general chitchat too. Plans to meet up when in London etc.

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PmHas the society been involved with any local or national live projects / briefs?

JJWe are working closely with the council on the ‘Jigsaw Project’, designing what goes in the empty space between the University and Drake Circus. We set the brief and worked with a variety of architects, fine artists and graphic designers to create a space that is being built and hopefully fully opened next month.

PmWhat does the Designers Society have planned for next year?

JJWell there is already a new committee, as

many of the current members are leaving due to finishing University. We shall be looking at building more links with the local community and creative network as well as continuing to get some of the best designers in the country for guest lectures.


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