Dezeen School Shows: a typeface designed to reflect the frustrations of reading for people with dyslexia is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at University of the Arts London.
Also included is an exhibition focused on graduate employment and a museum space that utilises adaptive building reuse.
Institution: University of the Arts London
School: Camberwell College of Arts
Courses: BA Fine Art: Computational Arts, BA Fine Art: Drawing, BA Fine Art: Painting, BA Fine Art: Photography, BA Fine Art: Sculpture, BA Graphic Design, BA Illustration, BA Interior and Spatial Design, MA Designer Maker, MA Fine Art, MA Global Collaborative Design Practice, MA Graphic Design Communication, MA Illustration, MA Interior and Spatial Design and Graduate Diploma Illustration
School statement:
“Camberwell College of Arts is a renowned art and design college. We give students the space to explore their creativity; staff support and challenge students to rethink current practices.
“Our facilities embrace both traditional craftsmanship and digital technology. Our design and fine art courses will make you think about your social responsibility, as well as develop your critical and making skills.
“View our recent graduates’ work online here: UAL showcase. Join our open days to learn more about Camberwell College of Arts and our courses.”
Not My Circus Not My Monkeys by Alice Goodliffe
“How do we go about getting a job? Who is going to hire us? Do we even know what we want to do? How do we get there?
“It feels daunting and impossible to break into the creative industry. Despite loving our course and working hard for the past three or four years it still feels like an unfeasible task.
“This is something we find ourselves constantly discussing with friends and peers as we reach this crossroads in our lives. This exhibition, Not My Circus Not My Monkeys, aims to create a space to capture this shared feeling.”
Student: Alice Goodliffe
Course: BA Graphic Design
Email: alice[at]goodliffe.net
Diary of Village Doctor’s Work by Danxi Zhang
“Against the backdrop of uneven distribution of healthcare resources in present-day China, rural doctors spare no effort in supporting residents in areas with limited medical conditions.
“Through their daily work, we gain profound insights into the challenges faced by rural healthcare.
“Using various media, the project showcases the healthcare system of rural doctors and their communities, aiming to promote equal access to healthcare resources, ensure the medical safety of villagers and raise awareness of necessary improvements in this field.”
Student: Danxi Zhang
Course: BA Graphic Design
Email: dancy817[at]outlook.com
Homesickness | An Emotional Journey by Danni Fan
“Homesickness is a design project that encapsulates the emotional journey of longing and belonging, inspired by London’s diverse community, particularly the vibrant environment at University of the Arts London and the rich heritage of China that I have discovered during my time in the city.
The project addresses the feeling of homesickness, a common emotional experience within the international community, and embraces the emotions felt during challenging times, incorporating memories and elements of traditional Chinese architecture.
“These elements are intertwined with modernity and the remains of the Kennedy’s Sausage Factory site, located just down the street from Camberwell College of Arts.”
Student: Danni Fan
Course: BA Interior and Spatial Design
Email: dannifan24680[at]gmail.com
Our Crofton Type by Molly Shenstone
“Collaboration in design brings a community together through shared experiences, resulting in tangible outcomes that we can use to project our voices in communal areas.
“Our Crofton Type explores how creative workshops can strengthen and amplify the collective voices of a community.
“Through shared experience and locale, participants of Crofton Road co-designed a typeface for their own street identity. We discussed what they care about to generate messages for typographic posters displaying their type face.
“In response, I reproduced their posters as a set of ten A2 posters and four banners incorporating their type and illustrations for street decoration.”
Student: Molly Shenstone
Course: BA Graphic Design
Email: molly.shenstone[at]icloud.com
Longing For You by Folasade Lawal
“A British Nigerian illustrator, writer and educator from south east London, Folasade creates emotive and conceptual work on a variety of subjects.
“Often exploring the spectrum of positive and negative states of human emotions, she creates thought provoking illustrations using symbolic and minimalistic marks, lines, textures and colours, with her love for poetic writing informing her evocative concepts.
“She works with digital and traditional mediums; when making refined pieces she often works digitally, with her illustrations having an analogue quality to them.”
Student: Folasade Lawal
Course: BA Illustration
Email: folasadelawal2013[at]gmail.com
Systema Squiggles by Natasha Husain
“Systema Squiggles is a computationally produced display type, given shape by language. The typeface is created from letterforms that are selected from a random set of squiggles, based on their similarity to Latin letters.
“The random squiggles are created using p5.js to create a randomised generative algorithmic composition.
“Those squiggles are then subjected to the constraints of typographic systems, which dictate the appearance of the letterforms to create a functional typeface.”
Student: Natasha Husain
Course: BA Graphic Design
Email: natasha.husaindesign[at]gmail.com
Visiting Quiet London by Zaker Hussain
“I am an artist and illustrator based in London.
My art is a result of my passion for creating visual images that depict different landmarks or areas of London, as well as sports and socio-political issues.
“I use various techniques like printmaking, collage, painting and drawing to create my artwork.
“I work as a freelancer and am open to collaborations with other artists who either primarily work through drawing, painting or are printmakers.”
Student: Zaker Hussain
Course: BA Illustration
Email: artworksofzaker[at]gmail.com
Unwrapping by Zijue Wei
The project aims to transform an old building into a narrative historical museum and research space.
“Approaches used included adaptive reuse, encouraging local students’ critical thinking and developing Peckham and Camberwell culturally, economically and politically – ensuring a sustainable and equal community full of artistic characteristics.”
Student: Zijue Wei
Course: BA Interior and Spatial Design
Email: weizijue975[at]gmail.com
Help Others Understand Dyslexia by Harmony Closs
“My project, Help Others Understand Dyslexia, aims to recreate the frustrations of reading with dyslexia using typography.
“I have created three unique typefaces that are intentionally difficult to read, by manipulating letterforms in a way that mimics the visual challenges associated with dyslexia.
“By creating typefaces that are almost illegible, the whole process of reading becomes significantly slower.
“By gaining an insight into the literary struggles they face, we can begin to understand the daily challenges that come with this common disorder.”
Student: Harmony Closs
Course: BA Graphic Design
Email: harmony[at]closs.uk
Partnership content
This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and University of the Arts London. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.
