'Graduate up-date'

Congratulations to the following graduates:
Neil Bennett who moves from his role as a Trends Researcher with Future Laboratory to the position of Strategy Planning at new mobile network Blyk. http://www.blyk.com/
Paul Hauffe who is a Marketing Executive at Think Publicity. http://www.thinkpublicity.co.uk/
Victoria Macdonald who is now an Events Co-ordinator for W.H. Smith.

Fiona Williams who works in Marketing, PR & Events at Moorish Idol. http://www.moorishidol.co.uk/
Susie Boylan who moves from her position in PR with Adidas UK  to a Global PR role for Adidas (Stella McCartney) in Germany. http://www.adidas.com/

 

'Untitled*
Steven Aron Williams (Fashion Promotion graduate)
7 January to 1 February 2008

In his first solo show, Steven Aron Williams presents Untitled*: a photographic installation cultivated over a period of five years. The exhibition reflects a conflict between reality and abstraction: identity is distorted, insignificance highlighted and ignorance challenged. The exhibit consists of over 200 images. Concurrent themes of architecture, the urban landscape, portraiture, music and fashion are intended to provoke introspection into the viewers’ perceptions of their surroundings.
Private view Thursday 10th January 2008.

Dreamspace Gallery
1 - 3 Dufferin Street
London
EC1Y 8NA
www.adrem.uk.com

'Utility'
Final year students have 'hit the ground running' on their return to university by creating and presenting images for 'Utility', a fashion lifestyle company based in Liverpool, who have a store in Preston's Miller Arcade.

The brief was themed round well known proverbs using products from the Utiltiy ranges. Dick Mawdsley, one of the directors of Utility, came to brief the 4th years on the company and its products and then gave feedback on the final work  that the students presented to him. Working in groups of four they had to create four images that would be part of a series using four different proverbs and as many products as they needed. The results were very creative and imaginative depicting several influences from Hitchcock's films to 'Desperate Housewives'.

Mawdsley has selected one of the images to be part of a window display, in the Preston store, which will be on show within the next few weeks. The rest of the images will be exhibited on the Fashion Floor in Victoria Building.



 
Image created by Natalie Burger, Rory Cole, Natalie Zornemann and Rachel Batty.

'Bags of Style'
Congratulations to Year 2 Fashion Promotion student Louisa Balls who has won the Graduate Fashion Week / River Island Carrier Bag Design competition. Louisa's submission will be produced for this years Graduate Fashion Week event at Battersea Park Arena, London. Louisa wins a placement with the company and £500 worth of vouchers. For more information about Graduate Fashion Week go to http://www.gfw.org.uk/

'Graduate up-date'
Graduate Laura Blundell is now an Interior Designer at Ikea. "For each roomset, we are given a real life story explaining who lives there, what hobbies they have, what sort of house, their salary and what the moment in time is etc. I then do rough layouts and plans with the key furniture chosen by the sales team. I decide the room set, make sure that whatever I put in the room set is functional and relates to the target person. I do lighting plans, functional plans, elevations etc. I then organise any carpentry, painting, furniture making, communication and signage with the various departments; so I'm a bit like a project manager as well as a designer".

 

'Graduate up-date'
Louise McKeown is now European Creative Co-ordinator for Disney, working within the European Home Team.
Fay Newman is Brand Assistant at River Island.
Liz Roscoe is Deputy Showroon Manager at Modus Publicity.

'Debbie Waite at Diesel'
 
Article from Stand Off magazine about Fashion Promotion graduate Debbie Waite who is now Head of PR at Diesel. Click the pdf below to read the article.
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'A Vintage Collaboration'
 





















'The Lady of Shalott' by John William Waterhouse, 1888

Year 2 Fashion Promotion students are working with Oxfam Vintage, Preston, to promote their special fashion collection. Students will be recreating well known paintings such as 'The Lady of Shalott' by John William Waterhouse, 'American Gothic' by Grant Wood and other 'Vintage' artworks by Degas, Manet, Gainsborough, Vermeer and David Hockney.
The campaign will run in the Fashion Promotion magazine, 'PRONE' and in the Oxfam Vintage store in 2007.
Oxfam Vintage 01772 254870 www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/highstreet/originals

'Bowled Over'
Congratulations to Laura Price who received press coverage in Sporting Goods Business magazine for her idea to create and promote a Paul Smith White collection inspired by 'Bowling'. SGB visited Graduate Fashion Week in June 2006 to report on innovative sports-related projects.  
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 'Winner at Graduate Fashion Week, London' 

  
















Congratulations to Neil Bennett on winning the prestigious Creative Marketing Award at Graduate Fashion Week 2006. Neil won a £750 cash prize and access to a panel of mentors from within the creative industries. Neil now works for The Future Laboratory as a Trends Researcher and Writer. 
http://www.thefuturelaboratory.com/


River Island Creative Marketing Award 2008

Congratulations to Stefanie Cherlet who achieved 2nd place in the River Island Creative Marketing Award 2008. The brief was to re-launch RI menswear to new and existing customers. Steafanie created a new range of music accessories targeted at 18-22 age group.


'Winner at Graduate Fashion Week, London'
 

Congratulations to Elisher Abel who is pictured above receiving her cheque fro £5000 from the River Island MD Richard Bradbury and Brand Manager David Porter at Graduate Fashion Week. Elisher won the River Island Brand Development Award for her innovative golfing range proposal.

'Winner at Graduate Fashion Week, London'
 

Congratulations to Caroline Gedny who won the Creative Marketing award at Graduate Fashion Week. She is pictured collecting her award from the Editor of Viewpoint, Martin Raymond at the Gala Show. Caroline proposed a range of Lounge wear for Heals and wins a trophy and cheque for £250. Caroline now works as a Marketing Executive for Alcone Marketing based in London.