Three University of Portsmouth graduates have been shortlisted for the Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in collaboration with Gucci and voting is now open.
Three University of Portsmouth graduates have been shortlisted for the Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in collaboration with Gucci and voting is now open.
The graduates from the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries have been shortlisted in three out of four categories in the Graduate Show. It was open to all art and design students graduating in the year 2022-23 (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) in any related creative discipline, located anywhere in the world. Over 5,000 students uploaded their end-of-year projects this year, making it the most significant online showcase of graduating creatives worldwide.
Arts Thread's panel of independent expert judges selected the shortlisted graduates, which included Graphic Design undergraduate Jordan Jones for the category product/architecture/interiors, Photography undergraduate Karl Bailey for the category fine art/photography/craft, and Architecture postgraduate Karolina Stephenson for the category product/architecture/interiors.
Jordan Jones’ project is called ‘Flexible Visual Systems in Constructivism’. The brief for this project was to explore an area of interest that would evidence a wide range of secondary textual and visual research through a wide selection of credible sources. Jordan took inspiration from the George Orwell book 1984 and produced a broadsheet newspaper as it reflected upon the design rationale in radically reimagining the story of 1984 to meet a wider audience and support the narrative of Newspeak in the modern day.
Karl Bailey’s project ‘A Stones Throw’ explores the impact on Portsmouth and its residents from 13 years of government austerity. It is an invitation to reflect on the complex and often invisible social issues that affect working-class communities, while also embracing the unique identity of what it means to be ‘Pompey’.
Karolina Stephenson’s proposed Journey of Hope is a community tourism initiative that ‘plugs-in’ to the existing Ruta De La Esperanza guided tour in Bogota, Colombia, which generates youth employment, transforms the Ciudad Bolivar neighbourhood and changes perceptions. Along the identified trail proposed are a series of inclusive design strategies based on adapting, re-purposing, upcycling, regenerating, extending, and reusing - all in collaboration with local communities, makers, artists, architects and even chefs! All to support local networks and economies and to promote a sense of civic pride.
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