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Private View: Friday 23 May 6-9pm
24-29 May 2008 open 12-5pm
(closed Sunday, Bank Holiday Monday)

CUBE: 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester M1 6DW
www.cube.org.uk/exhibitions/blackpool

The BA(Hons) Graphic Design programme is one of the most vibrant in the North West. It’s a relevant and thriving vocational course and is structured to respond to the ever-changing demands of the creative industries.

To design is to create: something new, something out of nothing, a solution to a problem.

To “graphic design” is to do all the above and more: to communicate visually, in print or on screen, using typography, photography, 3D or moving image. Through our designs, we seek to improve and inspire just as we’re inspired by the visual stimuli around us.

How do we create? How do we design?
Some doodle and sketch, some devour books or scour the web and some visit galleries and exhibitions to ignite the spark. Many of us do all these things. But ultimately, the idea comes from within us, from our brains when we ‘think’.

‘think’ explores and demonstrates what the word ‘think’ communicates: the fundamental principle of design. But it goes further. ‘think’ sets out to engage the viewer and open up a dialogue not only about the creativity on offer but about wider issues such as the environment, globalisation, technology, the role of design and the future. ‘think’ provides an opportunity to reflect, discuss, challenge and engage.

Please enjoy our exhibition, ask questions, crit our work. Fill in some postcards and bounce some balls.
Oh, and take some freebies!

Blackpool School of Art & Design
Blackpool & the Fylde College
Palatine Road, Blackpool
Lancashire FY1 4DW

Elspeth Edmondson
Curriculum Leader
BA(Hons ) Graphic Design

ee@blackpool.ac.uk
01253 352352×4438

School web site:
http://www.art-design.blackpool.ac.uk
College web site:
http://www.blackpool.ac.uk