Staff Team – BA (Hons) Graphic Design

The values chosen by our 2026 graduates serve as a collective checklist of the often invisible attributes essential to complement their visible design abilities as they embark upon adventures new. Graphic Design is invariably about people and we have been in the company of some remarkable human beings these past three years. Some further values we have noticed include: passion - for the coastline and planet, for music and for language; joy - in craft, making and process; bravery - confronting the uncomfortable, exploring uncharted creative territory and (literally) crossing oceans to climb mountains. Art Colleges can become (too) safe spaces where enthusiasms and mutual support systems overlook the necessary recognition of the world beyond our creative walls. These students have squared up to their own ‘outside worlds’ with grace, optimism and unashamedly beautiful solutions to challenging subjects and turbulent times. Many of the projects here owe their success to old fashioned hard graft, grit and determination. We reflect on work which is the antithesis of artificial. Work full of soul and originality that no algorithm could hold a candle to. We wish them luck and endless waves of future creativity.