There were a few pieces of work that struck a cord with me in some way and I will discuss most of these after the jump. However, here is one to start:
Visual Communication is always impressive and unfortunately I did not have the time to give it true credit this year. However, I was impressed by the piece of work titled Hoedown from Rodeo from Eleanor Stewart . This delightful little animation is a joy to watch. The idea that the music has inspired not only the theme of the animation, but also the method of the production is just beautiful.
*I must admit that I was a little saddened when I subsequently watched the This Is Where We Live video by the 4th estate: which creates a world out of books. However, I am ever the optimist and believe that inspiration for certain projects can arise, without prior knowledge of one another. Also after having watched both videos, I do believe that the concept of these videos is quite different, although the final production method is quite similar.
Product Design
I liked the work of Abby Humphreys which had a lovely charm about it; tea for two teabags and Chop Change Carrier bag. Both of these are quite simple products in their final form, but they also both had a nice message sense of fun and good idea behind them.
The work of Sarah Drummond was also impressive. I found her project that uses Wii technology to create a game for teaching sign language to have a lot of potential and I that think using existing technology to transfer a somewhat fundamental skill for learning, into an enjoyable experience is great. read more about it here.
ProductDesign Engineering was very impressive this year; the general presentation and the topics chosen to explore by many of the students.
The ElectriCity Bike by Jake Roberts - a power assisted folding bike that aims at the 'commuting to work' market offers some innovative features and looks great.
The BailleBand - a refreshable braille Display, by Niall Slater was equally impressive. He has a rather fun video discussing it on yout tube. Which aims to bring digital information to the fingertips of the visually impaired community. A truly great aim and an impressive concept.
Ceramics showed the work of Laura masson who created a set of ceramics for discussion and play. They are beautiful, if not simple and the fact that they are addressing a need for interaction with a new market (children) is what is somewhat interesting.
Mhairi May Hughes from the Jewelry department also created a beautiful book to accompany her jewelry work titled 100 wishes, which can be seen here on blurb. She created a series of wooden and metal tags, on silk ribbon. each tag had a wish or a saying etched into it.
and not to miss out Fine Art, one simple link to the work of Ellie Royle, embossed photography prints. really lovely work and also part of the glasgow collective.
That was just a small collection of the impressive work on show at this years degree show and it is certainly an event worth visitng.
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