Poster Masterclass

One of the most brilliant designers in the UK's history was Tom Eckersley who worked mainly in public information illustration (that's posters that tell you stuff - to you & me!)  A new book has been published to celebrate the work of Eckersley "The graphic designer and poster artist was one of the key contributors to the explosion of visual print culture in Britain during the 20th century." 

Along with designers such as Abram Games , Eckersley was a master of the art of minimalism and gestalt; as the poster for the London Underground below shows. The Visual metaphor of the scissors immediately says shortening / cutting to us. See more of his work here : TOM ECKERSLEY

 

You Made It !

We are almost at the end of another year - huge congratulations to the leavers in the A2 year for their patience and resilience - as well as their fantastic work. You can see the work on our Flickr exhibition here https://www.flickr.com/photos/asfcartdepartment/albums/72157719399051731

A'level Results come out this year on August 10th and we look forward to hearing about your celebrations and progressions to pastures new ! 

We took advantage of the gorgeous sunshine yesterday & took our class photos A level Graphic Design Class of '21 (The Covid Year!) As the A2 students enter their final stages of the course, we wish them every luck (not that they will need it as they are a talented bunch). 

 

So what do you know ?

Fed up doomscrolling ? Try taking the Design week Quiz to see how much you know about 2020 and design ? 

https://www.designweek.co.uk/take-design-weeks-quiz-of-the-year-2020/ 

Art foundation remembrance event 2020

 

Art at Ashton Sixth Form College

ART at ASHTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE

Watch our latest video here : 

https://youtu.be/E0sJ2u26iic

 A great article on the proposed branding for 2028 LA Olympics : 

https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/31-august-6-september-2020/2028-la-olympics-logo/