Our second edition ran successfully and provided valuable support to cultural and community organisations through live briefs for the design students.

Most of the participating students self-identified with groups who had been historically underrepresented in the design industry. This includes Black, Asian and minority ethnic, deaf people, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, low income groups, women, etc...

All organisations were led by or served groups and communities historically excluded from accessing and securing space. This includes Black, Asian and minority ethnic, children and young people, deaf people, people with disabilities, LBGTQ+, low-income groups, older people and women-led groups.

It is hard to describe the level of generosity shown by all participants. A wide range of design projects (print, web, branding and image making) were realised and delivered to the oganisaitons. Project types developed during the second edition include: restructuring and redesigning websites, logos / brand designs and improvements, communications strategies (including social media management), flyers, leaflets and other marketing collaterals.

A variety of Universities across the UK were represented. This experience worked as a sort of "internship" for the design students, who can benefit from it in their studies curriculum or at the start of their careers. Moreover, the organisations took part in our morning sessions with visiting speakers who provided lectures and workshops.

TUTORS

Axel Feldmann - objectif.co.uk
Marco Ugolini - objectif.co.uk / typenowhere.com

VISITING SPEAKERS

Salena Barry - Social Media Management
Anna Faherty - Strategic Writing
Hester Buck - Collaborative Design 

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

Choices CIC
Citizens Advice Wandsworth
ESDEG
Homegrown in Tottenham
Inkluder CIC
Lewisham Youth Theatre
Project Turn-Over
Revert2Reality
St Michael and All Angels Church
The Feminist Library
The Recshop CIC
Zodiac Arts

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS

Adira Andley - Royal College of Art + Imperial College London
Marvis Anozie - UWE Bristol
Siana Behuzova - UAL Chelsea College of Art & Design
Lingyan Chen - Royal College of Art
Owen Chiou - Chelsea College of Art & Design
Evan Cummins - UAL Camberwell
Jian (James) Li - University of Greenwich
Sze Hang Lo - UAL London College of Communication
Ronie Kempinska - UWE Bristol
Megan Leach - University of Northampton
Sanjana Mahajan - UAL
Katie Martin - UWE Bristol
Zee Mirza - UAL Chelsea College of Art & Design
Meg Price - UWE Bristol
Charlie Rozario - UWE Bristol
Matei Teodor - University of Greenwich

Our pilot scheme has helped support vital cultural and community organisations and provide real-world experience for design students.

58% of organisations operate in the 20% most deprived areas of England

Projects developed during the pilot include
– redesigning websites
– branding improvements
– communications strategies
– marketing collaterals
– photographic documentation

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

CraftA
Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon (DASH)
Latin American House
Migrants in Culture
Mimosa House
Money A + E
People’s Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH)
Samafal Families Association
Somali Integration and Devlopment Association (SIDA)
Tag Agency
Thamesmead Community Benefit Society
The Showroom

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS

Alex Abadjeva – UAL Central Saint Martins
Naiara Carneiro Nunes – University of Edinburgh
Ellie Cassidy – UWE Bristol
Chigbu Elechi-Igwe – UAL Camberwell College of Arts
Alice Goodliffe – UAL Camberwell College of Arts
Parth Gupta – Central Saint Martins
Rania Hadiani Kinantan – University of Westminster
Ishqa Khidzr – UWE Bristol
Beatrice Sangster – RCA
Fyona Seguin – UAL
Sherif Soldatov – University of Greenwich
Carina Tenewa Kanbi – UAL Central Saint Martins
Amy Wright – UWE Bristol
Danni Xu – Kingston School of Art
Jiefei Zhan – RCA
Xiaolu Zheng – UAL Camberwell College of Arts