The brief for my studio was to imagine how life could be in 2061 and create a narrative of what happens over the years and then speculate how architecture would respond to these changes.”

The brief for my studio was to imagine how life could be in 2061 and create a narrative of what happens over the years and then speculate how architecture would respond to these changes.”
“My intent was to capture the subtle beauty found within mundane objects.” Read More
Take a look at Sophia’s collection ‘Difference.’ Read More
“Influences include photographer Wilhelm von Gloeden – he took pictures of young peasant boys as nude Greek male statues. Italian fascists destroyed 2,000 of his glass plates.” Read More
“I have been particularly inspired by the idea of ‘the willing suspension of disbelief’ and find beauty in one’s commitment to put on hold their preconceived ideas about our world, to rather accept and invest in fiction.” Read More
Two esteemed members of staff launch their respective books at Grand Parade tonight, 5.30-8.30pm. Drinks provided. Book your place now. Read More
“I explored the idea of how our relationship between popular culture and consumerism have similarities with religion.” Read More
“This photographic project investigates anxiety within young females living in the UK, exploring the feelings and emotions that occur when an individual becomes anxious or experiences an anxiety attack.” Read More
” The initial idea of these works comes from the notion of ‘space’.” Read More
“Most of my work is created through sketches and drawing. For me it feels like a more natural process to take a pen and explain my ideas with a quick sketch.” Read More
Two Fine Art students have been selected for the prestigious Bloomberg New Contemporaries Fine Art Show. Read More
“My work focuses mainly around sentimentality and memories within designs, creating experiential and evoking designs that would allow a user to feel different emotions as they take a journey through our chosen site.” Read More
“My practice tends to directly explore expanded painting within the context of contemporary art, creating an aesthetic influenced by the designed environment.” Read More
Three Brighton graduates are among the 10 winners of the prestigious Magnum Photographers Award 2017. Read More
“For some, the topic of the environment can be tedious and hard to digest, nevertheless it is a subject of great importance. Through the use of paint I am hoping to address some vital issues that are going on around the world covering matters such as pollution, deforestation and animal welfare.” Read More
Illustration course staff and students will be drawing, painting and collaging on a large scroll of white paper onto which you can also draw simultaneously via Skype on 23-24 May. Read More
The Visual Communication Research & Academic Program Leader is the first of three artists showing at The Chopping Block – Luke’s exhibition runs 25 – 27 May. Read More
Alice Taylor, History of Decorative Art and Design second year, worked on the Brighton Festival Cathie Pilkington exhibition (now at Grand Parade gallery) as part of her placement – and has secured a curator’s assistant volunteer role this summer. Read More
Lecturer in Media Theory Dr Theodore Koulouris has organised a screening of Ken Loach’s award-winning film at the Duke at Komedia. Read More
“My work discusses the current issues of mental and sexual health within the LGBT+ community – particularity gay men – whilst alluding to the fashionable aesthetic of art today.” Read More
“Throughout my three years at The University of Brighton the influence of my surroundings have always been a strong subject linked with my work.” Read More
“My final year project looks to revive the almost lost concept of the family business within Newhaven Town. Although not in the traditional sense, instead reinventing each of them as a series of portable ‘shops’ individually designed using nostalgia.” Read More
Finlay Thorburn pitched his Buffalo Adventures business idea at the event which gives budding entrepreneurs a five-minute opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of potential investors. Read More
“My work explores themes surrounding social-politics of representation, particularly within the LGBT community, as well a creating work to challenge the stigma surrounding mental illness.”
“The overall themes involved within my creative practice have been a combination of Religion, Archaeology, and contemporary concepts of Science Fiction.” Read More
“I’m hoping that the concept will encourage the user to question how the urban environments work and draw attention to the need for greater ecological unity in the urban environments we build for ourselves.” Read More
“I wanted to design for the preteen and teenage market to build upon the experience I gained at Disney during my placement year.” Read More
As part of the Brighton Fringe, graduating Fashion with Business students will be showing their collections at the main festival venue on 31 May at 7pm. Read More
“Coming from a foreign country and having never studied in a UK based school or college, I couldn’t have asked for a better place to be, I’ve had the most amazing time!”
“The idea of my product stemmed from my growing concern with the children enduring and living the current global refugee crisis.” Read More
“My final piece is called Pub Crawl, a series of illustrations which document drinking culture in Brighton. I was inspired by Brighton’s fantastic range of quirky pubs and the darker subject of binge drinking which surrounds them.” Read More
“Experimenting with the way people interact with colour within an installation enables me to explore the physical connection of colour and the potential affect it may have on an audience.” Read More
” The work I’ve been doing this year has been to explore the detrimental effects of stress within the workplace and has aimed to alter our perceptions of stress by improving well-being in the workplace.
“I explore the human longing for intimate interactions, and how in the absence of them, we turn to objects.” Read More
“I hope to keep working on my non-binary portraits project with more emphasis on photographing people across the UK – as well as Brighton and London.” Read More
“My work is inspired by the quotation ‘You do not have a soul; You are a soul; You have a body’. My vessels are sized from measurements of my body then formed by an embrace…” Read More
The final years are hands-on in the studio pre Grad Show… Read More
The University of Brighton’s new photography and film learning centre will be open to the public during the Brighton Fringe for the first time. Read More
A team of five University of Brighton students have picked up a £2,000 prize for designing a new system to help disabled wheelchair users to paint. Read More
The University of Brighton is delighted to be welcoming Paul Hayward, Chief Sportswriter at The Daily Telegraph, as the speaker at its annual sport journalism lecture this month.
Paul was crowned Sports Writer of the Year in February for the second year running at the Sports Journalism Awards and has a longstanding career which includes time at The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Mail.
Past presenters at the annual lecture have included Clare Balding, Dick Pound and Jim White.
Can’t stop gaming? Product Design student Anthony hopes his design will drag you from the sofa with the power of scent. Read More
If you’re a student in the UK about to complete an art or design-related undergraduate course then get involved. Read More
“The project explored the politics of diversity of European nationals based in Brighton in response to Brexit. I photographed eight people. People were very scared. It was very palpable. I asked them how they felt – you’re in a place that you think is home and it’s no longer home.” Read More
Photographic artist Nikki has already made a name for herself with her ongoing project Women Belong in the Kitchen – and her grad show will be a foodie installation. Read More
Remote community workshop from Matilda Grover on Vimeo.
“ I don’t want to design more products that solely use virgin materials when there are enough in the world. What I’m interested in designing are products that act as catalyst for change and education.”
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An opera which BA Interior Architecture Studio alumni and lecturer Rob Vinall helped design has won Best Opera Production at the Olivier Awards. Read More
Preparations for the Graduate Show 2017 are well underway. Fine Art Painting course leader Chris Stevens describes the atmosphere in the studios.
What constitutes a ‘cult’ film? Hear our Film & Screen Studies degree team examine this question on Saturday 6 May, 6.30-7.30 at Sallis Benney Theatre. Read More