Category Archives: Lectures

During the AA2A student lecture, the tutors decided to do their own lecture during this time. Jeremy Turner is a teacher of Chester Uni. Originally he started by doing foundation degree course in Lincoln and discovered his passion for sculpture work. He did a degree in Manchester and joined some exhibitions and later on wentContinue reading “Lecture: Jeremy Turner”

For our first lecture back from Easter, we were introduced to Scott Duffey from Toucan Tango. Toucan Tango is a company that designs gifts and prints that can be implemented into greeting cards, mugs and T-Shirts and have also worked alongside musical festivals. They operate with different companies throughout Europe and sell things online. ScottContinue reading “Lecture: Scott Duffey”

Our next lecture feature the photographer, curator and publisher, Sian Bonnell. Sian has worked alongside galleries like the The Gallery of Liverpool. For the lecture itself Sian explained his starting point, he graduated in 1968 and was originally a sculpture artist. He made the switch to photography when he did a shoot in Florence, originallyContinue reading “Lecture: Sian Bonnell”

For this lecture we were introduced to Brandon and Mike who were representing the brand design agency called uniform. The point of this company is to assist with promoting and keeping brands up to date by experimenting with new technology to promote brands in a unique and interactive way. They’ve worked around 485 projects lastContinue reading “Lecture: Branding Design Agency – Uniform”

After the Christmas break was over we had our first lecture of the term this time we were visited by Denise Courcoux, Assistant Exhibitions Registrar at the Tate Liverpool Art Gallery. The lecture started off with Denise talking about her education which involved completing Undergraduate BA Fine Art with English Literature and how she managedContinue reading “Lecture: Denise Courcoux”

For this guest lecture we were visited by Nick Munro, a award winning product designer who owned his own company. The presentation began with the story of how Nick advanced in his studies, he originally was an engineer who went to Imperial College London to study engineering and design. He comments on how he usesContinue reading “Lecture: Nick Munro”

For this lecture we were introduced to documentary photographer, Craig Easton. For the lecture we were told on where Craig got his start through working alongside independent newspapers as a starting point for his photography career, he also noted he worked alongside Barclays Bank and small businesses during his career. The other portion of theContinue reading “Lecture: Craig Easton”

For this lecture we were introduced to Wendy Mason, the national director of a project called the AA2A. The objective of this project is to recognised and help visualise the ideal ambitions of photographers and help them with projects by providing a surplus of workshops and support facilities in institutions supporting further and higher educations.Continue reading “Lecture: Wendy Mason and the AA2A”

For our first guest lecture of the year we were visited by Josh James Lucy, the managing director of a online marketeer business called Social Media 92. The start of the presentation focused on how Josh worked his way towards creating and directing this company, starting off with learning in Coventry University, gaining work experienceContinue reading “Lecture: Social Media 92”