Eight years an educator: Inspiring a new generation of designers
For eight years now, Baddeley Brothers’ partners with GF Smith and Foilco to supervise a module for Ravensbourne University designers.
“Imprint! Impress!” is a live brief that aims to challenge students and shape their understanding of how their designs come to life. Collaborating with their peers, they get to test ideas, produce prototypes, all within a budget as if in the commercial world. Becoming more confident about the industry, terminology in the world of print and packaging. Students have found moving from the digital world to the physical greatly influences their understanding and future designs, having a greater impact on their ideas and final exams.
That’s one for the portfolio–below is a write-up of the winners, their interpretation of the brief and what drove them to see their idea realised in our factory:
Paper space rocket project brings a team of six together in educational challenge
Building a paper space rocket may seem like a straightforward task, but when the process is split between six students collaborating on a design project, the team had to be firing on all boosters. Ravensbourne University organised and hosted the annual Im-print Im-press event, sponsored and judged by Baddeley Brothers, Foilco, and GF Smith. In … Read more
Students team up and bond over foil blocking for university collaboration
Two students from Ravensbourne University have once again created an inspiring piece that celebrates uniqueness. Rose Lwin and Jada Perry elected to take part in the Imprint Impress project, which is a collaboration between Baddeley Brothers, the university, GF Smith Papers and Foilco. Together they designed, costed and produced a piece for print, using only … Read more
6 Years of Imprint! Impress! Luc makes a monolithic protest using foiling against the onslaught of plastic
A design student has made a bold statement against plastics with an artwork made from foiling paper, while exploring the opportunities and artistic beauty of foil blocking. Luc Crossley was this year’s candidate for the Imprint Impress project undertaken every year in a collaboration between Ravensbourne University, Baddeley Brothers, GF Smith and Foilco. Luc is … Read more
Baddeley Brothers take Ravensbourne graphic design student ‘into the fold’ for foiled envelope collaboration
An ‘eye-opener’. That’s how a 22-year graphic design student described her experience working with Baddeley Brothers in May, after winning this year’s im-print! im-press! in collaboration with GF Smith and Foilco for her foiled envelope design. Nhelete Dos Santos came to the UK from Mozambique two years ago to study at Ravensbourne University. This means … Read more
Bauhaus Design Provides Winning Inspiration For Design Students
Taking design students out of the ‘digital’ classroom and into the noisy, machine-driven world of mechanical printing provides an insight into the process that can turn a plain piece of paper into a work of art. For the fourth year in succession, and narrowly avoiding ‘cancellation by coronavirus’, Baddeley Brothers hosted two students from Ravensbourne … Read more
Graphic Design Student Adds a New Dimension to Print
The “Im–print! Im–press!” is now in its third year. The live-brief challenge for Ravensbourne University Year 2 Department of Design Practice – students are invited to propose a design that celebrates the materiality and physicality of print through paper, foil and print production. The brief, which is set in collaboration with G. F. Smith, Foilco … Read more
Inspiring a New Generation of Graphic Designers at Ravensbourne University
As we prepare to launch the third year of our ‘Im-print! Im-press’ competition in collaboration with GF Smith and Foilco, we spoke to last year’s participants to see how the experience has shaped their designs since. The competition aims to inspire a new generation of graphic designers at Ravensbourne University London to not just focus … Read more
Success Is An Illusion For Graphic Design Student
Returning for a second year, the “im-print! im-press!” challenge encouraged 2nd year Graphic Design students at Ravensbourne University London to consider the processes involved when designing for print. Course leader Maaike van Neck explains: “This year’s ‘live brief’ placed a strong focus on the production process. It encouraged students to be creative with their use of … Read more
Graphic Design that Makes an Impression in Print
Ravensbourne College’s Maaike van Neck, course leader for the BA (Hons) Graphic Design, brought together a team of specialists in print, foils and paper to inspire and challenge her Year 2 students. Here, Maaike explains the importance of inspiring the next generation of graphic designers to think about design in its physical, material form. Graphic … Read more