The Emperor’s New Clothes: Pick Me Up versus Sony World Photo Awards
Above: Post It comment board from Pick Me Up. Art for art’s sake Back in the 1940s and 50s the US government held up to the world as a […]
Pick Me Up 2014
Where might you find giant white cats, embroidered sailors, typographic woolly scarves, loads of skulls, skate boards, decorated wooden spoons, printing presses and over-priced “my toddler could do that” collage? Yes, of course, it is Somerset House’s yearly display of the graphic arts, Pick Me Up. As always this year was fun […]
Asking About Design 2: The Activity
Asking About Design: The Activity Introduction: The activity that I have created is generic, not based around any one item or set. Of course, as a graphics tutor, my main aim here is to provide a set of questions to help open up graphic design or perhaps photography or illustration […]
Asking About Design: The Innocence of Objects?
I was recently asked, within a MOOC from MoMA, to create an activity that helped learners undertake inquiry learning, especially around art or design artefacts. So I thought I’d share it with the GDP community too. The purpose of inquiry learning is to enable the learners (of any age) to engage […]
Projects for Summer
Summer is here and instead of being bored you could do a graphic design project with GDP! Whether you are a complete beginner at design or someone who’d like to refresh or build your portfolio you are welcome to join the GDP community. Our recommended getting-out-of-the-house for summer projects are […]
Create with our Featured Projects
Trying to ignore the horrible weather and feeling like you’d like to create instead? Then look no further than GDP’s featured projects. For music lovers we’ve got The Visible Sounds Project and The Words Project. The first introduces you to a fantastic range of imaginative designers, artists and animators who […]
Underground Supporters
London design team, Rizon, were so annoyed about the tight rules around who could and who could not officially support the London 2012 Olympics that they designed their own rule-free set of posters. These are free for download for anyone who wishes to show their support for the sport but who […]
Open Access Art Images
This lively poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, of Jane Avril, 1899, is from the Rosenwald Collection and is part of the (Washington) National Gallery of Art’s digital open access collection. The avialability to the public of this collection is great news as there are not many picture libraries of “real” artworks by […]
