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Immersion
Immersion is a 3 month coaching and training programme for creative graduates to enable them to gain professional skills, confidence and find thier place withing thier chosen field.
Learning is in the form of workshops, expert presentations, peer learning and practical group work.Immersion includes not just the usual business and employment skills but working with trained coaches, and theatre directors facilitating some sessions participants learn how to put these skills into action in the proffessional environment.
The involvement of outside speakers, industry professionals and mentors will add weight and authority to what is a transitional and inspirational programme.
Immersion was origionaly devised by Central Saint Martins Innovation and is open to all UK Creative graduates. Once the 3 month programme is compleated Immersion participants are then supported by a veriety of networks and services appropriate to thier needs for a further 6 months.
If you think this sounds like something you'd be interested in, check out the website on the Immersion profile, Immersion 2010 starts February 2010 and places are limited.
http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/csm_immersion
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Hey everyone!
Please start showing your support towards my independent publishing venture - Bread & Butter Publishing. The first title - 10 for 2010: A selection of interviews with the years up and coming creative talents is coming out VERY soon and features work of a few Immersionites who you just may recognise!
You can follow all the latest happenings over on Twitter and on the Facebook group and on the blog/website. For facebook fun go to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101088556599339
Hello All!!...
I have a a few surface designs being showcased at the following to exhibitions:
TECTONIC PLATES, the new english gallery, barlaston, stoke on trent. Private View 27th March 4pm - 8pm
www.thenewenglish.com
IF YOU CANT MAKE THAT and you happen to be in the US of A - come to the next one in NEW YORK - The New York Table Top Show at 41Madison, 13th-19th April
www.41madison.com
So what have this lot been up to since finishing Immersion in December (apart from bieng photographed by the wonderfull Air Images)....well Micheal and Momo seem to be getting themselves about a bit.
Micheal Antrobus has not been lazy since the end of Immersion in December....those scissors seem to be everywhere in London from the Aram Gallery to Februarys edition of Wallpaper.
Meanwhile Micheal has dissapeard to San Sebastian in Spain to become a product designer..........which is handy as that is what he seems to be good at.
What have people from Immersion 2009 been up to since December??.........MOMO shows in Selfridges see below and see you there!
Museum Of Small Things
Selfridges’ Ultralounge will be transformed in to The Museum of Small Things on Friday 5 February, in association with POCKO and artist Kit Grover.
This will be no ordinary exhibition. Visitors will be invited to open wide their eyes, look, and then look again at the world they inhabit and to realise the power of small things when they are properly seen.
It features new works from over 20 artists including Grayson Perry, James Braithwaite and Shaun Leane, Jewellery Designer of the Year.
http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/event/176241/museum-of-small-things
Happy New Year to you too Iris and everyone!!
Hope to see you and everyone at the Immersion evening gathering on the 18th of Jan, details posted on Facebook.
x Melissa
We finally got to see examples of everyone's work at the Immersion event and poster exhibition. It was fantastic to see everyone's ambitions refined and articulated onto paper. Of the many posters displayed, we did have a few favourites, such as Tatiana Handal's with her beautiful jewellery, Georgina Potier's photograph was brilliant. Jotta Blog editor Calum could have at least smiled for his photograph, however! Who's work caught your eye? Let us know!
Immersionites check out each other's posters before the networking event. Perhaps they're looking to collaborate with one another, or are they just checking out the competition?
Saturday saw the launch of Feasts Of India, a beautiful recipe book created by Mridu Thanki, illustrator Sandra De Matos and immersionite/graphic designer/editor Calum Ross. The official launch, held in Edinburgh was a huge success with practically every copy being sold in an hour! The event featured an artists talk with Calum who discussed the creative concept behind the making of the book, a poetry reading session from Gordon Peters and a book signing session too - along with lots of freshly prepared food straight out of the book! Feasts Of India is already in North and South America, India and New Zealand as well as the UK and is available to purchase at Amazon, WordPower and at Blackwells. To find out more about this beautiful book, go to Calum's blog: http://oneadaydesign.blogspot.com/
Ruth Babajide, another of your fellow Immersion participants and contemporary ceramic designer will also have her own stall in another Xmas Fair which seem to be all the rage in december (why are they never on any other time of the year?). ALL I WANT FOR XMAS is on at the Truman Brewery from Thurs 10th Dec- Sun 13th Dec 2009. Ruth will be there on the Sunday, selling her Asiko collection as well as bone china latte mugs and plates and some brand new tea towels. If you havent seen her work before, check out her website http://www.merbi.co.uk/
Just been emptying out the filo fax and sorting through all of the business cards we collected last night. Here are a few of our favourites. How many of you can tell who's card belongs to who?
Immersion participants are currently preparing themselves for their presentations this Thursday at the Innovation Centre. The Brief: A five minute presentation which answers the question "why should you want to work with me?". For the past three months, the Immersionites have been given all the tools to develop their influencing and presentation skills. The group of graduates, who's creative backgrounds range from ceramics and fine art, to fashion and graphic design, will be marked on Coherence, Credibility and Enthusiasm in front of a panel of industry guides. The participants will then be given feedback which will encourage, support and inform them on their strengths and weaknesses which they can take with them and put into action in real life employer/client situations. Following the morning session of presentations, a networking lunch and poster exhibition will be held in the gallery space from 1 to 2.30pm.
Here's the invite for the Immersion Networking Lunch. Please feel free to send this to anyone else you want to meet! Confirmed so far are professionals from ASOS, the BBC, Ellesse, Liberty and We Made This plus many more! All details are on the flyer
A project you all could be interested in:
Join us as we take over a soon to be demolished 1960s housing estate and begin to transform more than 100 empty flats, public spaces and facades into
a creative playground for artists, designers and residents. The Market Estate Project culminates in February 2010, in a one day event, inviting the
public to explore the site and the works - just before the bulldozers move in. Go to http://www.marketestateproject.com/ for more information
A reminder for you all from Jeraint Hazan's workshop yesterday morning on INFLUENCING skills. Some key points to remember when presenting: you need to be CONVINCING, KNOWLEDGEABLE, CONFIDENT, MAKE EYE CONTACT, have POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATE in an APPROPRIATE WAY which your AUDIENCE WILL UNDERSTAND. LISTEN to your audience, whether they be future clients or employees and be CURIOUS..and never ask closed questions. How are you? you ok!?
Iris Wakulenko's film is up on the London College of Communication 'Showcase' & snapshot blog site.
Trailer of ‘two-way love’; two films made by students from LCC’s MA Documentary Research for Film and Television (now called MA Documentary Film) and from Kyoto University of Art & Design.
http://www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/59917.htm
http://www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/snapshot/
Iris has also just entered the two films (joined together) into the London International Documentary Festival 2010
http://www.lidf.co.uk/lidf2010/
Have a watch and let us know what you think
It's a bit of a double whammy for Immersion this week with two of our participants being featured on the Jotta Magazine. Amber James and Cherry Hurren both have interviews with Calum Ross in the Ones To Watch section (links are on the home page). Also, Jaime's article is still being featured on the jotta front desk so lots of publicity is being generated online!
A shot of Annabel Johnson's work at Thirst* exhibition which is open until January the 3rd @ Beldam gallery, Brunel University
A very informative session this week. Magnus Long's suggestion for having a simple photo portfolio rather than the chunky A3 folder seems to have inspired many of you to re-consider how you present your work to others. For those of you who are considering the Photo Portfolio option, head on over to www.photobox.co.uk Prices are reasonable and you get a variety of sizes and choice of matte or glossy finishes.
Momo , jewellery designer and Saint Martins graduate will be exhibiting as part of FUTURE MAP 09 @ 20 Hoxton square.
The opening party is on 25th Nov 6-9pm and exhibition finishes 23rd December
for more info about the exhibition
http://www.arts.ac.uk/futuremap/
Rats! Jotta Magazine beat me to it! This would have been a post telling you to go to the link to read the interview with Jaime, but now that message seems a bit redundant (I was even going to use the exact same image as well!). Ah well, I'll just post up another one of his photographs, just for the hell of it!
we have just publishjed an article in jotta magazine about photographer Jaime Antonio Leme Jr, have a peek-
http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/466/jaime-antonio-leme-jr
More exhibitions for you to attend! If you haven't got anything to do tonight (or even if you already have plans-CANCEL them) go along to the Private View of SEE through Rose Tinted, an emerging and outsider art exhibition. The pop up gallery showcases work from 20 artists, displaying invigorating work in an otherwise defunct space. Immersionite Katie Rose Whiting will be curating so go along to support her. SEE THROUGH ROSE TINTED PRIVATE VIEW 6.30pm to 9.30pm TONIGHT @ no 8 COLLEGE APPROACH, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9HY. For full information contact katierosewhiting@yahoo.co.uk
Hi everyone! I've just finished a wall installation for a new eco fashion shop (Ascension) at St Christophers Place just off Oxford street. Really excited about it and if anyone gets a chance to pop along for a look then let me know what you think x
www.ascensiononline.com
How many of you received one of these postcards at last weeks 'networking' session? For those of you who didn't, this is the calling card for Amber James, an enterprising young designer who set up her own small lable Bambooteak in 2005. Having initially studied and specialised in Graphic Design, Amber has honed her skills in screen printing, etching and letterpress and has applied them to a whole variety of mediums. A browse through her online shop at Bambooteak, you will come across product design, craft, books, textiles and original artwork for sale. Is there anything this girl can't do? Fly perhaps...?
Check out an interview with fashion designer Kiran Gobin in the jotta magazine this week- http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/460/kirin-gobin
Yod Joins the Immersion team to help coordinate the final industry networking evening on December the 3rd 2009.
if you have any queries or ideas for this event contact Yod @
y.suntanaphan@csm.arts.ac.uk
Another great session today at the Innovation Center. Our mentors gave valuable insight (both with rather polar opposite experiences) into how they Market themselves. You should all be feeling much more positive and energized and ready to start marketing yourselves! Use today's session as inspiration for the upcoming networking event. One topic which kept popping up throughout the session was that of BLOGS. For those of you who don't have one or are wondering just how exactly to go about creating one, have a look at Immersion participants Calum Ross, Annabel Johnson and Cherry Hurren's blogs on blogspot. Their links are: for calum - oneadaydesign.blogspot.com/ for annabel go to missannabeldee.blogspot.com/ and for cherry check out cherryhurren.blogspot.com/
In case you had missed them, contemporary fashion craft product designer Cherry Hurren's 24 beautifully handcrafted lifesize dolls were on display in the Knightsbridge branch of Harvey Nichols. Sadly they are gone for now, as the christmas displays are going up, but the dolls will be touring around the rest of the UK, so check your local Harvey Nics!
My personal favourite has to be the silver doll in the Alexander McQueen on the first floor down escalator, but I also have a soft spot for the one in the Proenza Schouler animal print dress. If it's possible, Cherry, I would like a life-size version of myself, preferably with the designer gear attached, thanks.
Friday night's session on developing networks went extremely well! I myself went home with quite a few business cards. For those of you who don't have one or are looking to update, www.moo.com have a great deal at the moment.
Another Immersionite is being featured in an interview on the Jotta 'Ones To Watch' section. Product designer Michael Antrobus talks to Calum about his curatorial debut, stationery and reconsidering the familiar.
Link is here: http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/450/michael-antrobus
OR click on magazine and events.
Go on, its not too hard!
Annabel Johnson is currently being featured in Jotta Magazine. Check out the Magazine main page or go to Ones To Watch to read more. http://www.jotta.com/magazine/ones-to-watch/443/annabel-johnson
Hi Annabel, I am officially one of your followers on your blog now, and you have inspired me to set up one of my own http://oneadaydesign.blogspot.com/. Please, everyone feel free to pop my cherry and have a look, its only new so be gentle
hey guys....
take a look at my blog.. tell three people about it, follow it... you know the score! GET OUR NAMES OUT THERE!!!
http://missannabeldee.blogspot.com/
Anyone else have websites/blogs I could have a look at and follow?
Immersion participants discuss thier career plans, while in the background Palmer Hamilton discuss.......?
Magnus Long proves that "COSTING and PRICING can be fun!!!
Also opening tonight at ACVA studios is Melissa Henderson.
Studio 28.2
ACAVA Cremer Street
London
E2 8HD
www.acava.org
Tube: Liverpool St, Old St
Buses: 67, 149, 242, 55, 48, 26
This is a photo from a launch I organised for my new book Street Artists: The Complete Guide at the Pure Evil Gallery in Shoreditch. Pure Evil was one of the artists we profiled in the book and the launch coincided with his solo show at the gallery. I mainly work online to find photographers for the books we publish – this was the first live event we've ever had and I found it really useful as a way of meeting the people I've only ever been in touch with by email, and also as a reason to get in touch with people, say thank you to them (we put free drinks on!) and a way of creating content for our website/blog. I'd be really interested in hearing about other live events/exhibitions people from the Immersion group have organised to help promote their work, and also if anyone would be interested in collaborating on other live events/shows. It would be great to read about things people are planning or have done on here. Thanks, Ellie
This is my new book Street Artists: The Complete Guide, which I published in September. You can see more on my website www.graffitobooks.com
Hello Immersion people,
Quite interesting pitches and feedbacks from Philippe Starck in the BBC2 Sunday evening programme "Design for Life".
They only last for a few minutes and are worth watching in my view.
Previous episodes available on BBC Iplay.
Enjoy... or get scared at the perspective of our own pitches!
Cheers,
Jean-Jacques
Did anyone else see Michael's work at Design Less Ordinary? The scissors are great, shame all the business cards were cut up.
Sixth from the right is my favourite, but then i bought it so i would say that!!
Come to the Islington Art and Design Fair and See the rest of Annabel Johnson's lovely work
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