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Model in a cream 18th century-style tailcoat as Figaro, his back to the camera with the panels of his coat spread out like wings.

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Parker Spear – Reimagining Figaro for Patterns of Performance

Although my background is in fashion design, my greatest passion is for storytelling specifically storytelling through...

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Student Stories

Illustration of a blue-purple monkey arguing with a pig wearing a blue shirt and purple trousers at a grocer market. There are crates of different vegetables around the pig.

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Jamie Chua – "The course’s broad scope for research provided me with opportunities to explore diverse avenues of design..."

Student Stories

Film still of an old pair of shoes on a stone window sill with brambles growing around and through them.

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Patricia Wilson Smith – "I now value my moving-image work as a research tool, and I think of it as my specialism"

Student Stories

Interior design mock-up of a nursery room. Groups of children interact in the bottom-left corner. Other children sit at tables. A third group sits on the floor with a teacher in the far corner.

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Martyna Berk – My journey on AUB’s MA Interior Design (Online) course

A football fan cheering with arms raised holding a large England flag. Next to him, a woman with a bored expression resting her head on her hand, with two police officers behind her.

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A rising star of street photography: Ethan Parker on recognition following graduation

Student Stories

Illustration of a blue-purple monkey arguing with a pig wearing a blue shirt and purple trousers at a grocer market. There are crates of different vegetables around the pig.

3 mins read time

Jamie Chua – "The course’s broad scope for research provided me with opportunities to explore diverse avenues of design..."

Student Stories

Film still of an old pair of shoes on a stone window sill with brambles growing around and through them.

3 mins read time

Patricia Wilson Smith – "I now value my moving-image work as a research tool, and I think of it as my specialism"

Student Stories

Interior design mock-up of a nursery room. Groups of children interact in the bottom-left corner. Other children sit at tables. A third group sits on the floor with a teacher in the far corner.

3 mins read time

Martyna Berk – My journey on AUB’s MA Interior Design (Online) course

A football fan cheering with arms raised holding a large England flag. Next to him, a woman with a bored expression resting her head on her hand, with two police officers behind her.

5 mins read time

A rising star of street photography: Ethan Parker on recognition following graduation

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A model wearing horror/corpse-style make-up with red hear and a swirly tattoo on their arm, looking off to the right. The sea is blurred in the background.

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Millie Preston – Collaborating across Foundation specialisms to create a short horror film

BA (Hons) Film Production student B Barr directing an actor in costume as a doctor, wearing a white lab coat, standing in front of a pair of hospital doors.

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Bethany Barr – Challenges and takeaways as director of a graduation film

A model wearing horror/corpse-style make-up with red hear and a swirly tattoo on their arm, looking off to the right. The sea is blurred in the background.

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Millie Preston – Collaborating across Foundation specialisms to create a short horror film

BA (Hons) Film Production student B Barr directing an actor in costume as a doctor, wearing a white lab coat, standing in front of a pair of hospital doors.

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Bethany Barr – Challenges and takeaways as director of a graduation film

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Portrait shot of J Horton

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Jessica Horton’s journey from digital fashion to capsule collections with Net-a-Porter and The King’s Foundation

Colourful playing cards, each with a different object or pattern and pink love hearts.

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Playing cards with Creative Direction: How Ben Page blends tabletop gaming with illustrative graphic design

Portrait shot of J Horton

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Jessica Horton’s journey from digital fashion to capsule collections with Net-a-Porter and The King’s Foundation

Colourful playing cards, each with a different object or pattern and pink love hearts.

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Playing cards with Creative Direction: How Ben Page blends tabletop gaming with illustrative graphic design

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Ryan Calais Cameron sat in Lewisham Broadway Theatre on-stage with his arms extended out, smiling. Red archways an auditorium with chandeliers in the background.

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Catford’s Local Hero – Ryan Calais Cameron

Pamela Howard in a cluttered studio space full of colour and character, with red hair and wearing a blue denim outfit.

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The Artist’s Studio – Pamela Howard OBE

Ryan Calais Cameron sat in Lewisham Broadway Theatre on-stage with his arms extended out, smiling. Red archways an auditorium with chandeliers in the background.

9 mins read time

Catford’s Local Hero – Ryan Calais Cameron

Pamela Howard in a cluttered studio space full of colour and character, with red hair and wearing a blue denim outfit.

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The Artist’s Studio – Pamela Howard OBE

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