From digital to post-digital memory

On The Arts Institute Digital Memory Symposium: Monday, 16th January 2017 By Hannah Drayson and James Sweeting The University of Plymouth’s Art Institute’s first one-day research symposium brought together researchers from across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities to respond to the theme of Digital Memory.  It aimed to explore how the ‘turn to the material’ across… Continue reading From digital to post-digital memory

24 November 2016: Message seminar on Communication Design

Acrophony: a history of A A Message research seminar by Peter Jones This seminar focuses on a practice based Communication Design research project that curates and uses artifacts from the British Museum to present “a history of A”, from early pictograms to the Roman capital A. The content, message and prototypes for the project are… Continue reading 24 November 2016: Message seminar on Communication Design

Message is 100

Bag Drop- Stephanie Black

On 30th June 2016, Message – the Communication Arts research cluster at Plymouth University – celebrated its 100th research event. Message was founded in 2007. It is dedicated to the development and discussion of contemporary visual com­mu­nic­a­tion messages through research, particularly, but not exclusively, within graphic design, typography, illustration, fine art and publishing. Message is… Continue reading Message is 100