The ESAD MA in Communication Design, coordinated by Andrew Howard, organises intensive 3-day workshops and lectures for year one and year two students.
year one
15-17 Oct 2014
workshop with Jessica Helfand
Blue: Motive + Method
writer, educator and graphic designer
Senior critic and lecturer at Yale University, USA. Together with William Drenttel she founded Winterhouse and is a founding editor of Design Observer, among the leading international websites for design, visual thinking and cultural criticism.
12-14 Nov 2014
workshop with Andrew Haslam
Eternal Alphabets
author and educator
Principle lecturer on the Graphic Design MA at Kingston University, UK. He is also co-author various books: Type and Typography (2005), Book Design (2006), and Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques (2011). Since 1987 he has run his studio in London creating science, history and geography books for children.
10-12 Dez 2014
Workshop with Emílio Remelhe
Ação, Reação e Interação
illustrator, author and educator
Language, written and spoken, is the tool through which we navigate, interpret and express the world around us. It defines the way we think about things and the sorts of things we think about.
7-9 jan 2015
Workshop with Roderick Mills
The Daily Act of Drawing
artist, illustrator, educator, writer and curator
With a BA in Illustration, he's course leader at Brighton University and he has worked across most areas of the illustration industry including editorial, publishing, corporate literature, and advertising for various international clients.
24-28 Feb + 18-20 Mar 2015
workshop with George Hardie
Then, Now & Later
graphic designer, illustrator and educator
A renown graphic designer, illustrator and formally professor of Graphic Design at the University of Brighton, teaching on postgraduate courses. As a partner at NTA studio, designed many legendary record covers (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin) with Hipgnosis. He has worked as a designer/illustrator for almost forty years.
11-13 mai 2015
workshop with P.G. Howlin
designers
A London based design studio founded by Gustavo Fernandes and Pedro Pina, two ESAD alumni that joined forces after completing their MA's in Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art and having worked with some of the most influential studios in London.
year two
3-6 nov 2014
workshop with Russell Bestley
Visual Research Methods
educator and author
Course director of the MA in Graphic Design at the London College of Communication, he's co-author, with Ian Noble, of the renown book Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design.
25-28 Nov 2014
workshop with Pedro Almeida
Visual Conversations
communication designer and researcher
With focus in visual identity, ethnographic research, visual analysis, mind-mapping and decoding/deconstruction of brand identities, he's also assistant professor at Universidade de Aveiro and was associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins.