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Reflecting on Kwame Anthony Appiah: Reith Lecture  Kwame Anthony Appiah’s lecture is an interesting and sometimes humorous lecture about ‘Creed’ in which he straddles multiple religions, topics, and themes. Opening with family stories and a sense of self or ‘matters … Continue reading →

Reflecting on Christine Sun Kim   This is an uplifting film about Christine, that reveals a wonderfully empowering story about a person who despite the challenges facing her, has found a way to communicate to people through her work and … Continue reading →

After careful consideration and exploration of themes that include long-standing interests around the connection of design education to the possibilities and employability globally within the design industry, along with practitioners and studios working beyond Europe and North America.  I have … Continue reading →

Peter Chadwick is an Art Director, Graphic Designer and Design Educator. He was born and raised in a working-class family in Middlesbrough in the Northeast of England. His family descended from Norway and Wales. Moving to London in the late 1980s to study Graphic Design, he has now lived and worked … Continue reading →

Assessment and feedback follow a similar pattern and structure across the units that I teach on at UAL. My experience of the assessment and feedback loop is often an onerous one as these important responsibilities tend to happen alongside the delivery of other projects and … Continue reading →

In this session I started to experience what teaching colleagues have regularly shared with me about the academic value of studying for a PG Cert. I have been told on several occasions that a PG Cert will reveal and help … Continue reading →

‘Teachers of design should help a student to find their own voice. In other words, not be a templated version of the teacher, but rather to help them (the students) unfold what they already know and can bring to the table.’ April Greiman (Designer)  When I … Continue reading →

Strategy & Creative Practice This is a project and unit that I lead in year 2 on the BA Hons Graphic Design Communication course at Chelsea. Working closely with my industry network, I develop and co-write industry focused briefs to give the student cohort the … Continue reading →

Tuesday 14 March 12—2pm at UAL High Holborn. 20 minute ‘microteaching’ session: Objects & Artefacts  Size Of Group: 3 students + PG Cert Tutor: Lindsay Jordan > Emil Collins — Lecturer: Fashion Journalism / Content Creation (Broadcast) / Joanne McVey — Associate Lecture / Peter Chadwick — Senior Lecturer: Graphic Design Communication / Graphic Media … Continue reading →

Ob2 Peer Observation Report Session To Be Observed: MA Illustration / Camberwell College of Arts — Size Of Student Group: 40 Students — Type Of Activity: Project 5, Printing & Making Workshop — Observer: Peter Chadwick  — Observee: Dan Freeman  COMMENTS: I arranged to meet Dan on the morning of Tuesday March 7 in … Continue reading →