18.09.06
University College Falmouth illustrator selected for special New Designers showcase

Vicky Jones, who recently graduated from University College Falmouth's internationally-renowned BA(Hons) Illustration course, has been selected for New Designers Selection – a showcase of the top 50 young designers who emerged as leading lights from New Designers' main event in July.

Part of the prestigious London Design Festival, which attracts design aficianados from all over the world, New Designers Selection will take place in the creative hub of London, the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, from 21 to 24 September.

The aim of the exhibition is to promote and nurture the wealth of graduate design talent in the UK and offers the chosen few an unrivalled opportunity to exhibit alongside the great and the good of the creative industries.

Vicky's area of specialism is illustration for children's books and her work was short listed at the New Designers event in July by a panel of judges which included representatives from global brands such as DKNY, Dyson, Hallmark and the V&A.

"Since graduating from Falmouth, I have received a fair amount of interest in my work and I am delighted to have been selected as the only illustrator in this New Designers showcase," explains Vicky. "This provides me with a very exciting opportunity for my work to be viewed by a highly influential audience, which will, hopefully, lead to greater things."

Vicky injects a strong sense of imagination, composition and colour into her delightful illustrations using acrylic, gouache, colour pencil, sandpaper and Photoshop, and her work can be viewed at www.newdesignersonline.co.uk.

For further information about BA(Hons) Illustration at University College Falmouth, please visit www.falmouth.ac.uk/illustration or www.falmouthillustration.com.

For further information please contact Jillie Easterby, Public Relations Manager, University College Falmouth on 01326 213792 or email: jillie.easterby@falmouth.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2 through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). Cornwall College is a partner in the CUC.

Editor's notes:

About University College Falmouth
University College Falmouth is internationally respected for the quality of its undergraduate and postgraduate courses in art, design and media.

The College has over 2000 students and two campuses: the historic Woodlane in Falmouth; and Tremough near Penryn, which is shared – in a collaboration that is unique in the UK – with the University of Exeter.

Founded in 1902, University College Falmouth gained the power to award degrees in its own name in 2004 and was granted the status and title of University College in 2005. It is the only degree-awarding body in Cornwall.

University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through higher education. The CUC is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council.

Clare Morgan
Media Relations Manager
Objective One Partnership Office
Castle House
Pydar Street
Truro TR1 2UD
Mobile: 07973 813647
Telephone: 01872 223439

cmorgan@cornwall.gov.uk

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