Next Year

The first day back for FDA 1 is January 9th, and for FDA1 - it's January 11th

Monday January 9th.

FDA2 - 10am in the studio.

Morning, briefing and lecture - start of the Packaging and Surface design module - 3 individual briefs to go through and understand.

1.30pm, presentation of research for the RSA briefs, group discussion / read through for the YCN and D&AD mandatory briefs. You should all be well on the way to selecting the briefs you want to tackle.

Tuesday January 10th. 

Each of you will have a short tutorial and a read through of the marks and feedback from Term 1 - you must also complete a feedback form for Module 1 and return to me.

Wednesday January 11th 

Start work on Packaging Module. There is also a planned meeting with FDA1 and 2, David Fowler (H.E. Manager and Martin Symons - Head of School - and myself, we just want to assure you that the course will be 100% fine and continuity will remain when you change over to a new Subject Leader - which is probably going to be at the start of April ( they have to give notice at their current post ) - I also want to assure you that although I'm not the SL, I'll still be teaching you and acting in many ways as Locum, so the course will be essentially... exactly the same. You won't see quite as much of me - but I'm sure that some of you will be quite pleased about that...

FDA1 - start Wednesday January 11th - with a briefing in the morning - the start of your Typography and Letterforms module. This is a complex and multi project module - so be prepared to concentrate. You will also be getting written marks and feedback, and are expected to fill in your own feedback paperworks and return to me. You will probably be in the H.E. common room on this morning - but check the blog regularly.

On the Thursday and Friday - you will all be given a tutorial, and work starts on this module.

In addition, I require ALL the FDA2 typographic manifesto prints to be returned to me on the first day back - they are going to be exhibited.


If you want your marks sent through to you before Xmas - you must email me, but they will all be gone through with you in detail on a 1-2-1 basis during the first week back.


As explained, the FDA email address will 'expire' on Jan 1st - but I'll be keeping the blog going until the new SL takes it over. We have been in discussion at School Board level about social media and are very keen for this to develop, that includes facebook and Twitter ( which I hate - so if anyone else want's to have a go... )

Hope you all have a great Xmas break and come back nice and fresh, and ready to work - there is a lot to do, and we are going to be stepping up the pace quite a bit!!!!

Richard