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Graphic Design students’ work showcased at Dutch Design Week

08/11/2016
MA Graphic Design students exhibit their work on international stage at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven

Aurelia Bergs at the Dutch Design WeekAurelia Bergs, MA Graphic Design student, showcasing her work at the Dutch Design Week - See examples of all students’ work at the end of this article.

MA students have spent a week presenting their graphic design projects to 275,000 visitors from all over the world at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 22 to 30 October.

Known for placing emphasis on the development of young talent, Dutch Design Week displays the work and ideas of more than 2,500 designers to industry peers, journalists, bloggers and scouts from around the world – making it the biggest design event in Northern Europe.

"It was pleasing to learn that people at Dutch Design Week got interested in my work and some expressed a desire to purchase it." Victor Kovalenko, MA Graphic Design student

Having been specially invited following successful applications, MA Graphic Design students spent the week participating in exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking events, debates and festivities.

“Having our work selected for Dutch Design Week gave us real experience in preparing and hanging a show,” says Aurelia Bergs, MA Graphic Design student.

“It gave us all a taste of design in the real world and shows us how our work fits in with other areas of design, technology, fashion and social innovation.”

The work presented at the exhibition was part of the Graphic Collective – a series of MA Graphic Design final projects which aims to communicate the identity of a space, create an experience and connect people to places.

“Dutch Design Week offers our students the experience of exhibiting their work alongside established designers, organisations and other educational institutes,” explains Amanda Sleet, Programme Leader, MA Graphic Design.

“It offers them a rich design environment to network within, to develop new partnerships and offers a spring board into the jobs market or further education.”

Students studying MA Graphic Design at Middlesex can expect to explore the ever-changing landscape of graphic design, build critical understanding and develop insightful design solutions.

Learn more about our MA Graphic Design course

Victor Kovalenko - Portraits of the Emotions

Vicktor Kovalenkov's work at the Dutch Design Week

This captures emotional data such as surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness and sadness and uses it to create a process to generate a series of portraits

Alia Binti Muhammad Zaidi - Kopi: supporting the coffee makers

Alia Binti's MA Graphic design Project

Alia Binti's work



Kopi looks at the social and economic impact of coffee through information graphics and brand identity.

Aurelia Bergs - Visualising Philosophy

Visualising Philosophy by Aurelia Bergs

Visualising Philosophy aims to question true reality, through visual experiments, typographic experiences and the naked image.

Caroline Friedrich - Visual Orientation

Caroline Friedrich's work

Caroline's workCaroline used unique access to the historic Shaftsbury Theatre, in the West End London, to enable shapes and patterns to be collected to develop a bespoke signage system.

Nicole Konstantinidou - Environmental GeoPatterns

Nicole Konstantinidou - Environmental GeoPatterns

GeoPatterns looks to build temporary structures that connect people to local spaces - emphasising the connection of shapes and patterns that are found in the environment.

Harshada Raijarshi - Alphashapes

Harshada Raijarshi's MA graphic design project

Harshada's work



Alphashapes is a toolkit of alphabet shapes that allow children to play and create letter forms to reinforce visual recognition through play to support literacy in primary schools.

Sulaimon James - He's only 'Human'

Sulaimon James' MA Graphic Design project

An exploration of story telling through motion and sound design to look at the unique understanding of what it is to be human.

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