Live event roster grows with seminars and exhibition for digital creatives
28/09/10 – Design graduates flocked to Future’s Computer Arts Graduate Showcase event in London last week, as the special-interest media group continues to develop its live event portfolio.
As part of London Design Week, the live event saw Future’s respected Computer Arts magazine come to life with a series of educational seminars offering creative inspiration and guidance to aspiring design professionals.
The event grew from Computer Art’s annual Graduate Showcase exhibition, which runs in the magazine and online at http://www.computerarts.co.uk
Supported by D&AD and Free Range with sponsors Adobe and Shutterstock, the event saw some of the biggest names in the UK industry offering advice on how to break into a tough business environment – launching their career in design.
Alongside expert panel sessions and Q&As, graduates were given one-on-one advice on their creative portfolios by studio heads and members of the Computer Arts team.
Rob Carney, Editor, Computer Arts, said:
“The Graduate Showcase Seminars brought together some of the industry’s finest designers to educate the country’s freshest creative talent on the real-world challenges of self-promotion, getting a job and keeping the ideas flowing. With the advice new graduates have gained from our line-up of the country’s most established and revered creative professionals, they are well set to begin their career in design.”
Fiona Tully, Associate Publisher, Computer Arts, added:
“It’s a tough market out there, and with around 18,000 UK design students entering the job market every year, it’s more important than ever for graduates to know how to market themselves. Computer Arts has been showcasing the best new talent for over 10 years and the extension of our annual Graduate Showcase into a live educational event is an important way of getting new designers face-to-face with the best in the business.”
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About Future
Future plc is an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold strong multi-media market positions in games, technology, film, music, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include Total Film, T3, Classic Rock, Digital Camera, Guitar World, Official Xbox Magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, Nintendo Power, Maximum PC and MacLife. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, techradar.com, musicradar.com and photoradar.com. Future sells more than 3 million magazines each month; we attract more than 27 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition, Future exports, syndicates or licenses its publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
For more information
Will Guyatt, Media Relations Manager, Future UK – 01225 822517 or 07788 576505
