Manchester Design Symposium Fringe Event
Wednesday 21st March 2012
Manchester Town Hall – Banqueting Room
10:30 – 11:30
How can the Manchester School of Art help your business to survive and grow?
The MMU Manchester School of Art has expertise in a wide range of areas including Art, Architecture, Design, Media and Theatre.
The aim of this Manchester Design Symposium fringe event is give creative businesses the opportunity to let staff from the MMU Manchester School of Art know how we can work with you. There are a range of ways we currently work with industry – live projects, work experience, research, graduate placements, industry events – but are we doing what you want, or can we be doing more?
Format
| 10:30 | Introduction and welcome / presentation on the MMU Manchester School of Art, its aims and ways in which we currently work with external companies / organisations. |
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| 10:40 | Presentation by Creative Lynx on a live project with our BA(Hons) Graphic Design course to develop an alternative branding for Manchester. |
| 11:00 | Open session for delegates to let us know how the School of Art can work with them; the problems they are facing; and how we can develop useful and mutually beneficial partnerships. |
| 11:30 | Close |
Register
The event is free, but please email Marcus Lord at artevents@mmu.ac.uk to book your place.
Working with Business
Here are some recent of examples of the Manchester School of Art working with business and communities.
Manchester life through a lens
Student project greets airport passengers
Florin gets interactive at MediaCity
MediaLab's interior designs for Holiday Inn