Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins

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Want to learn more about the Graphic Communication Design programme at Central Saint Martins @csm_news ? Hear from Kira Salter @idoodledesign and Laura Knight ⁠@laurahknight , Course Leaders for BA Graphic Communication Design and MA Communicating Complexity.
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The Graphic Communication Design programme at Central Saint Martins @csm_news welcomes collaborations with external organisations or individuals engaging with or concerned with the field of graphic communication design and the wider creative industries.⁠ ⁠ Spanning BA Graphic Communication Design, MA Communicating Complexity and MA Graphic Communication Design, our students, staff and graduates provide connections to a wide range of practices, interests and perspectives.⁠ ⁠ Follow the link in @csmgraphics to get in touch.⁠ ⁠ (📸 slides 2 & 3: Avina Panwar and Amandine Forest)
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What is a diagram? Or why do we diagram? What function does the diagram serve? What methods are used in the creation of a diagram? Where does a diagram begin, or end? What relationship does the diagram have to typography? What is the process, the histories, the problems, the biases, the opportunities of the diagram? Senior lecturer Paul Finn unpicks the idea of the diagram as a way of thinking, writing, and organising knowledge. Follow the link in @csmgraphics  bio to watch the full talk. Paul delivered this talk at ‘Typography Theory Practice’ @typographytheorypractice , a one-day conference on Saturday 25 October 2025 at Leeds Beckett University @lbu_lsa , organised by Professor Fraser Muggeridge, that explored how typographic theories and propositions can manifest in practice, can be used to explain practice, and become practice. The conference brought typographic theory and practice together across a range of contexts and applications.
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Making “room for joy.” 🌄⁠ ⁠ Born from revisiting drawing as a way to process memory and emotion, ‘Sweet Escape’ by MA Graphic Communication Design graduate Lily Kong @lilykongyuet is a series of observational landscapes that transform everyday moments into personal reflections.⁠ ⁠ The series has expanded into a collection of prints with Drool @drool_art , alongside an artist book produced with support from the London Centre for Book Arts @londonbookarts .⁠ ⁠ Reflecting on finding new audiences for the work, Lily says: “It helped me see potential in even my most deeply personal pieces. It gave me space and confidence to spotlight the parts of myself I used to keep quiet.”⁠ ⁠ Follow the link in @csmgraphics bio to read the full story on It’s Nice That @itsnicethat .
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When your message is difficult to hear, how you present it matters. Class 13 @class__13 is an education equity charity working with educators to confront and transform the patterns of deficit thinking that run through education. Working with BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design graduate Ivy Watts @ivy.alice.w via UAL Arts Temps @ualartstemps , Class 13 have transformed how audiences engage with their work, “using graphic design to hold people in the room long enough to really listen.” Read more via the link in @csmgraphics bio.
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Ghost in the Loop: The compression zone⁠ ⁠ ’The Compression Zone’ is a video game performance by artist Shaheer Tarar* that explores compression algorithms as one of the primary engines of world-making today. Shaheer performs the game live, navigating a perilous, multi-resolution dungeon where all the world’s data is sent to be compressed. ⁠ ⁠ Part autobiographical, part grounded in archival research on twentieth-century nationalism, and partly besieged by memes and conspiracy, the game moves through uneven resolutions of rendering and rigour—journeying across South Asia’s digital borderlands and through fibre-optic cables in the Pacific.⁠ ⁠ 📅 Friday 29 May 2026⁠ ⏰️ 6pm–8pm BST⁠ 📍 The Photographers’ Gallery⁠ 🔗 Link in @csmgraphics bio⁠ ⁠ *Shaheer Tarar is Practices Tutor: Computation on BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design and Lecturer on MA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins, UAL.
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Exploring London’s food markets as sites of culture, labour, exchange, and everyday life with London Museum @wearelondonmuseum ⁠. BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design Time & Movement* *Time & Movement @tm_csm in one of five GCD Platforms on BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design. The platform is concerned with moving image, animation, audio-visual design and time-based storytelling. Follow along for insights into the student work. And head to the link in @csmgraphics bio to read the full story. 🔗
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What do you see when you hear the word Iran? For BA Graphic Communication Design graduate Mahshid Salehnezhaad, Iran is colour, community, daily life and the quiet poetry of ordinary moments. Her project, Seeing Beyond the Surface, challenges one-sided media narratives by blending photography, embroidery and silkscreen printing to explore the tension between perception and reality. Using black-and-white photographs from visits home and family archives, Mahshid stitches colour back into the image. Flowers, fruits, symbols and phrases become gestures of joy, identity, humour and resilience. At the centre of the work is a large textile installation made entirely of stitched photographs, inspired by the cultural meaning of Persian rugs as vessels of story, history and identity. Through thread, image and material, Mahshid asks us to look closer, question what we think we know and discover something deeper beneath the surface. Work by @mahslnd @csmgraphics
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NEW: Curated playlist from magCulture @magculture , an independent platform and creative studio that celebrates contemporary magazines and publishing. Tunes to work to, study classics, type-related tracks, or just good listening. No restrictions, just magic.⁠ Follow the link in @csmgraphics bio to listen.⁠ From the minds of Ruby Hill @rubyhilldesign , Katie Lambe @_katielambe , George Cranstoun @georg_cran , and Jaap de Maat.⁠
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Maker and educator Peter Nencini is a guest speaker in ‘Practice is Critical’, the MA Graphic Communication Design lecture series at Central Saint Martins, UAL. Joining Peter will be designer and educator Matthew Chrislip. The lecture forms part of an ongoing programme inviting creative practitioners into dialogue with the course.⁠ ⁠ 📅 Tuesday 12 May 2026⁠ ⏰ 5:30pm–7pm BST⁠ 📍 In-person for UAL students and staff⁠ 📡 Streamed online for all⁠ 🔗 Link in @csmgraphics bio⁠ ⁠ Peter Nencini works collaboratively on projects that respond to sites; previously with the Broads Authority, Archive for Rural Contemporary Architecture, Eastside Projects Birmingham and Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. He teaches at the Royal College of Art.⁠ ⁠ Matthew Chrislip explores the relationship between graphic design and translation practices. He is the Course Leader for MA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins, UAL. He is also a PhD candidate in the School of Design at RMIT University.
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Reimagining entry, access, and identity at Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection ⁠. BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design Strategy & Identity* *Strategy & Identity in one of five GCD Platforms on BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design. The platform is concerned with visual identity, brand positioning, strategic communication, advertising, and behavioural design. Follow along for insights into the student work. And head to the link in @csmgraphics bio to read the full story. 🔗
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❊ This week in CSM Publications ❊ From laser cut pages to link stitch binding! / Week 12/2026 1. Cao Qingyun @bai.jiu.904 2. Miko Jian @kayi_kan , Valerie Kvon @valerie.kvon , Dasha Tcvetkova @datsv and Tianyu Liu @vivi_liu999 3. Jeongha Park @bakjeongha 4. Hannah Weeden @hannah.weedy @csm_news @unioftheartslondon @csmgraphics @csm_macp @cppp2027 #csmpublications #csm #centralsaintmartins #publications #bookbinding
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