Herts Propeller, School of Creative Arts University of Hertfordshire College Lane Hatfield, Hatfield (2026)

17/03/2023

From with Herts Propeller at University of Hertfordshire, we're showcasing the work of the four winning teams over this week!

Group 17 came 1st place with their response to Visit Lambeth Place's brief with 'One Voice Infinite Roots', a multifaith pavilion inspired by unifying elements of religious and modern architecture and natural forms. The group was mentored by Adjunct Professor in Design Thinking at Brooklyn College, Professor Nora McCauley.

Swipe LEFT to see their design process, and scroll down to discover more details about the project!

Group 17 consists of:

• Ania Baxheri
• Melanie Hill-Cantey
• Byatriz Sapede Soares Da Silva
• Berenice James
• Calix Witteveen

Lambeth Palace challenged Sprinters to create a multifaith pavilion which eased the pandemic's creation of detachment and isolation. It had to encompass all communities and faiths who've suffered disconnection with an inclusive, beautiful, reflective and transcendent environment. Sprinters also had to consider construction, materials, ease of assembly and disassembly, and innovation.

Group 17 responded with 'One Voice Infinite Roots'. The group established 'multifaith' as a holistic and united experience connecting humans through spirituality and respect for all living beings before researching multifaith symbols and the Lambeth Palace site. After their industry expert's advice, the team took inspiration from structures like Cambridge Central Mosque and some modern architecture's use of high ceilings and natural light manipulation. A dome and skylight were incorporated into the design, to symbolise this sense of a higher power alongside arches and elements of nature.

The resulting design offers a peaceful presence, encouraging visitors to feel in the moment, self-reflect, connect to their community and surrounding nature, and feel a sense of being in a higher power.

Congratulations to these winning students, who each won a £100 Amazon Voucher, a copy of 'Design in the Age of Change' by Dr Gjoko Muratovski, and a year of Adobe Creative Cloud!��

16/03/2023

From with Herts Propeller at University of Hertfordshire, we're showcasing the work of the four winning teams over this week!

The second team to draw for 2nd place was Group 33, for their project 'Making Porcelain Personal' responds to a brief from Ted Bradley Studio and mentored by former Design Director for Digits2Widgets and Visiting Lecturer Jonathan Rowley.

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Group Endeavour consists of:

• Luka Leung

• Brisa Tatiana Yugar Ramirez

• Serena Baron-Servini

• Victoria Zabeo

• Danika Lewis

Ted Bradley Studio challenged Sprinters to devise a social media campaign, digital or physical activity making lighting relevant capturing issues around craft, materials, slow manufacture and sustainability; and captures the significant work happening to make a difference to the whole supply chain.

'Making Porcelain Personal' targets waste while strengthening the connection between Ted Bradley Studio and new and existing audiences. The group looked at the work of Myriam Greff: a French Kintsugi artist who repairs broken ceramics with gold and silver, and suggested a potential collaboration, with Greff performing Kintsugi to bring life back to broken porcelain light rings.

Group 33 also generated a social media campaign for Bradley's brand, 'Ring DNA'. By showing the design process of rings manufactured and released with Bradley via Instagram Posts and Stories, the brand could establish sentimental connections with its customers while enticing viewers with the fascinating behind-the-scenes. The project also featured new ideas for 'rings' with unique shapes and different colours of porcelain and lighting, including the potential for mood lighting and daylight-tracking lights; and the potential to include little tidbits like a QR code to display details like quality grading, unique challenges with the design, etc.

Congratulations to these winning students, who each won a £50 Amazon Voucher and a copy of 'Design in the Age of Change' by Dr Gjoko Muratovski!

15/03/2023

From with Herts Propeller at the University of Hertfordshire, we're showcasing the work of the four winning teams over this week!

We had a draw for 2nd place, with one of these winning groups also achieving the Student Choice Award: Group Endeavour! The group's project 'Bonding Generations' responds to a brief from Newell Brands and mentored by MD and consultant, Sam Oxley.

Group Endeavour consists of:

• Faaizah Afzal
• Haider Hameed
• Mamusu Jabbie
• Maria Marquez
• Ruby Hargreaves

The Newell Brands company challenged sprinters to devise a never-before-tried marketing plan engaging students of all ages in writing with the division's brands. Group Endeavour's 'Bonding Generations' sees Newell Brands' Parker Pens brand collaborate with the James Bond 007 brand to create a multi-functional, sleek, stylish pen launched with a spy-themed escape-room pop-up event.

The group's proposal takes inspiration from the Parker Jotter pen's appearance as a spectacular device in Goldeneye, and from Parker pens holding sentimentality as a family heirloom. The group also anticipates new releases of the James Bond franchise appealing to younger generations: yet another inspiration towards the theme and title 'Bonding Generations'.

To entice their target audience further Group Endeavour's marketing scheme takes advantage of technology and social media platforms like Instagram and pop-up events. The collaboration's launch would see a pop-up escape room experience, merchandise store and cafeteria featuring a themed structure and activity that immerses visitors in the luxurious, enigmatic world of spies.

Congratulations to these winning students, who each won a £50 Amazon Voucher and a copy of 'Design in the Age of Change' by Dr Gjoko Muratovski!

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14/03/2023

From with Herts Propeller at University of Hertfordshire, we're showcasing the work of the four winning teams over this week!

We're starting with 3rd-place winner Group 43 and their proposed project the 'Graduate Pen': created in response to a brief from and mentored by Associate Professor Business Management at Brooklyn College, Veronica Manlow.

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Group 43 consists of:

• Zaki Hassan
• Caroline K. Ng
• Evgenia Astafyeva
• Alice Nelson
• Nikhil Dhiri

The Newell Brands company challenged sprinters to devise a never-before-tried marketing plan engaging students of all ages in writing with the division's brands. Group 43 discovered that the luxury market's share of Millenials and Gen Z was growing, with Cultural Pioneers signalling the market's direction.

Based on their insights, Group 43's 'Graduation Pen', designed for Newell Brands' Waterman Paris brand, came about: promoting luxury as part of a lifestyle valuing the experience of a beautifully made product. Inspired by the sentimentality and milestone-marking of Graduation Rings, each pen features one's graduating class, Alma Mater and initials and can be colour-, material- and style-customised online. Customisability - combined with add-ons like a stylus attachment, display cases and pen pouches - also add an extra layer of personalisation that younger audiences and collectors could incorporate into their unique lifestyles.

The group also suggested collaboration with other luxury brands to expand the Waterman® customer base with the Graduate Pen's array of customisability offering limited edition and collectable products.

Congratulations to these winning students, who came 3rd place and each won a £25 Amazon Voucher and a copy of 'Design in the Age of Change' by Dr Gjoko Muratovski!

13/03/2023

In January our Design students united with higher education institutions from across the globe for the return of the annual Design Sprint from Herts Propeller at the University of Hertfordshire.

Students in multi-disciplinary teams, from Architecture and Industrial & Organizational Psychology to Illustration and Accounting, evolved their ideas to address industry briefs centred around sustainability, the circular economy and health and wellbeing.

11 of our School’s disciplines took part this year, including Design Crafts, Fashion and Fashion Business, Graphic Design (with Advertising and Branding) and Illustration, Digital Media Design, Photography, and Product Design.

Each discipline involved brought an abundance of unique skills to the table: reinforced with guidance from expert mentors from the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Creative Arts, Brooklyn College and the wider industry.

On top of the superb work experience, the impact our creatives have on industry, and a fantastic opportunity to network with students globally, winning teams also got incredible prizes: free access to Adobe’s Creative Cloud for 1 year, up to £100 in amazon vouchers, as well as Gjoko Muratovski’s ‘Design in the Age of Change’… and pizza!

This week we will be showing you the amazing outcomes produced by these collaborations. Congratulations to all our participants for getting your sprint on!

Educational partners:

Baruch College , Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY , Bronx Community College, The City College of New York City, City Tech News, College of Staten Island , Hunter College , Lehman College LaGuardia Community College, Medgar Evers College, Queens College, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Nagoya Zokei University and University of Hertfordshire.

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01/02/2022

Design Sprint 2022 3rd Place: 'Community Roots' (Lukasz, Nathan, Lydia, Beverley, Zaklin, Tharini) won with their 'Community Roots Pavilion' for the Lambeth Palace brief!

Discover more of the project on the UH School of Creative Arts Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZSKzGMNbip/

01/02/2022

Design Sprint 2022 2nd Place + Student's Choice Award: 'AllSinners' (Olivia, Amira, Mark, Klaudia, Jie) won with their 'Walk of Transparency' for the ALLSAINTS brief!

Discover more of the project on the School of Creative Arts Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZSKzGMNbip/

01/02/2022

🖼 Design Sprint 2022 1st Place: 'The Future Starts With You' (Oyinlola, Atiya, Eloiza, Catherine, Shanjudaa, Helin, Jessica) won with their kiosk for the Nanotronics brief!

Discover more of the project on the UH School of Creative Arts Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZSKzGMNbip/

29/01/2022

What an amazing time we had hosting our Herts Propeller Design Sprint International 2022 recently!😀

Huge congratulations to 'Group 22 - The Future Starts With You', who the judges chose as the First Place team.

These winning team members were Oyinlola Awolowo, Atiya Ditta, Eloiza Elliott, Catherine Gazy, Shanjudaa Jeyakumar, Helin Sahin and Jessica Wigley.

Stay tuned in the coming days for photos of their work, as well as other great work produced over the Design Sprint💨👀

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21/01/2022

Right now, our final competition is underway, as the awards for Design Sprint International 2022 are decided on by 9 industry judges😀

The judges joining us are:
❇️ Qing Hu, Dean of Murray Koppelman School of Business – Brooklyn College
❇️ Maria Conelli, Dean of the School of Performing and Visual Arts – Brooklyn College
❇️ Phil Healey, Dean of the School of Creative Art – University of Hertfordshire
❇️ Jeff Hebden, Technical Lead – Africa Power
❇️ Catherine Scorey Jobling, Chief Operations Officer – AllSaints
❇️ Mike Done, Education Enterprise Accounts Manager – Adobe
❇️ The Revd Dr Richard Sudworth, Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury and National Inter Religious Affairs Adviser for the Church of England – Lambeth Palace
❇️ Emilio Leo, Managing Director – Lanificio Leo
❇️ Dominique McDuffie, Director of Community Engagement – Nanotronics

Working in multi-disciplinary groups students from the University of Hertfordshire, Brooklyn College in New York, USA , Nagoya Zokei School of Art and Design, Japan and Cape Peninsular University of Technology, South Africa have been collaborating to find solutions set by these industry partners.

There are a fantastic range of prizes on offer that will soon be awarded!🏆😊

20/01/2022

It's here. Our Design Sprint 2022 is well underway😀

Design Sprint International 2022 is the School of Creative Arts global challenge to tackle complex design questions through testing ideas and prototyping.

It is the biggest project of its kind by any university anywhere in the world!🌎

Working in multi-disciplinary groups students from the University of Hertfordshire, Brooklyn College in New York, USA , Nagoya Zokei School of Art and Design, Japan and Cape Peninsular University of Technology, South Africa are collaborating to find solutions set by industry partners.

03/01/2022

IT'S COMING! Monday 17th January – Friday 21st January 2022 will see the return of our annual Design Sprint!😀

Design Sprint International 2022 is the School of Creative Arts global challenge to tackle complex design questions through testing ideas and prototyping.

It is the biggest project of its kind by any university anywhere in the world🌎

Working in multi-disciplinary groups students from the University of Hertfordshire, Brooklyn College in New York, USA , Nagoya Zokei School of Art and Design, Japan and Cape Peninsular University of Technology, South Africa will collaborate to find solutions set by industry partners.

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