OUGD503 - Studio brief 01 - Display wizard concepts

Following research into brief, Leeds College of Art and the social and cultural benefits of studying at my university. It was time to combine all the research into specific concepts, in which I could generate ideas from. From first hand and second hand research it was abundantly clear I believe what the social and cultural benefits of LCA are. From both student and staff perspective the fact that the university is a specialist art institution, is considered be a huge benefit to both social and cultural aspects of being a student at LCA. "The beauty here is that the studios and workshops are all next to each other rather than being spread across a huge campus, and the students all see each other in the cafes, so there is a strong community that supports individuality within those networks" This quote is from Simon Thorpe, I discovered this quote in prior research and this helped inform the concept of a specialist college being an idea to push forward for this brief. One other notable and frequent thing that occurred in research was the alumni being a big part of life at Leeds College of Art. The principal uses the alumni to address interested students in the prospectus,  I think this speaks volumes about the importance of the alumni and is a concept I wanted to develop more in idea generation. Leeds being a very creative city is another concept, this concept covers the 2023 bid for European city of culture and the creative community in the city that has strong links to LCA.