Marc Lewis is the Dean of the School of Communication Arts. He gave a great talk at Skinny Cubs 2012 (skinnycubs.co.uk) on how he spots new talent for the School.
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I want to find the talent that ordinary art schools often overlook.\nLike Martin and Olly.\nOr Joanne who made that Caff campaign. (turn slide. story comes on next slide)\n
Selection days at SCA are a bit like a Britain’s Got Talent audition. Candidates get four minutes to show anything that expresses their creativity on a stage in the school studio. Marc says, “The room knows when something interesting has just been presented. The energy changes instantly.” \n\nThe Joanne Story - great copywriter.\n
Selection days at SCA are a bit like a Britain’s Got Talent audition. Candidates get four minutes to show anything that expresses their creativity on a stage in the school studio. Marc says, “The room knows when something interesting has just been presented. The energy changes instantly.” \n\n
The school looks for students who show curiosity. Marc says, “It doesn’t matter whether they are interested in something niche, like Moscow Street Art, or more general, like packaging design. We want to see that they are out there looking for things, feeding their creative soul.”\n
To help spot natural improvisers and collaborators, candidates on Selection days work on a brief in small teams under time pressure and constant observation. Marc says, “We can put people in to one of two camps. There are ‘yes, and..’ and there are ‘no, but’ types.\n
We help students understand how to measure and evaluate ideas, so that they can start to take well considered risks. It is a lot easier to teach that, than to teach someone to become adventurous.”\n