Yesterday our Graphics class took a study trip to Glasgow. The minibus was great as we were able to stare creepily out of the windows whilst wearing masks drawn by Connor!

Spiral staircase inside The Lighthouse

We went to the Kelvingrove Museum first, where at first we looked at some paintings but then mostly ended up looking at the animals or sitting in the cafe. After this, we visited The Lighthouse, which I really enjoyed. There was a whole range of things to look at  covering all elements of design – graphic, product, interior, digital etc. There was also a gallery which featured many works by Charles Rennie McIntosh, which we saw more of when visiting the Willow Tearoom.

We also got the chance to visit the studio of Snook where we were shown a presentation about ’service design’ (something I had never heard of until yesterday!) run by Sarah Drummond, Kirsty Sinclair and Lauren Currie. I especially enjoyed this as Kirsty is my cousin! I was able to speak to her about what I plan to do next year and I got lots of great advice.

'Black Swan' poster

After visiting the studio we went to see Black Swan which I thought was good even though it was really graphic and jumpy!