Welcome

A campaign system to welcome 13,000 new and returning students to the UAL creative community.

Welcome is a yearly campaign across six colleges at the start of the academic year for undergraduate, postgraduate and pre-degree students, spanning dozens of countries, practices and disciplines.

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Overview

A campaign design universal enough to speak to students from different countries while feeling personal at the same time.

100,000+
Webpage views.

56.3%
Increase in Welcome guide views.

Feeling of belonging
Welcome made new students feel at home.

The idea

The University is a universe and each student is a star within it.

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The creative process
Stars

Hand-drawn stars collected through workshops at each college form the core visual element, each one unique and part of a constellation.

Holographic background

A holographic material adds depth across print and digital; 3D-rendered for screens, recyclable foiling for print.

Typography

Varies across assets in weight, size and position within a flexible grid, adding movement to each composition.

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A campaign system where creative education doesn’t respond to the future, it builds it.