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02
July
2024
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12:34
Europe/London

New design partnership celebrates 200 years of our University

Written by: Joe Stafford

200 years of The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp’s world-class education, research and incredible people have been brought to life in an exclusive design partnership with ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp-based designers , celebrating the University’s bicentenary.

The Sculpts xUoM - InSituSince 1824, our University has been spearheading change, addressing the planet’s greatest challenges and making a difference in the city of ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp, the nation and beyond. The Sculpt’s stunning pen and ink design brings this rich history to life illustrating some of the University’s most distinguished alumni and staff, iconic architecture, and several of its most important innovations and discoveries. The design is the latest in a series of individual artistic collaborations between the ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp-based brand, and the city’s cultural institutions. 

The bicentennial design includes illustrations of Christabel Pankhurst, suffragette and alumna; Alan Turing, mathematician and computer scientist; Arthur Lewis, economist and Nobel Laureate; components of the ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Baby, the first electronic stored-program computer; botanical illustrations from the ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Museum Herbarium Archives; the Sackville Street Building, home of ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp College of Technology and UMIST; the atomic structure of Graphene; the Lovell telescope; early medical instruments; and the iconic ‘¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp bee’. 

The University’s bicentennial design sits alongside The Sculpts’ iconic range of handmade ceramic ‘¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp’ tiles. Each 6x6-inch tile is one letter of the alphabet illustrated to depict a different stage in ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp’s transformation – from post-industrial depression to a technological and cultural force to be reckoned with. 

Jade King, Director of The Sculpts says: “We’re delighted to be working with The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp to celebrate its birthday. For 200 years, the University has been a world- 
leader in its field: pioneering, innovating, and discovering. We jumped at the chance to be a part of recognising the contribution the University has made to this city and the world, in a beautiful design that brings the University’s history alive.â€

It has been fabulous to collaborate with such a distinctive and iconic ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp brand to celebrate our 200th year. The design is so intricate and encapsulates our University’s history and heritage, alongside some of our more recent discoveries and our links across the city region, in a really delightful way.

Kim Graakjaer, Head of Bicentenary Planning and Delivery

Previous collaborations for The Sculpts have included ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Museum - for whom the designers created a bespoke range of their iconic ‘alphabet’ illustrations, the Whitworth gallery and Stock Exchange Hotel. Visit for more information.

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