The CCI Graduate Showcase 2026 celebrates the work of final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries.
Across their studies, students develop unique creative voices and original projects, supported by specialist facilities, expert teaching and access to creative technologies. The work on show reflects ambition, collaboration and a confidence to experiment, as the next generation of creatives prepare for their careers.
Be inspired by our students’ works across Animation, Computer Animation, Architecture, Computer Games, Fashion Design, Film Production, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography.
This year, we launched a competition inviting students to design the visual identity for the 2026 Graduate Show. The winning concept was created by BA (Hons) Architecture student Robin Lind, who developed his design using facilities across the Eldon Building, including the photography studios, 3D workshops, and architecture studios. The video below introduces the final identity for Graduate Show 2026.
Meet the Artist | CCI Graduate Show 2026
This year’s Graduate Show poster was created by Robin Lind, winner of our Graduate Show Design Competition.
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My name is Robin and I'm a third year architecture student and I got the opportunity to design the grad show poster.
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My inspiration came from working within the different facilities. Even if I'm architecture student, I use this space
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as the photo studio a lot. I use the workshop. I use even the fashion departments. So actually the crossover
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working was the inspiration of these posters. We started with a workshop where we came together with the idea and a concept and we developed that within
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the team. Since I'm an architecture student, I wanted to bring something more than just a photo. So I designed a
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architecture piece. The idea was was inspired from the the building actually the Elden building, but also from the journey as a student taking different
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steps and uh meeting different challenges during their journey. I'm from Sweden and going here to the UK and
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to Portmouth, it was a big different compared to what I had at home. But I took the challenge that I got and it been a really inspiring journey. A lot
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of opportunities have opened. I have both been able to have the creativity but also the technical background within architecture. Yeah, I'm really thankful
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for the opportunity I got working with photography and that the team in here,
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the workshop where I created this object, even graphic design and the fashion departments which helped me sort everything out and make this possible.
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I'm really looking forward to combine these professions which have really inspired me. So that's something I want to continue doing. Nothing will come to you if you don't give an offer for it.
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So give yourself opportunity and take the opportunity and own it.
The Graphic Design studios in the Eldon Building, photographed during the Graduate Showcase 2026 preview evening.
The works featured in this Graduate Showcase are the intellectual property of the students who created them and must not be copied, reproduced, or redistributed without permission. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual creators and do not reflect those of their course or the University. The University accepts no responsibility for the content of the work presented, including the use of third-party material.