A special interactive exhibition begins this week at the University of Gloucestershire.

The exhibition, entitled ‘Patchwork’, is the product of a group of MA Graphic Design postgraduates, and explores the themes of is sustainability, the environment and the future.

Visitors will be encouraged to take part and interact in the exclusive interactive exhibition which opens on Wednesday 22nd January at 6pm at the Design Centre at Park Campus.

The group behind the project – Anita Walsh, Rebekkah Hughes, Sam Brooks, John Symonds, Sara Jeffery and Tom Daniell – adopted the name Patchwork to reflect the diversity of skills and disciplines that have been merged together to create this novel artwork.

They specialise in different areas of design such as typography, graphics, animation, photography and crafts.

John Symonds said: “The exhibition and first research module have provided lots of stimulus and this has aroused my interest in ‘Design Thinking’.

“The creative skills required for Design Thinking can be applied to solving everyday social, organisational and environmental problems and I can see that there will be lots of exciting opportunities now that there is a growing public awareness of sustainability issues.

“My fellow students are of the same opinion and this will be reflected in the work on display.”

Admission is free and the exhibition will close on Saturday 25th January.

For more information and sneak previews of some of the pieces visit www.facebook.com/patchwork2020