For our first team meeting, Theresa from radio diamond invited us to visit the station in Moss side where we were given a tour. It was a really fun day, they were full of energy and positivity about the project. It was great to see their passion for their work helping the local community. We were shown the studios where the live shows were recorded and the recording studio which they rent out for artists to record music and podcasts. After that we brainstormed ideas about how we could help them to raise money for their DAB licence and how we can help them improve their marketing.

Name: Wilf Waddington

Hometown: Jersey

Atelier: Continuity

Skills: SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Suite, AutoCad, Hand drawing

Undergraduate Education: MSA

Architectural interest: Adaptive Reuse, Arch Viz

Hobbies: Football, Skiing

Favourite music genre: House/Tech, Rap

Hi, I'm Wilf. I studied my undergrad at the MSA joining in 2019 and have come back this year to complete my masters as part of Continuity. After my undergrad I went travelling for a year before returning home to Jersey. I did my Part 1 placement in Jersey where I worked for an architecture team which was part of the local civil service, primarily working on educational buildings. I'm really excited to collaborate with Radio Diamond on a project that has the potential to make a meaningful impact on their community.

Day 2 (13/5) : Print and Merch Development

This morning, the print and merch team began developing sketches based on the precedents we explored on the first day.

We started the day by producing three sketches each, spending 15 minutes developing a rough idea of an illustration which could be used on one of the products and prints we will be making for Radio Diamond.

After producing 3 sketches each, we gathered together and collected everyone's ideas as a group and once we had all seen each others work and shared ideas continued to develop at least one of the sketches by hand in greater detail.

In the afternoon, students continued to develop their designs in preparation for digitalising and refining them further on day 3.

Looking forward to seeing how these designs progress tomorrow!

Day 8 & 9 (21/05,22/05)

Today, both the Bachelor's and Master's students went all over the city distributing the posters and leaflets we had designed.

We split everyone up into groups of 2-3, and assigned each group an area of the city to distribute - ranging from, Hulme, University Campus/Oxford Road, Moss Side, Rusholme, City Centre, Northern Quarter, Fallowfield and Withington.

We targeted areas with lots of footfall where the prints could remain protected, such as shops, restaurants and barbers.

This task allowed students to engage with the public and promote our project with Radio Diamond.

The following day, Masters students will finish the publication and submission.