MOTH
︎ moth@falmouth.ac.uk
Nikki Salkeld
Nikki is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course, where she has been head of first year since 2006, as well as teaching across 2nd and 3rd year. She studied for her degree at St Martins School of Art, London and gained an MA from The Royal College of Art, (School of Communication). On graduating she formed a design agency called Bump, and then continued to teach and work predominantly with editorial, cultural institutions, galleries and arts festivals, (clients include: Fourth Estate publishing, The Sunday Times, Salter Baxter, The Cheltenham Literary Festival, The Crafts Council, The National Maritime Museum, ING bank, The Jerwood Prize, The V&A …)
Her teaching is informed by her experience as a graphic designer maintaining personal and professional interests in graphic anthropology, editorial, narrative and experience design.
Nikki previously taught at UAL and is now an External examiner for the both the BA(Hons) Illustration and the Graduate Diploma Illustration courses at UAL Camberwell. She has also taught at University of Gloucester, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, Germany, and delivered lectures at York University, Bath University (CDAS, Centre for Death and Society) and at Ontario College of Art and Design University. Toronto.
She is now one half of MOTH | Design for Life & Death.
Ashley Rudolph
Ashley is a Year Head and Senior Lecturer on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course within the Faculty of Creative Arts & Communication at Falmouth University, he has worked as a designer and academic for over 28 years. Academic roles have included; External Examiner, Academic Partnership Manager, Course Leader, Year Head, Module Leader, Associate Lecturer and Visiting Lecturer at; Exeter School of Art, Oxford Brookes University, Wimbledon School of Art, City & Guilds of London Art School, South East Essex College, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, Germany. Ashley has also delivered lectures at University of York (Death and Culture Network), Bath University (CDAS, Centre for Death and Society) and at Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, Toronto.
Ashley is one half of MOTH, a collaborative research project, which investigates the skills and contributions, communication designers can make to death studies and end of life experiences. MOTH | Design for Life & Death has worked across a number of applied projects with a broad range of partners and practitioners; (academics, medics, artists, experience designers, historians, philosophers, sociologists, curators, writers and students). Moth has focused on both design practice within pedagogy as well as applied innovation of products and events. It aims to challenge attitudes, conventions and context surrounding death and dying.
Nikki is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course, where she has been head of first year since 2006, as well as teaching across 2nd and 3rd year. She studied for her degree at St Martins School of Art, London and gained an MA from The Royal College of Art, (School of Communication). On graduating she formed a design agency called Bump, and then continued to teach and work predominantly with editorial, cultural institutions, galleries and arts festivals, (clients include: Fourth Estate publishing, The Sunday Times, Salter Baxter, The Cheltenham Literary Festival, The Crafts Council, The National Maritime Museum, ING bank, The Jerwood Prize, The V&A …)
Her teaching is informed by her experience as a graphic designer maintaining personal and professional interests in graphic anthropology, editorial, narrative and experience design.
Nikki previously taught at UAL and is now an External examiner for the both the BA(Hons) Illustration and the Graduate Diploma Illustration courses at UAL Camberwell. She has also taught at University of Gloucester, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, Germany, and delivered lectures at York University, Bath University (CDAS, Centre for Death and Society) and at Ontario College of Art and Design University. Toronto.
She is now one half of MOTH | Design for Life & Death.
Ashley Rudolph
Ashley is a Year Head and Senior Lecturer on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course within the Faculty of Creative Arts & Communication at Falmouth University, he has worked as a designer and academic for over 28 years. Academic roles have included; External Examiner, Academic Partnership Manager, Course Leader, Year Head, Module Leader, Associate Lecturer and Visiting Lecturer at; Exeter School of Art, Oxford Brookes University, Wimbledon School of Art, City & Guilds of London Art School, South East Essex College, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, Germany. Ashley has also delivered lectures at University of York (Death and Culture Network), Bath University (CDAS, Centre for Death and Society) and at Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, Toronto.
Ashley is one half of MOTH, a collaborative research project, which investigates the skills and contributions, communication designers can make to death studies and end of life experiences. MOTH | Design for Life & Death has worked across a number of applied projects with a broad range of partners and practitioners; (academics, medics, artists, experience designers, historians, philosophers, sociologists, curators, writers and students). Moth has focused on both design practice within pedagogy as well as applied innovation of products and events. It aims to challenge attitudes, conventions and context surrounding death and dying.