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A creative thinking framework made practical across seven faculties

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Project Spark translated research on creative thinking into a shared visual and digital framework for disciplines far beyond the arts.

The University of Hertfordshire wanted creative thinking to feel relevant across medicine, architecture, computer science, business and other disciplines, not confined to traditionally creative subjects. Students and staff needed a shared language that could adapt to different learning contexts, support teamwork and make process easier to discuss. Project Spark turned academic research into an identity, print system and web experience that felt credible within a university while remaining accessible enough for practical teaching and internal communication.

Services

Brand Identity
Graphic Design
Web Design
Internal Communications
Academic Research

A creative thinking framework made practical across seven faculties

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Project Spark translated research on creative thinking into a shared visual and digital framework for disciplines far beyond the arts.

The University of Hertfordshire wanted creative thinking to feel relevant across medicine, architecture, computer science, business and other disciplines, not confined to traditionally creative subjects. Students and staff needed a shared language that could adapt to different learning contexts, support teamwork and make process easier to discuss. Project Spark turned academic research into an identity, print system and web experience that felt credible within a university while remaining accessible enough for practical teaching and internal communication.

Services

Brand Identity
Graphic Design
Web Design
Internal Communications
Academic Research

Date

Dec 2025

Client

University of Hertfordshire

Industry

Education

Timeline

3 months

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The Challenge

Seven faculties needed one creative framework, but each discipline approached problems, evidence and collaboration differently.

A useful system could not simply borrow the language of design practice and expect medicine, architecture, computer science and business to interpret it in the same way. The university needed a shared model that could explain creative thinking, support teamwork and adapt to varied teaching settings. It had to feel grounded in research while remaining simple enough to use in posters, presentations and digital learning material.

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The Solution

Project Spark uses one flexible visual idea to explain divergent and convergent thinking across different subjects.

The spark acts as an ignition point, with jagged lines and modular applications showing how ideas can expand, connect and narrow toward a practical direction. Brand identity, graphic design and web design carry the same framework across faculty contexts. This gives staff and students a recognisable language for creative process without presenting creativity as a fixed method or an exclusively artistic skill.

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The Process

Academic research was translated into communication tools that could work in both physical and digital teaching settings.

We reviewed the needs of different departments, identified the ideas that had to remain consistent and developed modular expressions for individual faculties. Poster content was then adapted into an interactive web interface designed around teamwork, problem solving and reporting outputs. The work focused on making the framework usable and understandable, while leaving decisions about teaching adoption and academic outcomes with the university.

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By the numbers

Faculties

Framework designed for use across seven academic faculties.

Faculties

Framework designed for use across seven academic faculties.

Project Spark System

Shared identity, print and web framework for creative thinking.

Project Spark System

Shared identity, print and web framework for creative thinking.

Months

Programme for research translation, identity and digital materials.

Months

Programme for research translation, identity and digital materials.