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The Graduates 2012

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A small silver car parked in a grassy field. It is decorated with colourful geometric patterns in orange, green and black, and a label on the bumper reads “Africar”.

Documentaries, toilet humour and tribal automobiles from The Graduates 2012's Isabel Gibson

A 3D render of a battery cell showing the internal process between an “anode” and a “cathode”. Blue particles move through a grey, wavy medium, marked with numbers and plus signs to indicate flow.

The Graduates 2012's Alex Walker turns out masterful educational illustrations

Twelve carnations stand in a row of small glass bottles on a wooden surface. The flowers and the liquid in the bottles transition from pale pink on the left to a deep, dark red on the right.

The Graduates 2012's Jake Evans on Leonardo Da Vinci and replacing "work" with "bacon"

An illustration of a hand reaching for a glass of bubbling blue water. The person wears a blue watch and a red patterned tattoo on their arm.

Lads in the bookies and the offside rule explained care of The Graduates 2012's Ellie Andrews

A graphic of the word “RING” repeated five times in a painterly, handwritten style. The words appear in blue, black, red, yellow and green against a plain white background.

Rooftop golf and flammable stationery from The Graduates 2012's Josh King

A painting of a creature with orange skin and wide, white eyes. It has a long snout filled with sharp teeth and clawed hands against a black background.

The Graduates 2012's Lorna Scobie has a zoo in her brain and a inky paintbrush in her hand…

A graphic composition on a light blue background with visible fold lines. A circle is split diagonally into yellow and orange halves, while a thick yellow stripe cuts across the bottom right corner.

Beautiful, bold graphics and a disorientating adventure from The Graduates 2012's Jack Haslehurst

A graphic poster with a black background and bold, mint green text that reads “THE ATOM”. A large, pink textured circle sits in the centre, overlaid with vertical mint green stripes. Curved text reads “Splitting” alongside a small circular icon. Smaller text around the circle describes a “Multifunctional device with copy, scan and print”.

The Graduates 2012: Andrew Duncan splits atoms on a photocopier and you're talking about the Higgs boson?

A painting of a vast, open-plan office filled with rows of grey cubicles under pale green fluorescent lighting. Small, indistinct figures of people are scattered throughout the workspace, some sitting at desks and others walking.

The Graduates 2012 presents Grace Helmer and her narratively deep paintings

Two purple foot-shaped sculptures stand against a plain white background. Each has a flat, bright yellow circular top where the ankle would be.

Printing humans and climbing "mountains" with The Graduates 2012's Nick Blakeman

A scanning electron microscope image showing a textured, granular border separating two distinct surfaces. The bottom half consists of smooth, folded metallic sheets, while the top is a dark, flat void.

The Graduates 2012: Signe Emma shows us airline food from above and a literal collapse of the Eurozone

An illustration of a minimalist building facade with arched openings. A soft, peach-coloured shape floats over the left side, partially obscuring the architecture against a bright blue sky.

The Graduates 2012 starts today with the bright, smart goodness that is Joshua Checkley

A graphic featuring four colourful rectangular stamps on a white background. The stamps read “THE”, “2012”, “GRADUATES” and “LISTINGS”.

Your guide to the grad show season: The Graduate Listings 2012

An illustration of four colourful rectangular stamps on a white background. They read “THE”, “GRADUATES”, “2012” and “CATCH-UP”.

Grads catch-up three with Mike Guppy, Krystina Naylor and Hannah Shipley

A graphic featuring four colourful stamp-like boxes on a white background. The boxes contain the words “THE”, “GRADUATES”, “2012” and “CATCH-UP”.

Another catch-up with last year's grads, feat. Mia Porter, Doug Stewart and Sarah Maycock

A graphic featuring four colourful, stamp-like boxes containing text. The boxes read “THE”, “GRADUATES”, “2012” and “CATCH-UP”.

Part one of grads catch-up feat. Billie Muraben, Pat Bradbury and Hannah Blackmore

A graphic featuring four colourful stamp-like boxes on a white background. The boxes read “The”, “Graduates”, “2012” and “Supported by Represent”.

The call for submissions for The Graduates 2012 is officially open – check out how to apply here