Meet Ella Kasperowicz, the creative spark behind this year’s graduation look!

Ella graduated from Falmouth University in 2017 with a degree in BA(Hons) Illustration. Since then, she’s has established herself as a freelancer, working with a whole roster of clients including BBC Bitesize, the United Nations and more recently, TOMS.  

Over the years, Ella has also built up a large community on social media, selling her illustrated products online and at markets up and down the country.  

Ella describes her style as playful, colourful, and relatable. She specialises in information illustration, and loves finding ways to make topics more interesting, fun, and accessible. 

When the decision was made earlier this year to refresh our graduation branding and create something that felt authentic and reflected the real student experience at Falmouth, Ella seemed like the perfect person for the job. 

The main goal was to capture the unique essence of Falmouth University, creating a fresh look and feel that was celebratory, packed with nostalgia and paid tribute to Falmouth’s much beloved quirks.   

To find out what our current students and graduates will always associate with Falmouth, we put a call out on our social media for people to share their favourite things about the University, the town, and its people.

Responses were wide-ranging and, in some cases, quite specific! They included BBQs on the beach, ice cream on a warm summer’s day, campus cats, pints of Rattler, trips to Trago, a few too many nights in Mangos and, of course, plenty of pasties.

As part of the redesign, Ella then gathered all of these responses and transformed them into a series of illustrations in her signature style. These illustrations now feature on the front cover of our graduation brochure – a special keepsake that our graduates can hold onto and look back at for years to come.