Top Cliché Art Schools
| Rank | Institution | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norwich University College of the Arts Norwich | 19 |
| 2nd | Stockport College Stockport | 17 |
| 3rd | Edinburgh College of Art ECA | 16 |
| 4th | Uni. of Dundee Dundee | 16 |
| 5th | Uni. of the West of England UWE | 13 |
| 6th | Bath Spa University Bath Spa | 11 |
| 7th | Colchester Institute CI | 11 |
| 8th | Gray's School of Art RGU | 11 |
| 9th | Glyndwr University (North Wales School of Art and Design) NWSAD | 10 |
| 10th | Uni. of Reading Reading | 10 |
Top Clichés
| Rank | Cliché | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Helvetica Bold Close but not touching. Or, even more trendy: make it even bolder and tighter! A 90s trend that just won't die. | 66 |
| 2nd | Hand Rendered No computer skills? Make some crayon drawings and call them “hand-rendered”. It sounds more fancy, plus bad drawings are trendy. | 62 |
| 3rd | Hair/Moustache Body and facial hair really seem to appeal to art and design students. | 61 |
| 4th | Bulldog Clips The perfect mechanism for attaching bullshit to a wall. | 61 |
| 5th | Mini Business Cards For undergraduates, a full-size business card would surely look big-headed, wouldn't it? | 58 |
| 6th | Poor technical execution Surely using a ruler and a sharp scalpel blade can't be that difficult. And why on earth is Pritt stick still so popular? | 56 |
| 7th | Infographics Did you know? 98% of infographics are 100% pointless. See pie chart for details. | 56 |
| 8th | Screenprinted Banality Large letters (preferably Helvetica) in primary colours printed on top of halftone images of dubious photographic quality. | 55 |
| 9th | Woodblock Printing Like a good ol’ “WANTED!” poster for crimes against good taste. | 54 |
| 10th | Poor Typography The tutors don't know typography, so it presumably isn't important to use proper hyphens, dashes and quote marks. | 53 |
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