Students set for a brush with business

One of the UK’s largest paint manufacturers has enlisted students at Preston’s College to bring its colourful history to life.

Crown Paints has given the students access to unused space at its headquarters in Darwen and tasked them with turning it into a Crown Paints Museum to showcase old archive materials and memorabilia – some of which are more than 100 years old.

Level 3 Art and Design students are currently working with the team at Crown Paints through briefings, workshops and presentations, to come up with the designs.

Lisa Edge, head of commercial development at Preston’s College, said: “Project based learning increases student engagement and gives them a chance to dig into challenges that closely resemble the challenges they may face in their working lives, Crown Paints is helping us to bridge the gap between education and industry and allowing us to generate the most employable learners.

The students are working to a brief set by Mark Bannister, learning and development manager at Crown Paints, to express the company’s impressive history in a creative way.