Missing Out: Grad Shows #2

Okay, so I missed all the design shows at Free Range [free-range.org.uk] including University of Brighton’s ‘Into the Woods’ exhibition [gdi08.co.uk]. I turned up on Tuesday and everything was coming down. Have Free Range shows always only run for four days at a time? Jeez did I feel stoopid… and disappointed. I was really looking forward to Brighton this year. Luckily Brighton Grads are such an enterprising lot that is easy enough to catch up with them and what they’ve been creating online. Here’s a brief selection of recently released creative bods you should know…

Illustration still rules at Brighton. Tony Easley’s [nascentideas.com] robust linework makes him a Boicozine fave as is his blog, Nascent Ideas [nascentideas.wordpress.com]. Meanwhile Simon Barna [simonbarna.com] creates posterwork with the ease of a seasoned professional, as does Kerry Beall [kerrybeall.com], with some bold typographic treatments like the one shown above. Evening Tweed [eveningtweed.com] have been producing consistently inspiring work for a couple of years now. The collaborative quartet consist of Jez Burrows, Sarah King (poster below), Owen Gildersleeve and Tom Rowe. In his spare time Jez helps out with the excellent It’s Nice That [itsnicethat.com] too. Amy Preston’s inky experiments combined with her elegant and quirky typography make her a stand out [amypreston.co.uk] as does Verity Keniger’s [veritykeniger.co.uk] mixture of the hand drawn with her precise print work. Jake Blanchard’s [jakeblanchard.co.uk] more traditional type of illustration features some of the most elegant linework you’ll see. Other Brighton bods worth keeping your eyes peeled (ouch!) for include James O’Raw, Hampus Teodor Larsson and Alexander Jones. To tell you the truth, it seems a shame to single people out. Make sure you swing by the official GDi08 website for this year’s cornucopia of cleverness.

3 Comments

Tony wrote:

Many thanks Michael!

Posted on June 16th, 2008 at 9:08 am |

Michael wrote:

Only telling it like it is. :)

Posted on June 17th, 2008 at 7:30 am |

peter wrote:

this is great. we had some second year students visit our studio in brooklyn this winter. no wonder they were so hard to impress!

Posted on June 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm |

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