What is your background?
I've just finished a sandwich degree in Ba(hons) graphic design, although I started off on an illustration degree. After a year I felt like my work fell more into a graphic category especially because i was beginning to focus more on the use of typography and how it communicates. What does your work aim to say? I'm currently exploring type design and how it can be minimalistic yet still readable. In this sense I'm wanting to see how we as designers can use typefaces that have a minimal footprint How does your work comment on current social or political issues? I completed a statement project which is critical on the position of social media, it was a statement 'craving something that is(n't) there' stating how we crave what's on social media but it really isn't there so what do we really crave. It's been explored using many different analogue techniques to represent each individual person. Who are your biggest influences? Stefan Sagmeister, Jessica Walsh, Why Not Associates, Paula Scher, Seb Lester & Lance Wyman How have you developed your career? I took a year out and completed 5 different placements this was to explore different areas of design and understand what I liked/ didnt like. I also exhibited at the D&AD new blood festival in july while in London for this I also had meetings with several design studios just to grow my connections. I attend Offset a design conference in Dublin every year. I was also awarded membership to the International Society of Typographic Designers What inspires you? How do you seek out opportunities? Attend everything and speak to people while there. There’s a big design scene in Sheffield with a lot of the same people which helps to make connections. How do you cultivate a collector base? I use instagram and rely on word of mouth from clients How do you navigate the art world? I don’t really attend as many galleries as I should, I've been meaning to though just to get inspiration that isn't just graphic design related. I guess I just float around in the world of art. How do you price your work? That's a good question that I've no good answer to. We need to be more open about budgets and talking money. Which art trends are you currently interested in? I love calligraphy! But I think that's just the typographer in me.
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