Olivia Bull

I graduated from the course in the summer of 2017, a couple days after, I started an internship at City ID. I’m now just over 18 months into my design career and I’m working on some exciting projects in the UK, including Edinburgh, London and Bristol, and in the US, San Francisco and New York. 

I first heard about City ID when two of their designers came into uni for a talk in my second year – which funnily enough I’ll be doing this week! The travelling aspect was something that really drew me to City ID – I didn’t realise you could visit so many cool places with a design job! I always loved hearing professionals talk about their work and journey from university, it was also a great way to make contacts and prepare for the outside world.

City ID are a multi-disciplinary creative studio based in Bristol that primarily design maps, transit systems and wayfinding strategies and solutions for cities, universities, museums and airports. Everything we do is user-centred – connecting people to a place, aiming to make that place feel more welcoming and easier to use. We often work collaboratively with well respected design studios and type designers such as Pentagram and Dalton Maag – which is always really inspiring.

Other projects involve strategic thinking and planning – understanding users and their movement through a place. This involves site visits, surveying and observation to create and design innovative concepts and outputs. It’s great to work on a range of different projects that all require different processes – I learn something new everyday.

If you’d like to know about some of the projects I’ve worked on in more detail, please feel free to drop me an email at: olivia.bull@cityid.com

You can also visit our website at:

Yasseen Faik

Yasseen Faik is a London based graphic and type designer, working at the cross-section of design, art, music and fashion.

Yasseen graduated from UWE in 2014. Between 2015-2016 he worked as lead designer at Crack Magazine (Bristol) along side creative dir. Alfie Allen, and in 2017 worked as a designer at the TATE design studio (London).

In 2017 Yasseen also held an exhibition at the KK Outlet (Hoxton Square, RIP) Titled ‘For Iraq and Syria’ A poster based collaborative project with Grey Jam Press.

2018 saw Yasseen launch is own freelance practice (Studio Yasseen Faik) and has worked with a range of music and culture based clients such as Breaks, Nike, Levis, Champion, Boiler Room, Oval Space, NTS and Critical Records. Outside of his profession practice,

Yasseen has a keen interest in music, screen printing and analogue photography, all which play a part in shaping his overall creative output.

https://www.instagram.com/yasseen_faik

Erik Winterburn

After completing the junior fellowship year in Bristol, working closely with both staff and students on the Graphic Design course, I’ve moved back up north. Since then, I’ve been working with design studios and engaging in self-initiated projects.

In 2017, my poster was shortlisted for the Graphic Design Festival Scotland International Poster Competition. My design actually derived from content that I had gathered in my time in Bristol, a complete transcription of Germany v England commentary at the 2010 World Cup. With this work, I was interested in intonation and emphasis with spoken word and the process of ‘ekphrasis’- taking something visual and transforming it into words. The selected works were exhibited in The Lighthouse, Glasgow.

I’m now working with Field (https://field.studio/) in Sheffield, and have been since September 2017. Field specialise in print and spatial design. I work closely with fellow UWE graduate Jake Goodall day-in day-out, creating a wide range of different media, everything from large-scale print projects for local education institutions, to exhibition identities and wayfinding systems.

I’ve recently worked with the Automatic Systems and Control Engineering (ACSE) department of the University of Sheffield. I created two publications which celebrated their 50th anniversary, using archival imagery and diagrams of primitive robotics.

http://www.erikwinterburn.co.uk/

Ben Mottershead

Hey, I’m Ben! I’m a Multi-disciplinary Designer living in London. By day I work as a designer in a design studio called ‘Angel London’ within the heart of Shoreditch, London working on projects for Coke, Jack Daniels, Cartoon Network etc. However, by night I work across a whole range of passion & freelance projects covering motion & animation, branding, print, editorial, illustration & digital, for a broad demographic of clients.

I started off my career after graduating at the design studio ‘onedotzero’ where I worked on an array of projects. Most notably the Nike World Basketball Festival. Afterwards I moved into the motion design an animation industry at an agency called ‘Swhype’ (Pronounced Swipe) where I worked my way up into a senior position conceptualising and creating work for companies such as John Lewis, The White Company and the social media platform ‘Vero’.

In my own time I’ve co-founded a part time studio called Matter No Matter creating work for non-profits, charities and causes which raise positive awareness around issues in the world. This includes animation work for the mens mental health charity C.A.L.M (Campaign Against Living Miserably), ‘City Harvest’ who aims to reduce foot wastage around the world, ‘Unpackaged’, a start up which is trying to reduce plastic packaging and consumption and our own self initiated projects, most recently we produced our own short film on a tiny budget of £70, which attempts to bring attention to anti gun legislation within the US.

Along side this I also help to run a 17,000 member online community called ‘The Designers League’, which acts as a safe environment for creatives of all abilities to showcase their work, learn, receive feedback and collaborate. Make sure to join! We’re always looking to help creatives out however we can regardless of what stage they are at in their career, or design journey. If you ever need advice, or just want to meet for a tea, coffee, beer or a game of table tennis then get in touch.

www.instagram.com/matter_nomatter

www.bendesigns.co

https://www.angellondon.co.uk/

Oliver Sin

Oliver Sin is a freelance director, animator and illustrator currently plying his trade in Cheltenham. Since leaving UWE, he joined a digital agency for 3 years as a creative designer. After 3 years at the agency, he leaped into the world of freelance to focus on an animation/motion design career path. Since then he has worked with a variety of notable clients such as AirBnb, IBM, eBay and Samsung to name a few, creating. He also on the panel of judges for the Motion Awards (www.motionawards.com).




You can find out more about Oliver and his work here;

www.oliversin.com

www.instagram.com/oliversinyeah

www.twitter.com/oliversin

Myles Lucas

Since graduating from the BA Graphic Design course, Myles has worked with various charitable causes since setting up his own successful studio in Brighton.

Myles describes his practice ” For me, the purpose of graphic design is simple: get the message across – beautifully and in a way that makes it impossible to ignore. Such an approach demands a certain economy of style. It champions the line. It understands colour. It loves geometry. It creates work that stands the test of time. The best work comes through partnership. Each job is much more than a simple commission: it’s a collaboration. Whether I’m designing for charities, writers, or manufacturers, the work you see here is the result of a cooperative approach.”

Recent projects include:

Brexit & Animals: is made up of ten leading UK animal charities.

It was set up to ensure that the welfare of animals – both in the UK and Europe as a whole – is not endangered by Brexit negotiations and that opportunities for improving animal welfare are fully exploited.

I was asked to design an identity for the group and their manifesto, which would be presented at the House of Lords. The event was sponsored by Baroness Parminter, with speeches from MP Hilary Benn, the RSPCA and many more.

 

Feedback Global; are aspiring to stop global food waste.

They have a world wide reach, with projects such as Feeding the 5000 where they feed at least 5000 people with food that is deemed ‘waste’ by others.

I worked with Feedback to bring their achievements to life with annual impact reports and infographics. With their staggering numbers and facts, simple visualisations of these were crucial in putting the point across.

 

Lankelly Chase: are a Charitable Fund who strive to establish the underlying causes of social disadvantage. They provide financial backing for research that will, eventually, enable governments to make society-altering decisions with law and policy.

I designed their most recent report, plus a simplified, print piece. The report provided analysis and learning from over 200 pieces of literature. The challenge was to display this vast body of research in an engaging way that could be used by other foundations and the civil service.

 

Myles Lucas
myles@myleslucas.com

https://myleslucas.com/

Jasmine Lasode – Nike On Air

UWE Graphic Design Graduate Jasmine Lasode was one of the Nike On Air programme winners.

On Air was a design workshop series in Paris, London, New York, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo that engages participants in the Nike footwear design processes.

The program grants participants an opportunity to create the ultimate articulation of one of 10 Air Max icons for their city through creative sessions that will encompass the briefing, concept building and mood boarding stages of design. Participants were asked to envision a new Air Max for their respective city, taking inspiration from what it means to them and their experiences in it.

Jasmine’s design was selected as a a city finalist and attended the finalists workshop at Nike WHQ, Portland, USA last year. Her design of Nike Air Max 97 titled ‘London – Summer of Love’ – was inspired by a first date in Primrose Hill, London.

The city winner’s designs were then put to a global vote on nike.com/onair. The most-voted design per city will go into production and will be made available in spring 2019. Jasmine’s design was selected to represent London.

The sample has just landed on Jasmine’s feet – you can see her wearing it here!

https://www.instagram.com/la_sode/

 

Further links:

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-on-air-sneaker-design-workshops

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-on-air-winners-2018

https://hypebae.com/2018/8/nike-london-on-air-winner-jasmine-lasode-interview-air-max-97