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Andy Vella [ Creative Director for the Cure ] Professor at Arts University Bournemouth University, UK. Andy asked me to speak to his class about design and non-convention while reminding me to be honest and about making real work.

Andy Vella [ Creative Director for the Cure ] Professor at Arts University Bournemouth University, UK. Andy asked me to speak to his class about design and non-convention while reminding me to be honest and about making real work.

I get asked a lot to work on commissions, magazine design, graphics and a variety of other projects.
I talk with students frequently about design approaches and my personal insights as well as creative practices. Because of my history in design + action sports I'm asked to do small talks as well full presentations and exhibitions. Its always a pleasure sharing my insights from over 35 years of practice. 
Im always grateful for the opportunity.

An evening at LaSalle College, Vancouver, BC.

Graphic Mechanicals
 

I was invited by Matt Warburton, Associate Director, Design, UBC Brand & Marketing Partner, Emdoubleyu Communications + Design to come talk at the Jim Rimmer Scholarship awards at LaSalle College, Vancouver BC. Jim Rimmer, F.DesCan was a pivotal influence in Canadian letterpress and type design, it was also an evening uplifting his many accomplishments as well as congratulating the students receiving this honorary award. During my talk, I also tipped the design process to Jim through the poster design and then continued to speak about the my design influences and the process of working outside the computer. Below are some of the slides from the 155 page presentation.

Graphic design talk to Andy Vella's class
Arts University Bournemouth, UK

yourenotinvited
 

Andy Vella, Senior Lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth, Uk. BA (Hons) Graphic Design, also responsible for the amazing design direction and typography over the years for the Cure. Andy asked me to speak to his class about design and non-convention while reminding me to be honest and about making real work. We ended up having a great class with 45 minutes of student questions which I was happy to help them with.
There were no rules.

Functional Fabric Fair
 

Functional Fabric Fair After Party
NEXT Hotel Burnside Portland Oregon
Solo Exhibition + Strukure Pecha Kucha Talk

I was asked by Jordan Lightfoot who helped organize the after party plans for the Functional Fabric Fair at the NEXT Hotel In the conference center room. Jordan had also asked me to put a small show of work together from the outdoor industry. [ 3rd slide ].
Michelle Rose from "Strukture Society" also provided some entertaining insights to the industry and had Bob Smith, Adrienne Mercante and myself do Pecha Kucha talks around our individual design processes. It was an awesome night.

Graphic design talk to Andy Vella's class
Arts University Bournemouth, UK

yourenotinvited
 

Andy Vella, Senior Lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth, Uk. BA (Hons) Graphic Design. Andy has also been the Creative Director for the Cure. Andy asked me to speak to his class about design and non-convention while reminding me to be honest and about making real work.

yourenotinvited
 

Graphic design talk to Andy Vella's class

Arts University Bournemouth University, UK

Andy Vella [ Creative Director for the Cure ] Professor at Arts University Bournemouth University, UK. Andy asked me to speak to his class about design and non-convention while reminding me to be honest and about making real work.

Tal Roberts "Layers" Show. Polar Store. Portland Oregon

Tal Roberts and I collaborated on a piece for a personal show he was having at the Polar Portland Store. Skateboarder Nick McCann was photographed by Tal at Burnside Skatepark. Together, we chose this photograph based on the heavy black sections in the compositions. I placed found graphic material to disassemble the space all on the studio bench with typographic and graphic sections.to complete the image.

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