DESIGN MANCHESTER FESTIVAL: VISIT

As a part of my personal practice and my research, I have booked to go to the design Manchester festival. Design Manchester is an originative week-long festival, celebrating creativity, collaboration and inclusivity in the worlds of art, design, illustration, animation and photography. 

Now in its second year the festival seeks to inspire and educate, working alongside key partners: the Manchester School of Art, as well as the Design Council, the RSA Faculty of Royal Designers and APDIG. Design Manchester is curated by a passionate team of creatives, with our Ambassador Malcolm Garrett RDI who will again host the main conference alongside David Crow, the Dean of the School of Art. Design Manchester will take place in some of the city’s most iconic venues, giving you an opportunity to engage in numerous events from lively debates to industry networking.

Out of all the days I have chosen to go to the core festival day which is detail below. One thing I wanted to achieve in my personal practice was to attend more industry professional talks as a source of influence and a way of gaining more contacts and networking.  Also I am really inspired by the speakers that are talking at this event, especially Peter Saville as he is known for his iconic designs for factory records and the hacienda which feeds into my interest for design for music. 

Introduced by –

Cllr Sue Murphy – Deputy Leader, Manchester City Council

Hosts –

Prof David Crow – Dean, Manchester School of Art

Malcolm Garrett RDI

Angus Montgomery – Editor, Design Week

With –

Peter Saville RDI

Speakers –

Adrian Shaughnessy, Tony Brook and Sam Stevenson – Unit Editions

Unit Editions is a progressive publishing venture producing high-quality and good value books on graphic design and visual culture. We combine impeccable design and production standards with insightful texts and informative commentaries on a wide range of subjects. Unit Editions is a collaboration between Tony Brook (Spin) and Adrian Shaughnessy (ShaughnessyWorks) and brings the notion of the book as a highly designed artefact with rich visual and textual content to an international audience of design professionals, design students and followers of visual culture. Unit Editions produces books for designers by designers.

Publishing books on design
Spin 
Umberto eco
Ken Garland exhibition — sheffield
Attention to detail with packaging
Epose contemporary design on work
Independant publishers
FHK Henrion — British graphic designer
Walter Landall




Daniel Hirschman – Technology Will Save Us

Daniel Hirschmann is an artist, educator and entrepreneur who uses relationships with technology as the core of his practice.

He has been making interactive installations, spaces and objects for over 10 years and has worked with organisations ranging from Nike, and Google to the Science Museum and the Whitney Museum of Art. He has exhibited work internationally and has taught approaches to creative technology locally and abroad for over 10 years.

He is the founder and Creative Director of Hirsch&Mann, an innovation consultancy specialising in responsive objects, installations and environments.

Daniel is also the the co-founder and Director of Innovation at Technology Will Save Us. TWSU is a business dedicated to helping people become more productive and creative with technology through its beautifully designed educational DIY kits for every day life.

Started in Hackney
Instigating 21st century learning
Eco system 
Digital and tangible kits
Sodamino


Rejane Del Bello — Website

Senior Graphic Designer & Illustrator Rejane Dal Bello is since 2012 based in London. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, she began her career working for renowned branding & design companies in Brazil.

Rob Lowe – Supermundane



Rob Lowe, also known as Supermundane, is an artist, graphic designer, typographer, illustrator and writer with over 15 years experience in the creative industry. His signature mesmeric drawings have been published and exhibited worldwide. In 2012 he debut a new direction of pure line and colour, exploring depth, movement and optical effects.

He has be responsible for designing some of the most groundbreaking independent magazines of the last decade including the alternative children’s magazine Anorak and the award-winning food quarterly Fire & Knives.

His practice is defined by an distinctive use of colour, line and simplicity which can be seen through all his different disciplines from typeface design to his personal works.
Handrender artist
Anorak magazine
Fire + Knives magazine


Ross Phillips – Dalziel & Pow

Ross Phillips is head of design at Dalziel and Pow, a London — based agency with over 30 years' experience in brand and retail design. Working holistically and collaboratively across graphic, interiors and digital.

Fabrica
Show Studio


Michael C Place – Build / Angus Montgomery — Design Week

Michael C Place is founder and creative director of renowned London design studio Build. He studied graphic design at Newcastle college from 1988 — 1990 and makes no secret of the fact he left before graduating to follow his dreams of designing record sleeves.

Designers republic
Trevor jackson
Warp records
Less people get excited about record sleeves, hard for business to run. 
"Music is about creating a voice or an image for an artist"
Generation press
Ian Anderson

Overview

Overall I have really enjoyed the talks today, seeing such a wide range of creatives from graphic design and other disciplines was really inspiring in seeing what they have achieved throughout their careers and concepts for their projects.

I felt that this visit really was beneficial in me seeing how designers can do a multitude of things throughout their practice, specifically Rejane Del Bello. Her presentation was really interesting seeing how she had travelled around the world and done projects to help people in different countries I felt this was something I could definitely aspire to as a designer.

One speaker that I wanted to see what Peter Saville however he turned up at the end for a Q&A instead of a presentation on his work. I tried to speak to him after the presentation but he was really busy speaking to other designers. Although I didn't get to speak to him, it was really nice to see someone that inspires you and I also have discovered other people to look up to from this talk.

I will also email Michael C Place, in regards to my dissertation as he has a lot of knowledge about designing for music which could possibly help my work!