Introducing: BCU School of Visual Communication: Graphic 3rd-year students - Emily Springall, Morgan McKenry & Beth Ingleton

Keynote Speaker: Professor Phil Cleaver

Professor Phil Cleaver is an established and multi-award-winning heavyweight in the graphic design world. Protégé of Anthony Froshaug, Phil honed his design and typographic skills under Alan Fletcher at Pentagram, Wim Crouwel at TD in Holland, and Michael Wolff at Wolff Olins. In 1984 Allied International Designers recruited Phil as creative director of branding. In 1987 he established CleaverLandor, a specialist design consultancy, whose success led to such rapid growth that Phil found himself increasingly paper-pushing and decreasingly pencil-pushing, so he set up design consultancy et al, in 1992; a tight-knit consortium of like-minded design professionals. Phil is a fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, a founding trustee of The Monotype Museum, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Professor in the Creative Industries in the School of Art and Design at Middlesex University. He lectures worldwide on design, and his early typographical work is archived in St Bride’s Printing Library. His book design is in the permanent collection of the V&A Museum’s National Art Library. In 2012, Phil was invited by renowned creative director David Holmes to collaborate as typographer and book designer alongside Sir Peter Blake, the godfather of British Pop Art, and four other master artists, to create a box of treasures celebrating eight decades in the life of Sir Peter Blake and The Macallan. Phil also wrote and designed, What They Didn’t Teach You In Design School, published by Ilex Press, distributed by Thames & Hudson.

Emily Springall is a Graphic Communication student at Birmingham City University (BCU) and an aspiring children’s designer. She has a passion for designing for children and education and enjoys using her creativity to support them as they grow. Research is very important to her process and she believes including children at each stage of a design project is hugely beneficial. She hopes to continue her studies by pursuing an MA in order to further develop her knowledge of children’s design. Emily will be discussing Designing for Children.

Insta: @emilyspringalldesig Facebook Page: @emilyspringalldesig LinkedIn: @emilyspringall

Morgan McKenry is a Graphic Communication undergraduate, at Birmingham City University. Throughout her course she has become a multi-disciplinary designer who has a passion for all things creative. Now specialising in Branding, Packaging and Editorial design with an excitement for creative strategy, PR and Social media. Throughout her final year of study, she embarked on a theory of what its really like to create a successful brand in the 21st century, as psychology and personifying a trademark become prominent in brands creating strong relationships with consumers. Morgan’s research provokes daring questions to how designers do the job they love, as creatives continue to search for the ultimate brand success. Emily will be discussing Brand Strategy: The Mind, the influencer & the Future

Insta: @morgan_mckenry Website: @morganmckenry.wixsite.com/design/ LinkedIn: @morganmckenry

Beth Ingleton is a Graphic Artist based in Birmingham, studying Graphic Communication at Birmingham City University. Her practice spans printmaking, collage, typography, illustration and experimenting with digital technologies, applying them to a range of projects. A multidisciplinary creative with a love for art and music, she chose to explore the unique relationship between music and the visual textures chosen to communicate it. Beth’s research dives into subjects such as musical texture and graphic notation, hoping to gain a deeper understanding of her own practice and what makes her favourite album covers so great.

Website: bethingleton.com Instagram: @bethajidesign Twitter: @bethajidesign Linkedin: @bethingleton

Due to Covid Constrtictions, this event will be on the Zoom platform.