Leeds Print Festival 2017

Leeds Print Festival 2017

Dr Me

• Collaborate with different artists around the world who specialise in different areas in print 
• Don't print on A3 and patch it all together 
• Shop called 'seven' asked artists around the world to create a piece for seven so that they can sell their work there
• Mike perry asked them to curate an exhibition funded by kickstarter retrospective show - 3 shows - they were the 2nd show. NYC
• Wondering around wandering 
• 365 days of collage - sold online £10
• Inspired by staying at an air B&b which their walls were filled with art 
• 2nd - Collected a lot of collective matter from places such as NYC 
• Cut that out - colours may vary
• Book of collective collages of contemporary graphic design - 500 illustrations - KK Outlet
• LPF - Shoulda woulda coulda 
• Gratuitous type 
• Rob bailey - TLF posters 

After uni - mike perry internship - sent portfolio - went to NYC for an interview and now have a studio outside of Manchester now.

Ali Hanson - It's Nice That

• Studied at LCA & Chelsea college of art - art director at It's Nice That 
• Will founded its nice that in 2007 as a project at uni in Bristol - website. 2008/2009 started to get interest - got help from friend called Alec Beck - now a team of 39
• The graduates programme started in 2009
• Over 1 million people visit he website every month
• A Load of Jargon 
• Local characters 
• Channel 4 
• Arjowiggins 
• 12 monthly talk events a year
• 2 issues of printed pages 
• Ali worked in print publishing before INT - rollercoaster, wonderland and man about town
• Enjoyed putting the magazine together but the content wasn't for him - liked the idea of INT online content 
• Made INT in-house publication - printed pages
• A/W 2015 - Kanye west was announcing that he was running for president - legal matter - have to have face 13 times removed to avoid getting sued - celebrate the graduates they have each year
• S/S 2016 issue - Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 
• A/W 2016 - john Morgan - work and family 
• Jack Davidson - took images of his kids, his home 
• Olympic Games - famous faces 
• Nice commission - Andy Roter 
• Design process usually takes 2 weeks 

Pat Bradbury

• Graduated in Brighton 2011
• Specialises in hand drawn/realism designs 
• Wanted to be a skateboarder and jungle explorer when younger 
• 3rd year - abstract/expressionism 
• Vietnam art intern to teach lessons to kids 
• Created mural in playground 2-3 year olds 
• He works in collage a lot 
• Teaching qualification and goldsmiths 
• Personal work - abstraction 
• Group residency in Iceland - meet people of different practices 
• Wrapping paper for wrap magazine 
• Print for MH jeans 
• Raymond Pettibon
• Likes to create lighthearted and fun designs

Marcroy Smith - People of Print

• People of print - studied illustration at Brighton university - Brighton university - year below people from ITN
• Has a department store on their website to sell their publications and now sell other people's work 
• People of print book for Thames and Hudson 
• In perpetuum 
• Kick starter for print isn't dead 
• Worked with a company called cool print 
• Kickstarter for the 2nd publication so that they could fund the screen printed covers 
• Hand screen printed

The main reason why I attended Leeds Print Festival is because I've never been before and I also wanted to know more about print rather than digital design as I wasn't as keen on print design. Having gone to the Leeds Print Festival, I have realised it is not for me as I feel like my work is more neat and precise and I feel like it would be more difficult to achieve that by doing print. I think I am more of a typical modern designer and the speakers have work that are more edgy than my own style and I don't think I fit well into the category. 

However, it was inspiring to hear talks about how people specialise in different fields and how they have made their way into the industry after university as it shows that everyone has a struggles and different ideas of design.

Exhibition at Colours May Vary

To see different designs to what I produce or what I have seen is always interesting as it shows how broad design can be and how their is a field for all types of design. It was inspiring to look at the styles through the design and how it can reflect on the artist themselves.