West of England Design Forum Launch event
Wednesday 1 March 2006, The Watershed
A big thank you to everyone who attended our launch event at the Watershed. We had a great evening with 135 people hearing Mike Rawlinson talking about City ID’s work in Newcastle / Gateshead, Lucy Byatt telling us about design incubation developments at Spike Island, Andrew Kelly describing Brunel200 activities and Phil Gendall drawing us the bigger picture for the design and related industries in the South West.
Mike Rawlinson, City ID – Specialising in developing unique design, information and way-finding solutions to fully integrate people, movement and places, Mike works collaboratively with other graphic and product designers in cities such as Bristol, Sheffield and Newcastle. Visit City ID website…
Andrew Kelly, Brunel 200 – Andrew is Director of Bristol Cultural Development Partnership and Brunel 200. Author of 11 books on design, he founded and led At-Bristol, Brief and Animated Encounters, Digital Arts Development Agency, Bristol 2008, and the new Festival of Ideas. He’s also a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Art, Media and Design, University of the West of England. Visit Brunel 200 website…
Lucy Byatt, Director, Spike Island – Located at the edge of Bristol’s Harbourside, Spike Island offers vast project space for the making and showing of ambitious new work; a number of spaces for commercial cultural industries; and is building new design units for new businesses. Visit Spike Island website…
Phil Gendall, South West Design Forum – With more than 20 years’ experience in branding, corporate communications, interpretation design and signage, Phil is Chair of the South West Design Forum, a Director of Gendall Design, co-founder of the Cornwall Design Forum and a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. Visit Gendall Design website…
