Bio

I am a graphic designer crafting multisensory identity systems. I work frequently with motion, sound and interactivity alongside original conceptual thinking to create thoughtful design. I am interested in working for clients who have a positive impact on a local level. I am particularly interested in working for people embedded in the arts and creative scenes.


I was born in Edinburgh and grew up in the Scottish Borders. Outside of design, I love bouldering, fell running, and bothies in the Scottish Highlands.
 

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Project description

Bernat Klein was a Serbian textile designer and painter based in the Scottish Borders. Following the acquisition of the Bernat Klein Studio, we were given to opportunity to design an identity for a proposed organisation based in the studio.

fabric

fabric is a proposed community of artist studios based in Bernat Klein’s studio, Scottish Borders. I found that in the Scottish Borders, art still struggles to be taken seriously as a profession. I had to develop a brand that felt warm and inviting, as a community, but also sharp and determined. It had to sit on the tension line between warmth and work. The heart of the identity is a custom-coded motion tool that plays with the motif of the overlap, with a motion language inspired by the movement of a ‘power loom’, the machine used in Klein’s textile factories. The motion weaves the wordmark together, creating endless patterns.

Posters
Project description

This project is a response to Penguin and Monotype's competition brief, 'Shape How the World Reads'. The core ask was to create a type-led idea that explores diverse reading habits and the changing nature of reading. This project is in two parts, a submission to D&AD and a submission to ISTD's student assessment scheme.

Bookscapes

I found that short-form social media content has been drowning out young people's reading habits, posing the question: in an age of short-form entertainment, how can reading for enjoyment adapt? Bookscapes is an app that aims to re-introduce reading into people's lives by providing daily excerpts in a short, multisensory, immersive format. I created a video promoting this idea for D&AD, and an editorial website exploring the problem for ISTD.

App
D&AD video
ISTD website
Project description

In the 50’s, when people were starting to spend time in the Scottish hills for recreation, four friends constructed a hidden shelter on a Cairngorms estate to avoid camping on climbing trips. The location of this shelter, known as the Secret Howff, is a secret only passed between those who already know where it is. After visiting, I wanted to document this place without revealing the secret of it's location.

Howff landing
Howff

I focussed on representing different aspects of my experience through photography and abstract animation, accompanied by chunks of type that tell the narrative of the trip. These are then situated on an interactive, immersive website in which the user finds their own way through the content.

Howff image
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Graphic Design - BA (Hons)
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