 |
|
| Rodney
Fitch in the chair
Leeds
22 May 2007:
Putting Rodney in
the 'hot seat' were the following panel members:
Adrian Bentley,
Creative & Business Development Manager,
Clock Creative
Adrian Bentley,
Creative & Business Development Manager, Clock Creative
Graduating in 1994 with a degree in Fine Art Printmaking,
Adrian went on to complete a PGCE in Art & Design and
open a private art gallery before establishing The Red Brick
Creative Partnership with the help of his best mate and a
few quid from the Prince’s Youth Business Trust. Back
then, five grand only stretched to one PowerMac 6300 and a
dodgy BW laser printer!
Day One: Adrian and his business partner (still wet behind
the ears) looked worryingly at each other, as the phone didn’t
ring once. One of them had to get on his bike and get the
work in quick.
That was Adrian. Since then, and still happier with a Magic
Marker in his hand than a Mont Blanc, Adrian’s always
operated in similar creative/business development roles. It’s
an unconventional style that doesn’t suit every agency,
but it works for him and it works for Clock.
Nick Ramshaw,
MD, Elmwood Leeds
Nick heads up Elmwood’s
head office in Leeds, having recently relocated from Edinburgh
where he held a similar post.
He began his career
as a chartered surveyor before moving into design management
in London, working initially with MetaDesign. After relocating
to Edinburgh in 1999, working first with Pure, he joined Elmwood
in 2003. Nick’s clients have ranged from Glenmorangie
to HBOS and from the Glasgow School of Art to Pomegreat.
He is kept busy
in his ‘spare time’ with directorships of the
Scottish Book Trust and the Design Business Association, is
a recent graduate of Common Purpose and a die-hard Hull City
man.
|
|
|
|
Louise Helliwell,
Designer, Brahm
Louise Helliwell, Designer,
Brahm
Loves robots, girls trainers, old cameras, wind-up toys and well-ordered
shops like Muji. Born in Middlesbrough, raised in Gibraltar (not
by the apes) and educated in Germany, Louise moved back to England
to study Media and Psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University.
After getting a degree
she decided that, although this was an interesting field, it wasn't
for her.
A HND in Graphic Design
later, Louise headed to London for 3 months of sleeping on a friend’s
floor while doing a placement at Plan-B Studio. She then moved back
up north for the role of junior designer at England Agency and then
over to Manchester for a brief stint freelancing at Dinosaur.
One day Louise decided
that there were one too many late night train rides back home and
so decided that the otherside of the Pennines was the place to be.
It was here she started and continues to work at Brahm.
Lawrence Brown, Visual Communication student, Leeds College
of Art & Design
Lawrence has been working
in freelance web design and programming for the last four years.
His dissertation focused on the subject of 'Virtual Identity' and
discussed whether the 'new era' of the Internet is having an effect
on our ability to represent the self in both the real world and
the virtual.
For the last year Lawrence
has been one of two people behind a unique gallery space called
'The Bunker’ situated in a suburb of Leeds. It focuses on
curating exhibitions that showcase independent artist’s work
that range through a variety of mediums and disciplines.
His current body of personal work 'The Ignored and Downtrodden’
explores the politics of planting and gardening, it asks the viewer
to question their perception of a 'common weed'.
|
