About me

Hi! I'm a designer based in Edinburgh with specialisms in Typography, Printmaking, Illustration and Creative Bookworks. My work primarily focuses on research based projects with physical outcomes and high levels of detail.

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Projects

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  Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, 2021My response to the 2021 ISTD student assessment scheme ‘Invisible Cities’ brief. The brief was to design a new edition, that forms a radical retelling of the story; with the typograhy to visually explore each of the cities, reflecting their characteristics and idiosyncrasies. The design of the book brings to light the previously hidden mathematical structure that Italo Calvino used to move through the different cities and reflects the pattern that it makes. This pattern is revealed in the conten
• Nursery Rhymes Explained: Doctor Foster went to GloucesterThe idea behind this project was to take something simple and make it complicated. Nursery Rhymes Explained is a series of illustrated books, that take well known children’s rhymes into the modern age and highlight current issues within them. The first book of the series; ‘Doctor Foster went to Gloucester’, explores the backstory of Doctor Foster, why he was travelling to Gloucester and the flash flooding that occured there.
• The Sea, The Sea - Graphic Props for Film, 2021In this project, I took the book ‘The Sea, The Sea’ by Iris Murdoch and created a selection of props that would be needed if it were to be adapted into a film. The props all centre around the main character, Charles Arrowby, a bohemian, eccentric man who retires from his glittering career in the London theatre. After buying a remote house on the rocks by the sea, he hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs. However he unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on

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Work history

Creative DirectorOffline
Sep 2020 - May 2021Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time
Creative Director and Co-Founder of a student-led creative studio with a specialism in hands-on, skill-based outcomes. Working with other students and industry professionals to create collaborative work within a weekly remote studio session.

Skills

• Illustration
• Typography
• Printmaking
• Book Binding
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Historical Research
• Collaborative Working
• Team Leadership
• Print Design
• Animation

Education

First Class Honours, BA (Hons) Graphic DesignEdinburgh College of Art
Aug 2017 - Apr 2021Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Awards

Graphic Design Good Ideas AwardEdinburgh College of Art
Young and Powerful Poster Competition Winner (17-21 Age Category)INTL