About me
I am a multidisciplinary designer and art director with a Masters in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art. My practice uses a diverse range of media including film, graphic design and immersive installations. I have produced design work for many clients across the arts, education and charity sector. My work has been featured in Design Week, Sky News, Forbes, The Evening Standard and Science. Alongside my design practice, I have lectured at University of Southampton, Dulwich College, University of Brighton and CARIS Summer School. I have worked with Arts Emergency since 2017 mentoring disadvantaged A Level students in graphic design and illustration. These students have gone on to gain places at top design schools in London.
For my full portfolio please email ailsa.sinclair@network.rca.ac.uk.
Projects
- GameChangersThis project is currently work in progress – GameChangers, initiated by Big Ideas and Mayor of London, invites young people from London boroughs to find their local GameChanger or inspirational person. Project includes A4 teachers guide, A5 Time to Talk student cards, posters, worksheets and digital assets. More images coming soon.
- RED TAPE – Validation Beyond the GalleryRed Tape is a student lead platform at the Royal College of Art that explores the social, political and economic issues that underpin art and design practice. In 2016, I created an event in response to Assemble winning the Turner Prize the previous December. This was the first time a group of architects had won. I wanted to question how practitioners working outside the traditional gallery system gained and maintained validation. To subvert the traditional lecture format I held a live radio broa
- The Great Exhibition in SchoolsIn the spirit of Prince Albert’s original Great Exhibition, which showcased the most exciting Victorian technology and inventions from 1851, students were invited to create their own Great Exhibition focusing on climate change. To celebrate the old inventions and new technologies, the design uses fluorescent green and pink pantones contrasted with traditional woodcut illustrations. The header typeface, Greta Grotesk, references Greta Thunberg’s ‘School Strike for Climate’ hand drawn signs. The p
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Work history
Senior DesignerGlobal Canopy
Oxford, United KingdomFull Time
Graphic DesignerBig Ideas
London, United KingdomFreelance
Selected clients include: BBC, Premier League, UEFA Euros, Mayor of London, RAF, The British Red Cross, Imperial College, and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (UK Government).
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Skills
- Design
- Graphic Design
- Graphic Communication
- Print Design
- Typography Design
- Branding Identity
- Collaboration
- Print Production
- Adobe
- Photoshop
Education
MA Visual Communication Royal College of Art
- London, United Kingdom