Graphic designer, illustrator and all-around creative thinker, focused on applying curious perspectives to create distinct concepts and visual outcomes that communicate. My practice embraces, but is not confined to, visual storytelling, publishing, editorial design, campaign design, and visual identities.
I am always looking for new opportunities so please do not hesitate to contact me for a chat or commissions! You can also find me at www.conniecandler.co.uk and my sketchbook at @cconniecandler.
Projects
- Social RevivalSocial Revival is a music and arts festival that swaps phones for sketchbooks. Inspired by society’s consumption of social media, the festival's hope is to restore personal individual originality by immersing the attendees in the experience without the possibility of fulfilling the craving to post online. Sketchbooks allow attendees to organically and authentically document their experience without feeling the pressure to live up to social standards. The sketchbooks will become a great future m
- Gardeners' WorldA brief set by BBC Studio’s Creative Director, David Wilson-Nunn, required to present three new, original and innovative book concepts and design outcomes for new book titles Gardeners’ World could market, remembering that the 'lifeblood' of the BBC is creativity and considering their motives - to entertain, educate and inform. The target audiences are, 5-8-year-olds, 19-24-year-olds, and 35+ year olds. My designs were awarded a BBC Commendation. Publishing, Book Cover Design, Concept Generat
- What Now?Inspired by the inaction of essential behaviour required to suppress the impacts of climate change. This awareness campaign’s visual narrative depicts how the consequences of the crisis will continually displace civilisation and humanity for survival until there is nowhere left to go. What now? A question that carries resolution, but one that will not always have an answer. Illustration, Narrative, Awareness Campaign
- SummerSummer is an ironic app concept that connects like-minded people through common interests and activities. The app provides a space for users to cram as much as possible into their summers effectively by considering individual schedules and preferences while generating available activities and locations to fulfil the gaps. UX + UI Design
- Design AdviceDrawn from my own experience, I have given three pieces of succinct advice to first-year design students. My response to the brief accommodates my love for traditional materials while reflecting a crucial part of my design process - experimentation. My personal realisation of each piece of advice was critical in my evolution as a designer. Poster Design
Work history
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Graphic Designer and IllustratorSelf Employed
United KingdomFreelance
Open House ParticipantM&C Saatchi
- London, United KingdomInternship
M&C Saatchi Group is a creative agency that helps clients navigate, create, and lead meaningful change through specialist expertise fuelled by data and technology. M&C Saatchi Open House is a 7-week introductory training programme that provides participants with industry knowledge in advertising, marketing, and communications, with the opportunity to apply this expertise by answering and submitting creative briefs along the way.
Skills
- Illustration
- Editorial Design
- Creative Typography
- Visual Identity
- Visual Communication
- Creative Concepts
- Painting
- Drawing
- Creative Direction
Education
Awards
BBC CommendationBBC
Awarded for BBC Studios brief by BBC Creative Director, David Wilson-Nunn.