Jordan Harrison-Twist is a writer and designer living and working in London and Manchester. Graduating Central Saint Martins with a BA (hons) degree in Graphic Design, he travelled to India to work for a publishers Tara Books, writing press, engaging in art direction, curation, and design work, and learning about sustainable and ethical publishing practices. He in 2017 graduated from the Royal College of Art in Critical Writing in Art & Design, with an award-winning dissertation.
He writes with humour, mixing pop culture with art and design, in the contexts of criticism and metafiction. His interests are literature and comedy (harbouring a secret obsession with space). He is from the North of England.
His dissertation was named A Conversation with a Bicycle: A Cultural History of Collision Between Humans and Machines — and charted moments in literary texts, cinema, recent history, and art and design, in which humans and machines have met, collided, merged, spiralled together, repelled one another, imploded, or proved impossible to reconcile. The text touches on the Surrealist attachment to the mannequin, the ethics of artificial intelligence, sex robots, and commercial space travel.
Work history
Media Manager
Wigan, United KingdomFreelance
- Designed the retail website www.geetees.co.uk with an I.T. company Gravit-e.
- Orchestrate its workings, directing a team of two colleagues.
- Redefined all of the company’s online material to better represent the business’s personality.
- I create all of the visuals, designing promotional material, posters, and banner images.
- Write and design all newsletters on Mailchimp.
- Grew our social media fanbase from less than 650 to nearly 5,500 people in three years, running competitions and writing interesting posts. @GeeTeesUK
Experience with CMS and SEO.
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Graphic Design ArtistFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
Design commissions:
- Dahlia Razzook Haute Couture branding and logo, London, 2015
- Lost the Plot events branding and logo, Sheffield, 2013
Paint commissions:
- Dom Perignon, acrylic, 40x40”, Manchester, 2016
- Louis Armstrong’s Dark Dancers, mixed media, (2x) 120x48”, Chorley, 2010
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Skills
- Writing
- Art Criticism
- Graphic Design
- Pop Culture
- Literature
- Arts Journalism
- Critical Writing
- Cultural Criticism
- Critical Review
- Painting
Education
MA
- London, United Kingdom
MA Degree
Critical Writing in Art & Design
Royal College of Art 2015–17
Studied under David Crowley, Jeremy Millar, Brian Dillon, Nina Power, and Emily LaBarge.
Won Best Project 2017 for dissertation entitled A Conversation with a Bicycle: A Cultural History of Collision Between Humans and Machines, awarded by Royal College of Art / Critical Writing in Art & Design Examination Board.
BA (hons) Graphic DesignUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
Studied under Phil Baines and Rathna Ramanathan, graduating in Graphic Design, and working mostly in publishing and editorial design. Won Runner-Up Best-in-Show 2014, awarded by Central Saint Martins / London Graphic Centre.
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Awards
Best Project 2017
My dissertation A Conversation with a Bicycle: A Cultural History of Collision Between Humans and Machines was awarded the Best Project Award for 2017, by the Royal College of Art and Critical Writing in Art & Design Examination Board.Runner-Up Best-in-ShowUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
My project The Introvert's Constitution was awarded the Runner-Up Best-in-Show in 2014, awarded by Central Saint Martins and the London Graphic Centre.