About me
2020 (BA Hons) Graphic Design Graduate, Northumbria University.
TEL Assistant (Content Developer), at Northumbria University.
CONTACT
- laurenbasey@hotmail.com
- (Instagram) @laurenbaseydesign
- (Behance and LinkedIn) @laurenbasey
Projects
- Instinct; Trust Your InstinctMy final major project (FMP) is an ‘Eating Disorder Awareness Campaign’. The problem, the creation of this campaign is aiming to solve, is to ultimately bring awareness of eating disorders to the wider public and educate individuals of the potential signs, and then what next steps to take. If they see someone showing any such signs they hopefully will know how to approach the situation and trigger an open dialogue on such matters, slowing down and later stopping the eating disorder. The earlier
- 669 Little SecretsThis project was for external competition, set by the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD). Choosing from five briefs, I chose the brief titled ‘migration’, tasked with celebrating to the concept of migration. The limited-edition book looks back at a poignant point in history; World War II, but focusing on a man, Nicholas Winton, who was the forefront of the rescue of 669 Czech children, before full German invasion, helping them migrate from Czechoslovakia to Great Britain, but
- Meta 360 MagazineThe aim of this brief was to create a magazine, along the theme of ‘transmutation’. The magazine is a quarterly publication, exploring where the theme fits in across different subjects. The first publication is on the subject of science, looking into the development of a caterpillar into a butterfly; metamorphosis, which was also the inspiration behind the name. The second publication is on the subject of film and media and will be exploring films that feature the idea of transmutation, within i
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Projects credited in
- Northumbria University, BA (Hons) Graphic DesignBA (Hons) Graphic Design is a globally recognised course that sharpens creativity, develops our student’s problem solving abilities, enhances their graphic language, presentation and production skills. We provide a friendly and challenging studio environment, specifically designed to replicate the industry workplace, using critique and feedback techniques employed industry-wide. https://www.behance.net/northumbria_graphics https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/courses/graphic-desi32
Work history
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Work ExperienceDECIDE.
- Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKFreelance
I had a two-week work experience, where I was allowed to sit in on project pitches to clients, even give my opinion on the designs here and there. I also got the opportunity the rebrand my own visual presence with branding professionals, as well as take part in a brief set by a client.
Skills
- Print Design
- Print Campaigns
- Editiorial
- Book Covers
- Adobe Indesign
- Abobe Illustrator
- Research
- Typography
- Idea Generation
- Photography
Education
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(BA hons) Graphic DesignNorthumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Started in first year, in 2017, after doing a year of foundation at Newcastle College. Graduated 2020.