Matt Franklin

Matt Franklin

Graphic designerLondon, United Kingdom
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Matt Franklin

Matt Franklin

Graphic designerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am a young and enthusiastic designer who has a great eye for typography and layout. I feel that I am a great team player and would be an asset to any work environment.
Projects
  • Square Mile
    Square MileSquare Mile is a monthly gentleman’s magazine owned by Square Up Media. It was my role as a junior designer to work alongside the senior designers to create layouts and concepts for the magazine. Working on Square Mile has given me a great insight on the media industry, working alongside our both our editorial team and the sales team who organise clients that pay to advertise in the magazine.
  • —brace the space UoR degree show 2019
    —brace the space UoR degree show 2019Working in a team alongside: Jess Downie, Elliot Ellis, B— King, Philippa Lane, June Lin, Siu Y— Lo and Jake Pollock we were tasked to create an invite and to brand the University of Reading’s 2019 Graphic Communication degree show. The concept evolved from the word play of ‘embrace the space’ the rule we set ourselves was to take all uses of ‘em’ or ‘en’ within the copy and replace them with em and en dashes as a tongue and cheek nod to the departm–t’s association with typography. Another wa
  • Foodism Magazine
    Foodism MagazineFoodism is a monthly magazine, owned by Square Up Media, based on the best food and drink to be found in London. It is distributed at a range of tube stations and restaurants in the South West London area. As part of the design team I worked alongside the editorial team to create articles that engaged readers. Foodism is an extremely visual magazine with a great emphasis on food photography which was largely shot in house at our studio. This gave me a great insight into the studio photography
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Projects credited in
  • —brace the space
    —brace the spaceThe branding and identity for the 2019 Degree Show for the Department of Graphic Communication & Typography at the University of Reading (showcasing the work from the BA Graphic Communication and MA Book Design courses). We aimed to create an identity that would reflect the community felt within the courses and department without isolating those who were unfamiliar with it. Hence we created 'embrace the space' stylised with an em dash, creating a little wink wink nudge nudge amongst designers.
Work history
    Total Management Group logo
    Total Management Group logo
    Junior designerTotal Management Group
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    As a Junior designer I work within the TMG Studio team, assisting with designs and concepts for in house and client based projects.
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    Junior DesignerSquareUp Media
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    As Junior Designer my main role was to assist the design team with concepts and designs.
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Skills
  • Typography
  • Design
  • Graphic Communication
  • Communication
  • Adobe Create Suite
Education
    University of Reading logo
    University of Reading logo
    BA Graphic CommunicationUniversity of Reading
     - Reading, United Kingdom
    The course at Reading puts great emphasis on the importance of good typography therefore I am confident in my typographic decisions. I have a passion for editorial design and would love to pursue a career in the field.
Awards
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    Cobbet's Way Art SocietyCobbet's way
    Awarded to me for a large scale painting by a local art society