About me

Stephen Christoforou is a Graphic Designer from Edinburgh and a Graphic Design honours graduate from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), Dundee University. Currently based in Edinburgh, throughout his 4 years studying at DJCAD he has developed skills in typographic and editorial design, branding, motion graphics and web design, tackling briefs with enthusiasm and curiosity to produce dynamic, authentic and compelling graphic design. He has won the Kathy Nisbet Brown Award for Excellence in the Arts (2016) and is a member of the ISTD (international Society of Typographic Designers) (2020). ​​​​​​​

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Projects

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  Role SwitcherBrief: D&AD New Blood Awards 2020- Typographic Notes: The Empowerment of Music Find a genre, song or musical movement that best represents a cause and use typography to being it to life. Response: Role Switcher- A record compilation celebrating discotheques androgynous or queer artists who embraced both masculine and feminine qualities to their music or persona. Role Switcher is a music campaign that I originally created for the D&AD Typographic Notes brief: The Empowerment of Music. The brief

Projects credited in

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  Mimica Touch - Small Touch, Big DifferenceThe winning submission into a two week Dyson creative challenge - November 2019 The brief: Design an awareness campaign that introduces the Mimica ‘open-life’ lid type label to supermarket customers and explain the benefits of using this type of label.

Work history

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Marketing AssistantPurpol Marketing Limited
Nov 2020Edinburgh, United KingdomInternship
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PromoterOut of Hand
May 2019 - Jul 2020Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time

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Education

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Graphic DesignDJCAD (student)
Aug 2016 - May 2020Dundee, United Kingdom
BA (Honours ) Degree in Graphic Design

Awards

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Kathy Nisbet Brown Award for Excellence in the ArtsBeeslack Highschool