Archives: Pre-Selection

Rory Taylor

United Kingdom

Rory is a UK-based Intellectual Property Solicitor, Promoter and DJ.
Intellectual Property Solicitor: Following the successful completion of an LL.B (Hons) in Law, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice and an LL.M. (Master of Laws), Rory began practising as an Intellectual Property Solicitor. He specialises in copyright, trade mark and design law, advising a wide range of clients including – renowned fashion and interior designers, international digital and creative agencies, large record labels, and market leading technology and software companies.

Promoter: When he is not doing “lawyer stuff”, Rory runs a successful events company called Rebel Soul. The company curates a number of multi-arts events in and around Liverpool (UK), most notably – The Voodoo Ball and Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae. Rory first worked with the International Reggae Poster Contest in June 2016 when Rebel Soul hosted the Art of Reggae Exhibition (its first time in the UK).

DJ: Rory has DJ’d at Glastonbury Festival, Africa Oyé and the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, amongst others. Performing under the moniker Radio Exotica (with fellow DJ, Ben Power), Rory explores and showcases music from around the world. He also compiles regular mixes for music magazine, Bido Lito and curates music for a number of bars & restaurants.

Rob Snow

United Kingdom

INGREDIENTS
1 creative person, slightly matured
2 tablespoons aptitude
1 piece of aesthetic flavouring
6lbs hard work and sweat
4 ideas more than most
salt of the earth to taste

Take a creative person and stir in some aptitude, thoroughly from the start. In time, mix in the aesthetic flavouring with the most appropriate tool at hand, and then, fold into the mix as much of the hard work and sweat that the mix can take. Sprinkle in the ideas; the more the better. And finally, as all is cooking, a pinch of ‘salt of the earth’ to give it the necessary character. Leave to cook over time and serve when required. Tasty treat in a tasteless world.

Rob is a creative designer working in the fields of graphic design, illustration, web design and teaching. He works and lives in Greece, but was born in England and studied Media and Design at Degree and Masters levels. Rob loves to draw with pencil and converting the resulting images in the computer. He has been a freelance designer for 25 years and worked for small and large organisations alike. He also combines his practice of art as a University lecturer, where he teaches Creative/Lateral Thinking.

Li Xu

Beijing, CHINA

Curator/Designer/ Professor
Li Xu is an Assistant Professor of Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication,China. Li Xu is one of the founders and curator of The 1st International Poster Festival of Shenzhen and Zi Hui-US & China Typographic Poster Exchange Exhibition.etc.
He has participated also as a member of the jury in two international poster festivals in France and Serbia.
Li Xu has received some important awards. Such as The first prize of AIGA(re)design Awards 2011.The Gold prize of IDA-International Design Awards 2012.Pentawards 2012 Bronze Award. The London Creative Awards 2011,The Honorary prize at the 2008 Olympic Digital Arts Exhibition of 2008 Olympic Fine Arts, The first prize at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou posters Design Competition, China, The Best Guide Award at the 2007 Design Against Fur competitions. The Honorary prize at the 26th Summer Universiade Mascot Design contest. He also exhibited his works at many important biennial and triennial exhibitions in : Los Angeles, London, Warsaw, Lahti, Teheran, Trnava, Mexio, Bolivia, Ukraine,Korea, Moscow, Prague, Hong kong, Taiwan,Shanghai, Hangzhou,etc.

Wu Zhonghao

CHINA

Wu Zhonghao, designer, curator, teacher, education psychology, visual strategy alliance founder, chairman of the Asian graphic design exhibition, AGDIE founder, chief curator. Researchers at the University of Jinan design strategy and prototype Innovation Research Institute, Council member of the international graphic design of ICO-D, American Graphic Designers Association member of the AIGA, Chinese Packaging Federation Design Committee member. As the “China Design Yearbook” editorial, “APD Asia Pacific Design Yearbook” guest editor, won the Leipzig International Poster Festival first prize, the German Political Poster Biennial hundred honor. Black and white graphics design enjoys high reputation in the international community in graphic design. In Italy invited to Mexico, Spain, etc. as the judges. Instructing students to participate in domestic and international design competitions and awards.

Tomoko Miyagawa

JAPAN

Born in1976 in Gifu, Japan. Graphic designer Yu-graphic (http://www5.famille.ne.jp/~katoyosh/yu_graphic.html). Part-time lecturer of Aichi Sangyo University. Education: Graduated from Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education, Gifu University in 1999. Exhibitions: International Poster Biennial of Mexico, Golden Bee, International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont, Good 50 x 70 The social communication project Poster for tomorrow 2010 “Death is not Justice”, Tehran International Poster Biennial, Homage to Henryk Tomaszewski

Susan Lee Quee

JAMAICA

Susan Lee Quee, is a Digital Design Consultant and Lecturerin Visual Communications and Digital Design at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. She is member of both the EMC Rex Nettleford Conference 2011 and Jonkanoo Journal editorial and design committees. Born in the United Kingdom, Susan is passionate about creating memorable and engaging design and new media projects that focus and promote her Jamaican and Caribbean arts, culture, history and heritage roots. She studied at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston. She has created , graphic design, corporate identity programmes and publications for Jamaican and International companies. She is Creative Director of Lee Quee Creative – a design agency based in Kingston, Jamaica. Contact: http://www.leequeecreative.com | [email protected]

Pamela Campagna

ITALY

Pamela Campagna, graduated in economics at the University of Bari, is a self-taught graphic designer. After working for various cultural organizations such as Franklin Furnace Archive in New York, Pistoletto Foundation in Biella and Esterni in Milan, in 2006 she moved to Seville, where she co-founded with Thomas Scheiderbauer L-ABLE, a small itinerant design studio, concentrating its graphic work on cultural and social issues. L-able has designed several campaigns for Solidaridad Internacional and his creations have been used by the WWF, by Piemonte Parchi, by Tufts University in Medford (Massachusetts) and by UNICEF to illustrate social problems. Their work has been exhibited in several museums, cultural centers, galleries such as the CAS – the Art Center of Seville, Arts décoratifs – Palais du Louvre in Paris, Triennale in Milan, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Galleria Civica di Modena, the National Museum of La Paz and also exhibited in international graphic events such as Graphisme dans la Rue in Paris, ManifestaZOOne in Cuneo, 100% Design in Tokyo and Seoul, the triennial AntiAIDS Ukraine-Kiev, the 11th Triennial of Political Posters in Mons and the 18th Lahti Poster Biennial in Finland. At the moment L-able is based in Polignano a Mare, on a small terrace overlooking the sea. To get an overview of his work please visit: www.l-able.net.

Ola Kot

POLAND

Ola Kot is a Warsaw based polish designer. She graduated from the Graphic Department at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2005, and received a Publishing Graphic Designer diploma and a distinction. Since then, she has been involved in numerous projects and has been collaborating with polish cultural institutions like Polish Film Institute, Filmoteka Narodowa (National Film Archive), Warsaw Rising Museum and other private initiatives. designing for them mostly posters, books but also other kinds of advertising materials. She is a research worker at the Academy of FIne Arts in Warsaw. Many of Ola Kot’s designs have gained wide recognition. Her work has been presented on many exhibitions and biennials and has been awarded many times.

Kathiana Cardona OpArt

VENEZUELA

Artist and graphic designer. Born in Caracas Venezuela. Coming from a renowned Venezuelan family of artists, at an early age she entered the world of the arts, taking painting lessons with important Venezuelan painters. Kathiana Studied Graphic Design and Visual Arts in Montreal Canada, in Venezuela made a number of workshops of artistic expression, photography and drawing courses. Worked as a professor of graphic design and editorial in the school of Communication at the Santa María University in Caracas Venezuela. Since 1990 she developed her graphic design career independently, working for major international companies and related art in: Venezuela, Colombia, Andean Countries, Caribbean Islands, USA, Germany, India, among others, designing: Corporate identity, magazines, books, editorial, packaging, campaigns and promotions, pop material, illustration, design of exhibition spaces and social poster design. Online jury, preselect committee member for the “Right to education” and collaborate for posterfortomorrow. Her artwork has been selected in international competitions. At present, she lives between Caracas and Bogota.