ABOUT LUCY
Lucy Brown is a typographer and graphic designer. She is also the graphic design pathway leader at Stockport College on their BA(Hons) Design & Visual Arts course and has a keen interest in the bridge between education and industry practice. In the past, Lucy has taught design, typography and fashion at London College of Communication, Liverpool John Moores and Manchester Metropolitan University. In 2009, after training and working in London, Sydney and Tel Aviv ,Lucy set up a design studio in a converted stable building in Cheshire. Prior to setting up the studio she worked with Oded Ezer, as a graphic designer for the Guardian newspaper and the Institute of Contemporary Arts and as an art director for M&C Saatchi in Australia. Lucy has a first class honours degree in Graphic Design: Typography from the London College of Communication. She is also a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers. Working both independently and collaboratively, Lucy has a multi-disciplinary process which is applied to both personal and commercial projects.
Full bio below:
Training
BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Typography, first class honours, London College of Communication - June 2009
Diploma in Professional Studies: year in industry - June 2008
ISTD membership awarded with merit - February 2007
Extra goodness
Typography Summer School assistant, Fraser Muggeridge - July 2011
Good for Nothing attendee - May 2011
Do Lectures attendee - September 2010
Typography Summer School attendee, Fraser Muggeridge - July 2010
Roles
Graphic design pathway leader, BA(Hons) Design & Visual Arts, Stockport College, November 2011 to present
Lucy Brown Studio - November 2009 to present
Graphic designer: PlanB Studio, London - September to November 2010
Apprentice/muse: Oded Ezer, Israel - September to November 2009
Art director, full-time: M&C Saatchi, Sydney - March to August 2008
Graphic designer, full-time: The Guardian newspaper, London - May 2007 to December 2007 + freelance 2008 - 2009
Graphic designer, freelance: ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London - 6 months 2006
Lecturing
Sessional: Manchester Metropolitan University, BA(Hons) Fashion - October 2011
AL: Liverpool John Moores, BA(Hons) Graphic Arts - September 2011 - January 2012
AL: London College of Communication, BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Typography pathway - January 2011 to June 2011
AL: Liverpool John Moores University, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication - September 2010 to June 2011
Sessional: Mid-Cheshire College, Foundation degree Graphic Design - September 2010 to October 2011
Sessional: Stockport College, alongside Lost in the Forest Institute/Thoughtful
- September 2010
VL: London College of Communication, Brit Insurance Designs of the Year seminar
- May 2010
VL: Central St Martins, BA (Hons) Graphic Design crit - alongside Sheena Calvert - February 2010
VL: London College of Communication, Personal and Professional Development seminar - November 2009
Talks
Design Research: Liverpool John Moores - November 2011
The Application of Education: Staffordshire University - October 2011
Provenance - origins, education, ownership: London College of Communication - January 2011
PechaKucha: The Cooperative, part of Liverpool Biennial - November 2010
1 Year On: Bridge, part of Emerge, London Design Festival - September 2010
Design Futures: London College of Communication
- May 2010
Workshops
Nature & Design: design workshop, Southwark Primary School, Nottingham - June 2010
Home: week-long poster workshop, London College of Communication, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, alongside Yasha Rozov - February 2010
Visualthought: design workshop, Plus International Design Festival, Birmingham, alongside Hannah Clark - November 2008
Exhibitions
Graphic Birdwatching Christmas Exhibition, Supalife Kiosk, Berlin - December 2010
Cardboard Folly: Issue 1 'The Fold' curated by Emily Speed, The Bluecoat, Liverpool - October 2010
‘Celebration of August’, London Design Festival - August 2010
‘Emerge’, London. Graduate showcase of the London Design Festival - September 2009
‘Celebration of July’, London Design Festival - August 2009
‘5:1’, LCC, London - July 2009.
‘Exhibition A’, LCC, London. 2nd year progress show - July 2007
Writing
The Role of Poster Design in the Publicity of Self: Limited Language, edited by Monika Parrinder and Colin Davies - January 2011
A Design Diary From Tel Aviv: Jotta.com - installments throughout 2010
Review of Typography Summer School: Jotta.com - July 2010
Contributor: Graphic Design School, fourth edition, by David Dabner & Sheena Calvert, Thames & Hudson - April 2010
Press
Shortlisted on The Hospital Club and The Independent's 100 Brave New Futures list - June 2010
Design Week: "Nail that post"
contributor - Volume 25 / Number 23 - June 2010
Notes on Design feature: Lucy Brown Studio - May 2010
Futurising feature: Graduate of the Week - May 2010
ISTD membership feature in St Bride Library's Ultrabold
- Autumn 2007
Work Experience
Design: The Chase, Manchester - January 2009
PR: Idea Generation, London - 2005-2007
TV Production: BBC, London - 2005
Marketing: BSkyB, London - 2005
Advertising: HHCL & Redcell, London - 2005
Radio Production: Emap Radio, Manchester - 2004
ABOUT GREYCAINE.
Between 2006 and 2009 Lucy worked under the name of Greycaine. In 1909, the brother of her great-grandmother set up Greycaine Book Manufacturing Company with Ralph Hall Caine. They had their first printing press at 30-33 Cross St in Islington, London and later moved to Watford to what is now the Greycaine Industrial Estate. If you are interested in valuing the Greycaine books on your shelves or researching about Greycaine Book Manufacturing Company, please get in touch. We have several images and a full printed history of the press which we happily share with those who are interested.
