ABOUT LUCY BROWN.
Lucy Brown is a typographic artist, graphic designer and art director. Lucy also teaches design and offers design consultancy to small and start-up businesses. In 2009, after training and working in London, Sydney and Tel Aviv, Lucy set up her own design studio in a converted stable building in Cheshire. Prior to setting up the studio Lucy 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 and is a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers. Working both independently and collaboratively, she has a multi-disciplinary process which is applied to both personal and commercial projects.
Post-graduation Lucy has worked with the Chase in Manchester, run a week-long poster workshop at the LCC with Yasha Roshov and exhibited as part of Emerge, the graduate showcase of the London Design Festival. Her work has also been published in St Bride Library's Ultrabold and the Atlas Journal. Prior to training as a designer, Lucy worked for two years at Idea Generation in London and gained experience of the media industry at the BBC, BSkyB and Emap radio. See full bio below:
Training
July 2010: Typography Summer School, Fraser Muggeridge
June 2009: BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Typography, First Class Honours, London College of Communication
June 2008: Diploma in Professional Studies: year in industry
February 2007: ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers) membership awarded with merit
Roles
2009 - present: Director, Lucy Brown Studio
2009 2 months: Apprentice/muse, Oded Ezer, Israel
2008 6 months: Art director, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
2007-2009 freelance: Graphic designer: The Guardian newspaper, London
2006 6 months freelance: Graphic designer: ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London
Clients
Office Bridge
eBay Fashion Outlet
Super Skills
Visual Editions
The Guardian
Devonshire Bakery
Workshops and Lecturing
June 2010: Design workshop at Southwark Primary School, Nottingham
May 2010: Visiting lecturer: London College of Communication. Brit Insurance Designs of the Year seminar with 2nd year design students
February 2010: Workshop/visiting lecturer: London College of Communication. 2nd year BA Graphic Design. 'Home' International Poster Project alongside Yasha Rozov
February 2010: Visiting lecturer: Central Saint Martins. 2nd year BA Graphic Design. Alongside Sheena Calvert
November 2009: Visiting lecturer: London College of Communication. 2nd year Personal and Professional Development seminar. Alongside Sheena Calvert
November 2008: Plus International Design Festival 'Visualthought' workshop, Birmingham
Talks
May 2010: Design Futures: 1 Year On, London College of Communicatio
Exhibitions
July 2009: Emerge, Rich Mix, London. Graduate showcase of the London Design Festival
July 2009: Celebration of July, London. Curated by Daniel Camacho
June 2009: 5:1, LCC, London. Graduate degree show
May 2007: Exhibition 'A', LCC, London. 2nd year progress show
Work Experience
2010: The Chase, Manchester - 2010
2005 - 2007:
Idea Generation, London
2005: BBC, London
2005: BSkyB, London
2005: HHCL & Redcell, London
2004: Emap Radio, Manchester
Press & Writing
Throughout 2010: Jotta.com : A Design Diary From Tel Aviv
July 2010: Jotta.com : Review of Typography Summer School
June 2010: Shortlisted on The Hospital Club and The Independent's 100 Brave New Futures list - 2010
June 2010: Design Week: "Nail that post"
contributor - Volume 25 / Number 23
May 2010: Notes on Design feature: Lucy Brown Studio
May 2010: Futurising feature:
Graduate of the Week
April 2010: Contributor to Graphic Design School, fourth edition, by David Dabner & Sheena Calvert - Thames & Hudson
ABOUT B&W LTD.
B&W Ltd. is a creative collaboration between Lucy Brown and Mr. White. The collaboration began in September 2009 with an interest in play rather than work. B&W Ltd. are currently investigating 'colour'.
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.
