Print festival - Talks

Summary of talks, what i learnt.

I attended leeds print festival with several students from our course. It was a very beneficial day with lots of interesting talks. Things that I took away from this day would be the process of collage, listening to DR Me and how they go about there practice got me very interested and is something I have tried to use within my cop practical. Listening to Marcroy Smith was really awesome as the way he came about creating people of print was very humble and he made it feel like it was something anyone could achieve with the right mindset and idea. Ali Hanson had some great insights also into how a uni project could be turned into a carrer, I really loved the ideas of oppotuntie the speakers where giving off. They was not talking as if what they have achieved is not possible, they spoke about it as if anyone could do it. I found this highly motivational. Pat bradbury's talk was very interesting and showed how we could take our creative skills abroad to do some good as he worked in a school in Vietnam. This talk broaden my horizons and made me aware of other possibilities I could aim to achieve. As this was less carer based and more situated as a personal achievement. 

Leeds Print Festival is proud to present a series of talks from creatives who work with, play and love print.

10.30am onwards
DR ME
DR.ME are Ryan Doyle (DR) & Mark Edwards (ME). A studio based in Manchester UK & The French Riviera. Specialising in art direction, image making, graphic design, work shops, video & teaching. Their current publication Cut It Out sites the most innovative uses of collage today, from 50 leading contemporary graphic designers across 15 different countries—including Hort, Mike Perry, Stefan Sagmeister, Matthew Cooper, and many others. 

Ali Hanson (It's Nice That)
Ali joined It’s Nice That as an art director in early 2015 after stints at Wieden + Kennedy, Wonderland and Wednesday. He works across the visual sides of both the editorial platforms and commercial partnerships.

Founded in 2007, It’s Nice That has grown across many platforms and reaches over a million people each month. These include the website which is updated daily, a bi-annual magazine Printed Pages, a summer symposium Here and the monthly Nicer Tuesdays talks series. 

Lunch break 

1.30pm onwards
Marcroy Smith
Marcroy Smith, the director and founder of People of Print, a collective of creatives who come together to host workshops, produce events, and fulfil briefs for clients such as The Design Museum, Protein and the V&A. Smith is also the author of People of Print: Innovative, Independent Design and Illustration, and the Editor of the self-published magazine Print Isn’t Dead. 

Pat Bradbury
Pat is an image maker and artist who works across a range media to create dynamic and contemporary print. He has been featured in exhibitions throughout the world, most recently with Jack Clayton in Vietnam and in as part of a group show at the KK Outlet in London. Printed By Us run screen printing workshops for homeless and vulnerable people in Sheffield who want to learn new skills and move forward towards employment. They create artwork in collaboration with some of Sheffield's finest designers such as Ian Anderson and Nick Deakin. 

Saturday 1 April
10am – 5pm

Leeds College of Music, LS2 7PD

lcm.ac.uk