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This edition of Glug was about curation of creative collections and how these inspire these creatives in their work and every day practices. The talk was held at Duke Studios and we also got the opportunity to tour the studio space and see where glug and some of the other creatives were based.
Glug is a series of creative events run worldwide and is informal and fun - the founders and people who run the events see them as a positive network experience.
Melanie Hough - Curator at Getty Images Hulton Archive
Melanie is the archive curator for Getty Images Hulton Archive, which currently holds 80 million images across various collections. She considers herself to be a curator without walls as Getty Images is primarily online. Melanie spoke about her love for the images within the archive, and how she enlivened the photos, which was by making connections. One of the images she showed which I found really interesting was an image from a glass plate taken of Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite.
Taken by Carleton Watkins, Melanie told us that this image was the start of environmentalism as this photo was sent to Abraham Lincoln which prompted him to implement protection of the park.
This edition of Glug was about curation of creative collections and how these inspire these creatives in their work and every day practices. The talk was held at Duke Studios and we also got the opportunity to tour the studio space and see where glug and some of the other creatives were based.
Glug is a series of creative events run worldwide and is informal and fun - the founders and people who run the events see them as a positive network experience.
Melanie Hough - Curator at Getty Images Hulton Archive
Melanie is the archive curator for Getty Images Hulton Archive, which currently holds 80 million images across various collections. She considers herself to be a curator without walls as Getty Images is primarily online. Melanie spoke about her love for the images within the archive, and how she enlivened the photos, which was by making connections. One of the images she showed which I found really interesting was an image from a glass plate taken of Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite.
Taken by Carleton Watkins, Melanie told us that this image was the start of environmentalism as this photo was sent to Abraham Lincoln which prompted him to implement protection of the park.
Adam is an alumni of Leeds Arts University - he now works freelancing at Duke Studios. His ethos is that he draws what he enjoys, so draws a lot of sci fi. What he enjoys he quantifies as an image.
Something that Adam discovered during uni and freelance work was the importance of managing his files. He had no system to the files and was struggling to find what he needed.
One of Adam's biggest pieces of work was his illustration of Hyde Park picture house which he did for his final project in 3rd year. He visited the cinema and took hundreds of photos and then drew the cinema in detail, he even drew each floor within and animated these.
One of Adam's biggest pieces of work was his illustration of Hyde Park picture house which he did for his final project in 3rd year. He visited the cinema and took hundreds of photos and then drew the cinema in detail, he even drew each floor within and animated these.
Another piece of Adams work is an illustrated publication An Illustrated History of Filmmaking.
During the process of designing the cover Adam learnt that it was ok to go back and revisit old ideas instead of constantly moving forward. He revisited an initial sketch and reworked that until he had a concept him and the publishers agreed on.
One of the most interesting things about Adams process is that during his project Home on Lagrange, he created a data bank of frequently drawn elements and characters as well as a bank of colours (Adam refined his colour palette from 100 colours down to 20 which he uses in all his work now). This data bank was on a secondary screen to his drawing screen and he used it for referencing when drawing.
Oli Bentley - Designer @ Split
Oli Bentley from Split is responsible for the These Northern Types exhibition. The exhibition and book is a product of 5 years of thinking about the project and 2 years of curating and making. These Northern Types book is a collection of typographic artworks accompanied by sections of writing by various authors and artists.
It is based on what it is meant to be "from" somewhere. As Oli is Northern he wanted to base the project on what it meant to be from the North and during the project he had to reverse engineer and design an identity for the North and its inhabitants.
What Oli learnt during the project is that Northern identity is a myth.
He also learnt things about himself - that the "grey" is important and he wanted to design around it more. He didn't care if things are technically "design" or not and and he is now less scared of putting himself and his work out there.
Oli Bentley from Split is responsible for the These Northern Types exhibition. The exhibition and book is a product of 5 years of thinking about the project and 2 years of curating and making. These Northern Types book is a collection of typographic artworks accompanied by sections of writing by various authors and artists.
It is based on what it is meant to be "from" somewhere. As Oli is Northern he wanted to base the project on what it meant to be from the North and during the project he had to reverse engineer and design an identity for the North and its inhabitants.
One of the most interesting projects he did as part of the project was trying to brand the North from a fake studio in London. This generated a lot of feedback - mostly negative - by Northerners who couldn't believe that a southern studio would have the audacity to do such a thing.
One of the other most interesting parts of the project was the biggest letterpress in the world. The 'People Powered Press" presses the Graft Typeface - one named so because of all the work that went into laser cutting the letters and fixing the press when it broke during production.
What Oli learnt during the project is that Northern identity is a myth.
He also learnt things about himself - that the "grey" is important and he wanted to design around it more. He didn't care if things are technically "design" or not and and he is now less scared of putting himself and his work out there.
Laura Wellington - co founder of Duke Studios
Laura set up Duke Studios at Sheaf Street to allow creatives to have a space to work and be inspired. She is a self confessed print addict and has over 150 prints in her house alone. She ran out of wall space at her own home so moved some of her prints over to Duke Studios.
The evening was really informative and fun, and it was interesting to see the different types of curation across all the creative practices that were there. My favourite talks were from Adam and Oli. Oli's project was eye opening and showed just how important it is to collaborate with people. It was also his passion project and so much work into creating and curating it, it was amazing to see it all finished and presented beautifully.
Laura set up Duke Studios at Sheaf Street to allow creatives to have a space to work and be inspired. She is a self confessed print addict and has over 150 prints in her house alone. She ran out of wall space at her own home so moved some of her prints over to Duke Studios.
Laura told us some inventive ways to physically curate prints within a space, organising by colour, using bulldog clips, small frames and makeshift shelves - these all save money and look effective. Laura considers her collection to be a journey as she has a lot of prints from people she's met over the years.
The evening was really informative and fun, and it was interesting to see the different types of curation across all the creative practices that were there. My favourite talks were from Adam and Oli. Oli's project was eye opening and showed just how important it is to collaborate with people. It was also his passion project and so much work into creating and curating it, it was amazing to see it all finished and presented beautifully.
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