about

Simon Elvins is a graphic designer based in London. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art, he won Creative Review's Creative Futures in the Digital and Interactive category and works with a range of clients such as Whitechapel Gallery, British Council and Goldsmiths University. He has also recently exhibted at Royal Festival Hall, Sketch at Royal Academy and Program in Berlin. Simon is currently a visting lecturer at Middelsex University and is a founding memeber of St.Pierre & Miquelon.

work

Work with other design studios from 2005 to date includes ...
NB for Land Securities, The University of Oxford and The British Heart Foundation
Ben Branagan/Assembly for Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Landmine Action, and Grizedale Arts
It's Nice That for Alice Breed Agency
Marks & Spencer for M&S clothing
Empathise for Vodafone Music
MD for Grafik and...
Airside for LemonJelly.

selected clients

Whitechapel Gallery
www.whitechapelgallery.org

General Public Agency
www.generalpublicagency.com

British Council
www.britishcouncil.org

Goldsmiths University
www.gold.ac.uk

Middlesex University
www.mdx.ac.uk

Creative Review
www.creativereview.co.uk

Royal College of Art
www.rca.ac.uk

Field Grey
www.field-grey.com

Gasworks
www.gasworks.org.uk

Land Mine Action
www.landmineaction.org

Matt's Gallery
www.mattsgallery.org

Manifesto Club
www.manifestoclub.com

exhibitions

The Art of Conversation
Idea Generation, London
Program, Berlin

Earth: Art of a Changing World<
Sketch, Royal Academy

Sound Escapes
Space Studios, London

Phoenix International Book Design
Hangzhou, China*

Publish & Be Damned
A Foundation, London*

DDMC
Royal Festival Hall

Sexymachinery, Super Replica
Permanent Gallery, Brighton*

Departure: New Explorations in Print
London Printworks Trust
Hub National Centre for Craft & Design

Secret
Royal College of Art

Stick*Stamp*Fly
Gasworks*

Connecting Contemporary
DIY Culture

A+D Gallery, Chicago

Noise Festival
Urbis Gallery, Manchester

Creative Review, Creative Futures
Interactive/Digital Media winner

talks, workshops

Middlesex University
Visiting Tutor, BA Fashion Design, Styling & Promotion, 2009-11

Department 21
Collaboration for survival

Round table, Royal College of Art, 30/06/10*

Chelsea College of Art & Design
Lecture, BA Graphic Design, 04/05/10

Glasgow School of Art
Lecture & Workshop, BA Visual Communication, 26/04/10*

Cooperation
What can we achieve together?

Workshop, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, 20/03/10 - 21/03/10*

Brighton University
Lecture, BA Graphic Design & Illustration, 18/02/10*

Copyright, Who Cares?
Round table, Miss B's Salon, London 22/09/09*

Punctuation Programme
Talk, Limoncello Gallery, 29/06/09*

Royal College of Art
Lecture, Presentation Formal, MA Communications, 19/02/08*

publications

Rethinking the Power of Maps
Guilford Publications, May 2010

Diagrams of Architecture
John Wiley & Sons

The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography
Princeton Architectural Press

International Encyclopedia of
Human Geography

Elsevier Press

Handmade 3D
Index Book

Papercraft: Design and Art with Paper
Die Gestalten Verlag

Small Studios
Hesign Publishing*

Graphic Design: This Way
Zidane Press

Mapping London, Making Sense of the City
Black Dog Publishing

Tactile: High Touch Visuals
Die Gestalten Verlag

Future Textile Environments
Haw Hamburg

AD - Patterns of Architecture
John Wiley & Sons


Frieze
Issue 126

The Wire
Issue 308, On Site

Graphic
Issue 10, Self-Publishing Issue

It's Nice That
Issue 1

Grafik
Issue 147, Talent Gallery

Vogue
Apr 07, Craft Work

Creative Review
Dec 06, Creative Futures

Tank
Volume 4 Issue 7, Sheet Music

Icon
Issue 42, London Design Week

Grafik
Issue 146, Talent


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