PastPresentFuture

Design Manchester

PastPresentFuture brings you recordings from leading designers around the world talking about creative influence, places, practice and ideas.

Graphic designers are asked three questions: firstly, can you remember the first piece of graphic design you saw; when and where was this? Secondly, what are you working on right now, and thirdly, do you have any advice for today’s graphic design students?

PastPresentFuture was conceived and curated by John Rooney, Malcolm Garrett and John Owens — a Design Manchester production.

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82 episodes
Updated Feb 1, 2022

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Jan 4, 2022 · 5 min
(Season Two) Sarah Hardacre
Sarah Hardacre is a visual artist and printmaker living and working in Manchester. Through collage and screen print her works investigate the legacy of Modernist architecture and post-war social housing, viewed through the lens of documentary photography and the public history archive, while questioning the experience of women within the urban built environment, the complex relationship between female bodies, architecture, and space and the construction of sexuality within the man-made world. Sarah is represented by London based gallery Paul Stolper and her works are included in the collections of the British Museum, British Council and private collections including Damien Hirst’s Murderme and Luciano Benneton’s Imago Mundi collections.
Jan 3, 2022 · 4 min
(Season TWO) Alasdair Scott
Pioneering interactive media and emerging digital technologies since 1988. Currently focused on engaging consumers at out-of-home locations via context-aware, mobile-optimised apps, web services, wearables, non-visual user interfaces and Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence predictive assistants. Past personal highlights include web/mobile projects for Boeing, Apple, Universal, Creative Review, D&AD, Contagious, Cannes Lions, Apollo's Children [with Professor Brian Cox] and design/build of web, mobile and on-location media for BT London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Creatively recognised by BAFTA, D&AD, Creative Review, Time Magazine and Campaign. Voted into the Drum's Top 50 most influential players in Mobile. Regularly seen at Podge. Alasdair is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and a fellow at the Royal Institute.
Jan 3, 2022 · 23 min
(Season TWO) Andrew Renton
Andrew Renton is Professor of Curating at Goldsmiths. He is interested in the different languages and registers that might be possible in response to the work of art. As a curator his recent concern has been with the ethical encounter with the object, its physicality and context. He has extensive experience and research in contemporary collecting practices.
Jan 3, 2022 · 1 min
(Season TWO) Roberto Piqueras
Roberta Piqueras is a creative and social educator and is the Spain-based curator of the Sustainable Development: Gender Perspectives in Fashion programme jointly produced by MODA-FAD in Barcelona, Design Manchester and the British Council. Since the age of 21, Roberto has been questioning the foundations of fashion, surviving the mechanisms of the industry made for the masses and creating connections between different continents. In 2015 he left his residence in East-London to return to his hometown, Sabadell, to forgive everything he hated during his childhood and to expand his academic training in social education.
Jan 3, 2022 · 5 min
(Season TWO) Theo Inglis
Theo Inglis is a freelance graphic designer, writer and design historian based in Manchester. Currently he is Acting Senior Designer of Granta magazine and lecturing in Graphic Design at the University of Salford. His debut book Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design was published by Batsford in 2019.
Jan 3, 2022 · 16 min
(Season TWO) Andrew Ibi
Andrew Ibi is a designer, artist and educator. He is currently the programme leader for the BA Fashion: Design & Communication course at Liverpool John Moores Univeristy. Awarded Graduate of the Year at Middlesex University in 1996, starting his career at Joe Casely-Hanford, Ibi went on to head up menswear design for Burlington and Club Monaco, before launching his own labels. In 2008, Ibi launched the concept space, The Convenience Fashion Store, stocking high-end, luxury womenswear including Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh and Maison Margiela. As co-founder of BOLD (The Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency), Ibi works in partnership with the BFC and the IPF on numerous initiatives focused on inclusion and diversity, intent on changing the narrative around Black British fashion and its contribution to British culture.
Jan 3, 2022 · 6 min
(Season TWO) Jo Hogan
Jo Hogan is an Irish graphic artist and designer based in London. She works on a broad range of projects across music, art, fashion and culture. Past commissions include NME, EMI, Urban Outfitters, Toni&Guy, Artrocker and Rough Trade Publishing. Her artworks have been exhibited at Design Manchester, Guinness 5th Gallery, Jealous Gallery, The London and New York Art Fair and in 2020 at ‘Yours Truthfully’ in the virtual world of Lost Horizon. Jo studied Design at DLIADT Dublin and University of Salford. Jo has an MA in Typographic studies from the University of the Arts London. She has also taught studio practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work is described as “dynamic and innovative, with a unique visual aesthetic” (Liz Farrelly, Onehundredat360°: Graphic Design's New Global Generation).
Jan 3, 2022 · 3 min
(Season TWO) Paul Hanley
Paul Hanley was the drummer in the Fall between 1980 and 1985. Since leaving the group he has played and recorded with former Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley and Brix & the Extricated. Hanley's first book Leave The Capital, a treatise on the rise of Manchester's recording industry, was published in 2017. His second, Have a Bleedin Guess, which describes the making of The Fall's Hex Enduction Hour, was published in 2019. In 2021 Paul and his brother and fellow Fall-member Steve began hosting the Fall podcast 'Oh! Brother', interviewing ex-members and fans about their relationship with the group.
Jan 3, 2022 · 16 min
(Season TWO) James Brown
James Brown began his professional life as a staff writer on the NME, he went on to create the mens mass market magazine genre with loaded, he has edited GQ, FFT and others and works now as a writer, broadcaster and adviser to media companies. His music and magazine memoir is out September 22.
Jan 3, 2022 · 8 min
(Season TWO) Yas Banks
A northern-gal emerging into the design industry based in and around Manchester. Founder of Proper Talk, a platform which aims to amplify emerging creatives within the design industry, sharing motivational advice and useful resources to inspire them on their career path.
Dec 20, 2021 · 6 min
(Season TWO) Roy Sharples
Roy Sharples is the founder and CEO of Unknown Origins, a creative design studio on a mission to save the world from unoriginality by unleashing the power of creativity. Providing brand creation, creative strategy, storytelling, and envisioning solutions for artists, businesses, educators, and entrepreneurs. Author of "Creativity Without Frontiers: How to make the invisible visible by lighting the way into the future." Curator of the community-driven storytelling platform that provides everyone access to insights and content from creators worldwide. https://www.unknownorigins.com/
Dec 20, 2021 · 10 min
(Season TWO) Raissa Paradini
Raissa Pardini is an Italian-borned, UK multi-disciplinary designer specialised in Digital Typography, Graphic Design and brand focus. She has been working for many of the most interesting music artists, labels, art and culture projects around the world. She has been curved her design passion between Milan, Berlin, London and finally, Glasgow. Her work have just been added to the V&A permanent collection. She mixes old-school typography and colourful details with a contemporary eye and critique.
Dec 20, 2021 · 14 min
(Season TWO) John Macklin
Studied mechanical engineering at Manchester University (1982-85), then trained in graphic design. An internship at the Manchester studio Johnson/Panas led to meeting Peter Saville in 1991 and a life-changing invitation to work under his direction for Factory and the Haçienda. Later worked independently as a designer for clients including the British Council and Fedrigoni.
Dec 20, 2021 · 1 min
(Season TWO) Lea Linin
Lea Linin is a self-taught illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. She is often inspired by the themes of wandering, solitude and life’s simple pleasures. Working predominantly digitally, she creates meditative and whimsical illustrations for editorial and products
Dec 20, 2021 · 6 min
(Season TWO) Scott King
Scott King is an artist, graphic designer and writer. King worked as art director for i-D magazine, creative director for Sleazenation magazine, and is a contributing editor to Arena Homme+ magazine. From 2013 to 2016, King was Professor of Visual Communication at University of the Arts, London. He has produced graphic design work for the Michael Clark Dance Company; Malcolm McLaren; Pet Shop Boys; Róisín Murphy; John Grant; Saint Etienne; Earl Brutus; Suicide and New Order amongst many others. King’s work has been exhibited internationally, in both commercial galleries and institutions, including Institute of Contemporary Arts, Barbican and Studio Voltaire in London; Museum of Modern Art and White Columns, in New York; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Portikus, Frankfurt; and Kunstverein Munich.
Dec 20, 2021 · 3 min
(Season TWO) Patrick He
Patrick He is a Graphic Designer, UX Designer, Book maker
Dec 20, 2021 · 10 min
(Season TWO) Andrew Forkes
Andrew is a Designer and Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design & Course Director for the London South Bank University Bsc Product Design program. He currently divides his time between Academia and is principal designer for the research and development studio for a German medical device manufacturer. He studied at Central (St Martins) School of Art and Design and graduated from the renowned Industrial Design Engineering course in 1990, Prior to his tenure at LSBU Andrew worked in the design and development industry working on a broad range of product typologies. He has worked for some of the most respected design consultancies such as IDEO London, was a design and development consultant at Concord:Marlin lighting and collaborated with disciplines as broad as DJ’s, ergonomists, teachers, graphic designers, typographers, architects, engineers, ‘marketeers’ and entomologists. Andrew currently collaborates with Susana Soares on the 'Insects au Gratin' project and they have recently presented their project 'The future of Carnism' exhibited online https://climate-2021.com/iwwdn-climate-exhibition/
Dec 20, 2021 · 10 min
(Season TWO) Graeme Crowley
Creative Director @ www.tuimedia.com and practising digital artist, see: www.britaintakeabow.org. My work explores the perceptions and realities of life in Britain, going against the grain of the hyper-charged stereotypes and assumptions that populate the national discourse.
Dec 20, 2021 · 19 min
(Season TWO) Professor Brian Cox
Brian Cox is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially the Wonders of... series and for popular science books, such as Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe.
Dec 20, 2021 · 8 min
(Season TWO) Mat Bancroft
Mat Bancroft is an independent curator, archivist and art director specialising in 20th century pop culture. His curatorial projects include Use Hearing Protection - The Early Years of Factory Records at Science + Industry Museum - Manchester, Use Hearing Protection - Fac 1-50 / 40 at Chelsea Space - London, Patrick Procktor – The Last Romantic at Arts University Bournemouth and True Faith - an exhibition looking at the artistic legacy and influence of Joy Division and New Order for Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester International Festival. His archival work focuses on the stabilising, formalising and valuing of pop culture archives for transfer to institution and preparation for exhibition. Mat has been art director for Johnny Marr since 2012.’