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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 12, 2021 · 11 min

    (Season ONE) Tash Willcocks

    It’s been more than 20 years since Tash Willcocks dipped her toe into the creative and design industry. In that time she’s been an album creative for Elbow, designed skateboards with Linder Sterling, and was MA Communication Design Programme Leader at Salford University. Since 2013 she led design programmes at Hyper Island, helping students worldwide to discover new skills in digital management and digital experience design, becoming Director of Masters Europe in 2017. In 2020 was made the the first Honorary Fellow, as she left Hyper Island to form Snook “a design studio built to make the world more human”. PastPresentFuture was devised with a simple premise: contributing designers were asked three questions. First, can you remember the first piece of graphic design you saw, when and where was this? Second, what are you working on right now, and third, do you have any advice for today’s graphic design students?

  • Jan 11, 2021 · 19 min

    (Season ONE) Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson is known worldwide for his original and influential designs. He continues to run The Designers Republic in Sheffield. When not writing or teaching he is also creative director (comms) of EXD in Lisbon and Sheffield’s International Documentary Festival. When the moon is full, he DJs as Pho-Ku Polluted Rockers. PastPresentFuture was devised with a simple premise: contributing designers were asked three questions. First, can you remember the first piece of graphic design you saw, when and where was this? Second, what are you working on right now, and third, do you have any advice for today’s graphic design students?