Thursday, 4 October 2018

OUGD601 - DESIGNER RESEARCH - DR.ME Studio

DR.ME STUDIO:
- DR.ME is a creative studio based in Manchester and the French Riviera, and is made up of two graphic designers/ creatives, Ryan Doyle and Mark Edwards.
- influences include Neasdon Control Centre and Mike Perry, with whom they worked with for 2 months as students.
- one of their first projects together was to produce a record sleeve for Dutch Uncles, an English pop band and their album Cadenza. The design for this album consisted of a hand-cut, contemporary collage, which fed into most of their future projects. Not only did this project develop their own unique style of work, but it also inspired them to create more visuals for music, taking opportunity from local venues and musical friends. DR.ME suggest this for many new graphic designers, as it gives you freedom to experiment and helps to start getting your name out in the industry.

REFERENCE: Studio talk by DR.ME themselves (20 December 2016).
Doyle, R. and Edwards, M. (2016) Studio talk to LAU Graphic Design Level 4, 20 December.

An experimental collage piece based on experimentation with angles and numbers.

- the style of work produced by DR.ME studio is largely collage based. This style and method of producing design could be linked to that of Roman Cieslewicz in that a large proportion of his work was also based on collage (or photomontage), including his cover designs for You and I magazine, one of which I have chosen to analyse within my essay.
- shows how some contemporary design is returning to such handmade techniques/ how aesthetics have changed and evolved (full circle).

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