Studio Christmas Event 2012 | www.joinourstudio.com

Studio Christmas Event 2012 | www.joinourstudio.com

13th December 2012 | 6.30 to 10pm

RSVP: Helen Misselbrook on helenm@joinourstudio.com

On Thursday 13th December we invite you to join us to celebrate 6 months of Studio.

We’d like to say thank you to our Studio Members and introduce our venture to new architectural firms over a festive drink on us. DJ’s will provide the music and some of our Members will be exhibiting work to showcase the talent we have in the Studio today.

“Studio is an online community from the architectural profession seeking work, inspiration and talent to employ.

We create employment connections… and we do this for free! No advertising costs, no commission, no fees. All we ask is that the money saved is paid to our Studio Members… No unpaid internships!

Employers can search our online pool of talent for free and instantly find talent to employ using our search criteria specific to the architectural industry. Studio Members can create and maintain a fully editable online CV & Portfolio to showcase their skills to their peers and Employers.”

Port of Entry is the perfect venue to raise a toast to an exciting upcoming year… both ventures offer studio spaces (physical and virtual) which provide a platform for aspiring young creatives.

port-of-entry opening night

Paul Layzell at the opening night

Filmed and edited by F-Point. The illustration captures the events of the night in drawing. Paul drew from the people he saw and the conversations he heard.

Today BAMM will be occupying port-of-entry as a space for market research from 13:00-23:00

Today BAMM will be occupying port-of-entry as a space for market research from 13:00-23:00

BAMM is a visual research Agency. They formed in 2007 with two clear objectives: deliver ethnographic and qualitative research grounded in reality, and present the findings in a fresh, transparent and inspiring way.

for more information: click here

WHY own it AFTER WORK London #01

Hello! WHY own it are holding an event in port-of-entry on the 29th:

WHY own it AFTER WORK London #01

“The best things in life aren’t things” therefore we would like to invite you to an after work event in London.

WHY own it is an iPhone App that enables you to borrow products from your friends.

WHY own it users will be able to redeem their credits in beer. Each 20 credits is worth one beer. You receive credits for uploading your products and inviting friends to WHY own it.

The event will begin at 7pm on Thursday (29th of November) and takes place at port-of-entry/Cafe El Paso (350-354 Old Street, EC1V 9NQ London).

We are looking forward to a great event.

In case you haven’t downloaded WHY own it yet, just click here: http://whyown.it/appstore

Feel free to invite your friends:https://www.facebook.com/events/120948558063588/?fref=ts

port-of-entry Opening Night

The opening night of port-of-entry was a massive success with a series of industry professionals, designers and up and coming graduates in attendance. Workshops were there for people to get involved in and there was a great feel and buzz about the night. Please see some photographs of the night. 

Christopher Hall talking with David Speed from Graffiti Life, who painted the mural in the stairwell

Paul Layzell painting a mural showcasing the events of the night.

Ziya Mustafa explaining the concept to an up and coming fashion brand No.44

Lior Smith's superhero workshop

Christopher Richard Hall saying thank you closing the night

Dave King: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Dave King has joined the mentor initiative:

Dave is an architect/teacher & local resident. His career spans right back to involvement with the design of the national theatre and other high profile projects in the ’60’s & ’70’s moving on to teach design at the liverpool school of architecture. Joint founder of King Mcallister (KM) followed by ShedKM in ’97, he now stands in as a design ‘guru’ at Ravensbourne College whilst continuing to represent ShedKM in the capital. Dave’s views on design tend to follow the dictums of minimalist art – he’s an admirer of the works of Donald Judd, Piet Mondrian, Yves Klein et al, and seeks to promote the idea that consistency of brand imagery backed by historical context can provide a philosophical backdrop to an architect’s oeuvre and status. In pursuit of this a current study tackles how a successful ‘out of town’ studio like ShedKM can impact on a diverse and eclectic design scene by using a deliberately limited colour and geometry pallette. Dave has written and published in the UK and european architectural press and has been a competition organiser and judge for the RIBA.

http://www.shedkm.co.uk/

The Graffiti Life Company Mural

Come and see the beautiful mural painted by The Graffiti Life Company as an entrance to the space.

New Residency: No. 44

No. 44 is a new fashion experiment that will be starting a residency at port-of-entry, founded by Katrin Salem and Sam Rook, No. 44 is a Modern British heritage brand, with a twist on the classical style and dress. Strong tailoring influence alongside a ready to wear range, with street style panache.

Lizzie Mary Cullen: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Lizzie Mary Cullen has joined the mentor initiative:

Lizzie Mary Cullen is an award winning creative person based in London.

After graduating from Goldsmiths in 2008 Lizzie has exhibited internationally in London, New York and PAris and has been profiled in The Independent, BBC London and WIRED.

Her work is rooted in psychogeography and mapping urban landscaped. In 2011 she was names one of the Hot 50 people making a difference in design by Design Week magazine.

Her clients include Zizzi, MTV, Harvey Nichols, HTC, first direct, Somerset House and The Guardian.

Lizzie also specialises in social media drawing projects via Twitter and Facebook. Her clients include first direct and Bluehive. Her social media projects have been sponsored by TFL and featured on BBC London.

Lizzie enjoys slides of cats in hats, playing strip Mario Karts, adding to her denture collection and cleaning her Rapidograph pens

This year, Lizzie won the Gold Design Award at Images 36: Best of British Illustration

http://www.lizziemarycullen.com/

The Graffiti Life Company: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce The Graffiti Life Company have joined the mentor initative:

The Graffiti Life collective are multi-disciplined fine artists, tattooists, graphic and interior designers who also happen to be some of the UK’s most well known and respected street artists, graffiti writers and urban visionaries.

The team has been able to turn their passion into their career and along the way promote graffiti as a positive art form. Many of Graffiti Life’s artists started their career on the streets, painting walls across the world and learning their craft. Over the years the team has focused their talents into creating a credible, sustainable, enterprise that works as a platform for urban artists.

James Leitch: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce James Leitch has joined the mentor initative: 

James is a designer, deep thinker and creator. He graduated from Ravensbourne with a BA(Hons) in Product Design and currently works as a SolidWorks Lecturer at Barking and Dagenham College.

Robert Goulder: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Robert Goulder has joined the mentor initative: 


Robert J. Goulder is a rare talent in the interiors f

ield. He is both a talented designer and an excellent technical detail specialist. A top graduate of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in 2006, Rob excelled as both a designer and image maker, resulting in his being included as the only student from Ravensbourne in “ATMOSPHERE – the Shape of Things to Come” from Frame Publishers, Amsterdam.

Rob has continued to excel as a professional with over four years experience at Gensler’s London office as a designer, technical leader and graphic model maker. His ability to be an “all rounder” allows for him to get involved an all aspects of the design process. At WheelerKanik lead the design development and construction documentation for key clients from London to Moscow.

Having worked on major projects in the City of London, including Reed Smith, Fidelity Investments, and JP Morgan’s new London Headquarters. Rob has established a formidable design and technical knowledge base. He brings an innate desire to learn and grow to all his activities.

http://www.wheelerkanik.com/

Thomas Hickman: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Tom Hickman has joined the mentor initative: 

Tom is the Founder of The Bridge: a team of entrepreneurs

, leading business school faculty and high performance professionals from the military and sport providing an enterprise and leadership development programme for young people. He is an entrepreneur and consultant with successful track record in building online and offline businesses both in his own ventures and with partners and clients. Tom enjoys creating win-win relationships with business owners, start-ups and social enterprises.

Tom coaches and mentors recent graduates in finding jobs and careers they love.

http://bridge21c.com/

Mikko Martikainen: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Mikko Martikainen has joined the mentor initative: 

 

Mikko began his career as a graphic designer and pr

ogrammer in his native Finland and eventually found the combination of the two in 3d animation and visualisation. Mikko has worked in several leading post production companies around the world and held creative managerial roles in many of them. He’s currently running Sayduck (www.sayduck.com), a startup providing a new and exciting way for people to visualise and experience products with the use of Augmented Reality. As the CEO of Sayduck, Mikko is responsible for overseeing the direction of the company from development to sales and occasionally even doing the dishes!

Adam Esposito: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Adam Esposito has joined the mentor initative:

 Adam classes himself as a creatively confused architect wanting to help the masses by talking to the individuals who push the boundaries. He has a wealth of experience working with Gensler, Desitecture and previously Household. Adam also teaches at Ravensbourne helping to support the Interior Design Environment Architecture and Architecture courses.

Paul Layzell: Live instillation

Paul Layzell is a Graduate of the University of Brighton's Illustration BA/Hons course in 2011. He is currently based in London. During the opening event Paul will be illustrating conversations and people throughout the night, providing an alternate way of documenting the opening of port-of-entry. For more information please go to: http://www.paul-layzell.com/

'Most Days' Mazes from Paul Layzell on Vimeo.

Opening night workshop: Thomas Marriott

Thomas is a London based designer who's conceptual projects explore and question the way we understand and operate in a world in a state of technological flux.

His workshop, micro-rituals uses contemporary recording devices as a mirror to our everyday. This explores how a designers' use of film can be a tool within the design process and a means of ideation.

Please come and take part in his workshop

ww.thomasmarriott.co.uk

thomas.marriott@gmail.com

Thomas Marriott: Micro-rituals from Goldsmiths Design on Vimeo.

Robin Panrucker: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Robin Panrucker has joined the mentor initative:

Robin works as the Talent Co-ordinator for Gensler & Associates for the EMEA region. Robin’s main responsibility is to develop the Talent in the region by means of formal and informal training, whether that is organically within the office , or by using external trainers.  Robin works closely with various Universities and Design Schools across the UK as part of the Academic Outreach programme and also works with local schools to bring in school children for work experience placements. A big part of Robin’s job is Intern Recruitment and Development as he looks for emerging talent across all disciplines and bring them on board to take design forward within the Company..

Robin graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a BA Honours in Contemporary Arts and has had a variety of jobs in the entertainment industry including : Theatre work, Box Office work and a short stint at a Celebrity booking agency for PR events. Before his move into the world or Architecture and Design, Robin worked for a Theatrical Production company. During his time within the industry, Robin has worked for many design firms such as Foster + Partners, Nokia Design, Hawkins/Brown and Make Architects before joining Gensler back in 2010.

port-of-entry stairwell mural

Once again a  massive thank you to the guys at The Graffiti Life Company for helping out tonight with a mural in our stairwell. Here are some half asleep snaps taken whilst the mural was being done. The piece is now finished so pop by and have a look.

Check out their work here

Graffiti Life

A massive thank you to the guys at The Graffiti Life Company for helping out tonight with a mural in our stairwell. It's going to be a long night but we are excited to see the outcome!

Check out their work here

Will Pearson: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Will Pearson has joined the mentor initative:

Will is currently Director of Technology at Ravensbourne, a university sector institution in North Greenwich specialising in digital design. He is also Artist in Residence in sonic arts at UCD in Dublin.
Will is an interaction designer, researcher, developer, strategist and leader within the cultural and creative industries. His background has included being the owner/creator of a small mobile content development company, specialising in inclusively designed, art-led and interactive content for mobile phones. Will has a long background working both in education and in project management for large arts/science/technology projects. Previously, he has spent time lecturing on technology and visual impairment at UK universities, supporting students around the UK to gain primary access to the curriculum and advising non-governmental organisations and working in a development context, such as time spent advising the Ministry of Education in Ghana. Will has expertise in project management, business development and sustainability in the arts, use of digital and online media. He works with small arts organisations on project management and leadership, and also in the gaming sector, through project managing with Pixel Lab and Mudlark.

Nick Bednarz: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Nick Bednarz has joined the mentor initative:

Nick graduated with a BA in Multimedia Design and jumped straight into the digital design industry working with the ustwo™ studio, London. A new position was created for Nick as Quality Assurance. ustwo™ is a digital design studio that delivers pioneering user experiences as digital partner to the world’s leading brands including Sony, Sony Ericsson, Intel, H&M, BBC, Turner and J.P.Morgan. They are known to be boldly independent, serving their global client base from their studios in London, Malmö and New York. ustwo™ also specialise in developing games and applications, including the game Whale Trail which has now sold over 1 million copies.

Alex Brownless: port-of-entry mentor

port-of-entry,are bringing influential industry members into the studio to work with and support creatives. We are honoured to announce Alex Brownless has joined the mentor initative:

Alex is the co-founder of Arts Thread & Director of the Society of British Interior Design. Arts Thread is the world’s only new creative’s network, over the last 3 years Arts Thread has helped hundreds of creative graduates gain employment worldwide. There are approximately 100 institutions promoting 15,000 creative graduates from over 20 countries on the Arts Thread digital platform. Alex graduated with a BA Honours in Textile Design in the early 90’s and has a rather diverse career, designing for such companies as M&S, Banana Republic, Gap etc. He represented factories in China, India, Sri Lanka & Turkey and supplied many UK retailers & brands, he headed up the streetwear brand NASA, was the E- Business Manager of the International online trend website WGSN and headed up fashion/textiles at the world’s largest creative recruitment consultancy Aquent.

workshops on the opening night: Lior Smith

On the 1st, whilst the opening of port-of-entry happens there will be a series of workshops for the attendants to get involved with. port-of-entry supports young artists and designers gain themselves more hands on research and what better way than to start this off on the opening night. Here we showcase one of these:

What are your superpowers? Drop in for a 30 minute activity where you can make your very own superhero badge based on your well-being superpowers. Everyone has strengths that contribute to the deep, meaning-of-life kind of happiness that some people call well-being. Identify your strengths and recognise that they are your special powers! Using your superpowers will make you happier. Making and wearing the badge will remind you to use them.

During the workshop, you will be guided in identifying one of your strengths and designing a logo based on it. Then you can make the logo come to life as a crafted badge.

Lior Smith is a recent design graduate from Goldsmiths. During her time there, she tried to maximise her well-being by making herself be super-giving to others. To do this, she created a superhero identity, ‘The Optimist’, and went around campus in a yellow cape, tiara and cuffs like Wonder Woman for a couple of months. Being giving genuinely improved her well-being. What strength can you maximise to improve your well-being?

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