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.

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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.