Adidas Spezial Exhibition

Housing 650 pairs of rare, vintage, dead stock, re-issues and collaboration styles from the personal collections of numerous adidas collectors, the adidas Spezial exhibition, part of Design Manchester 14, is a chance to literally walk through the adidas archives and experience adidas history first-hand. Alongside the collection a very special one-off Spezial will be unveiled.

This trip was very exciting as Adidas originals trainers are something which I have a keen interest in and to see the actual originals of the originals was brilliant. Also the exhibition space is something which I was interested in. I was lucky enough to speak one of the curators at the event and she was very helpful in telling me how the space was selected and how it was curated to show the 800 pairs of trainers. 

She worked for Sparkle Street Creative.

Design Manchester

The event and the host Malcolm Garrett (left). 

Representing Leeds at the event.

Design Manchester was very useful to hear from established designers. Unit Editions, Micheal C Place, Rob Lowe, Ross Phillips, Rejane Dal Bello and Peter Saville. I took something from each of the guest speakers, although I found that Rejane Dal Bello was the most relevant speaker to my own practice. 

rejanedalbello

Senior Graphic Designer & Illustrator Rejane Dal Bello is since 2012 based in London. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, she began her career working for renowned branding & design companies in Brazil.

Her interest in social design is something which I admire from her. The reange she has is something which I understood from her seminar, and her experimentation to find the right outcome is very impressive. The volume of printed work she creates for a single brief is amazing also, nothing is left. She has been hugely successful and work is very simple but effective for the brief. 

Champalimaud – Cancer Symposium

Ag2r La Mondiale – Tour de France

Manchester Print Faire

A collection of business cards which I thought were the most interesting at the faire, I have also narrowed down the most interesting and suitable to my own practice. I also managed to meet some professionals from G F Smith which ere happy yo talk to me about sustainable stock and inks. They also gave me a colour plan and notebook, to shut me up I think. 

Jessie Leoung

After receiving an email from Jessie to help her in promotional material. I phoned her soon after looking at her website to see if I thought it would be worthwhile doing. I phoned to show enthusiasm and that I am interested, the phone call lasted 10 minutes where I asked more about the brief and herself and her work. 

After a 10 minute phone call and a few emails being sent back and forth unfortunately I have not been selected, although I am considering going through with the brief myself. I also know a very good photographer at the end of this and will stay in contact.