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Thomas E Morris is a graphic designer, writer and illustrator providing graphic design services for a diverse range of clients with a diverse range of needs. Working with artists, businesses, publishers and charities alike, Tom has worked on all manner of projects from visual identities to websites to album artwork.
I approach my work with a collaborative attitude, acknowledging that every project is individual and deserving of a bespoke outcome. With this in mind I take an ideas-led strategy while always maintaining a conceptual underpinning. I create bright, breezy designs that are elegant in their simplicity and integrity of concept.
I love to collaborate and so many of the projects here were completed with the guidance, collaboration and support of others. You can find out about some of them here and please don't hesitate if you want to get in contact about anything.
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Logo / Identity designed in response to a collaborative workshop at one_dot_zero Cascade. Following the logo, Team If produced a manifesto for future practice.
Designing Dialogue
Publication / Zine
05.2010
Designing Dialogue is a very small project designed to collect and record an email conversation between myself and fellow designer David Gibson. Sharing a common interest in socially engaged design and filled with questions about our practice, we explored our confusions and difficulties of marrying communally minded design ideas with everyday design structures.
If you would like a transcript of this conversation or have questions of your own that you wish to discuss, please email me here.
The book itself was designed entirely with budget in mind and made for practically nothing. I used the office materials that were readily available, as well as B&W laser printing. The ring-binding was an archaic binding method in the university and therefore free to use.
I created this poster to advertise the final year exhibition of the Creative Sound and Music course at the University of Wales, Newport. Various ice-cream sauces were used to create the neon typography which contributed to the experimental design of the poster as was an attitude in-keeping with the ethos of the course itself. Legibility was not the main concern here, rather the poster was designed to cause curiosity at first glance; a method appropriate for standing apart in the visually noisy environment of Universities and campus halls.
http://www.newport.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/Pages/CreativeSoundMusic.aspx
Lansdown Hall & Gallery
Identity & Promotional
08.2010
Previously known as The Space, I came across this community venue while they were in the process of changing owners. With the change came a new name, identity and mission statement.
The diamond-like forms, originating from themes of collectivity, are a part of the identity that is intended to become a tool for visual experimentation, development and progression. These visual tools are flexible enough to allow for integration of the identity alongside all manner of other imagery that will come with events, exhibitions and workshops that the gallery promote.
Relational Aesthetics in Graphic Design
Publication & Design Writing
05.2010
A short essay I completed during my final year of study in Wales. Fueled by my interest in the work of contemporary designers and writers, such as Chris Clarke, A2, Nikolas Bourriaud and others, this small publication is an investigation into the social benefits of design that works with local community — known as Relational or Socially-Engaged Design.
“Increasingly, as graphic design becomes less servile and more assertive, designers are finding themselves with more freedom to begin authoring their own work. From conception to outcome, they have the chance to choose the content of what they communicate and thus, new opportunities for creative development.
Some of them, in reaction to cultural changes, are choosing to engage with their local communities - starting new discussions with design at the forefront, facilitating dialogue. What opportunities does this relational design offer for those who are exploring it? And where is the line between an artist and a designer?”
Unfortunately there are no copies left to purchase but if you are interested in getting a copy, then send me an email here and if I get enough requests then I will produce a new run.
Sarah Leybourn
Artist's Book
05.2009
“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.” Albert Schweitzer
Being is an artist’s book produced by myself and photographer Sarah Leybourn. It features two embossed block prints for the front and back cover, and was printed using xerox to reinforce the prosaic nature of the themes explored. The slip cover was printed on an old Epson fx-870 dot matrix printer adding to it’s office-like feel.
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© Thomas Morris 2012
