Collaboration Roll

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Collaboration Roll

My name is Francisca Veloso and I’m a designer. I’m interested in investigating how design can work with other subjects and vice-versa. Social innovation, anthropology, maps and collaboration are themes I already worked with. I graduated this summer from London College of Communication, BA Graphic Product Innovation, Now I find myself  in Lisbon, where I’m ...

ABC Book Launch

ABC Book Launch

I went down to the MA Publishing student’s exhibition at The Book Club in East London last Wednesday- ‘Publishing Challenge’ showcased new self-published books and magazines from the students at LCC. The work on display was excellent and the night also coincided with the launch of the ABC Book Project. There were some very interesting ...

ABC Book Project Preview

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ABC Book Project Preview

Here is a preview of some work I have been doing for the ABC book project. 26 Illustrators and Artists are each illustrating a letter of the alphabet and have been asked to write a piece of text to to accompany the image. I was allocated the letter ‘O’. Still a few tweaks to go ...

Lyrics and Type Exhibition

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Lyrics and Type Exhibition

Opening night THIS Thursday 8th April 2010: 6-9pm at East Gallery, 214 Brick Lane, London. Exhibition runs until 21st April 2010. “16 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS VERSUS FAMOUS SONG LYRICS” It’s come around again all you music and type lovers! Welcome to LYRICS AND TYPE: VERSE 2 – another international typographic screenprint exhibition from the creator of ...

BeyondPAR Research Stage

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Yesterday we gathered our first stage of Research for the first of a series collaborative projects. This first one with BeyondPAR entitled ‘Togetherness’ is essentially to get together, lock heads, share ideas and see what happens. After a couple of meetings we’ve decided to look more into Kaleidoscopes and the abstract shapes and patterns they ...

Interview with Skrilla

Skrilla is a Midlands-based Graphic Designer from the UK. He is well known for his atmospheric and striking album artwork as used on the ‘Adulthood’ Soundtrack and he has attracted the attention of many important Producers, Rappers and Emcee’s (Papoose, Million Dan, 10Shott, Joe Budden…his list of clients is endless) over recent years. A big ...

Mexico 2009

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I went to Cancun, Mexico earlier this year to celebrate a mates birthday. It was during Spring Break and just before all the Swine Flu madness hit the news. The week consisted of eating and drinking so much until my poo turned green. Here are a couple of sketches and images from the week. The ...

Cameroon Jigger Flea Poster

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I was asked by George Collins and Tom McLeod from University College London to produce a medical information poster to spread the awareness of how to stop the unpleasant and painful effects of the “Jigger Flea“; a skin parasite found in tropical climates (also known as the ‘Chigoe Flea’ or ‘Sand Flea’). ‘The aim of ...