Brian Webb
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Brian Webb is a graphic designer and director of Webb & Webb Design Limited.
Brian Webb initially trained as a technical illustrator at Liverpool College of Art
but quickly discovered words as well as pictures and moved on to Canterbury with the intention of working in television. Side-tracked again, he became seduced by ink and paper while involved with the college private press
.
He moved to London and in 1971 he founded Trickett & Webb with Lynn Trickett. Projects included corporate, exhibition and packaging design for international clients, winning numerous awards and exhibited around the world including New York Art Directors, Communication Arts USA, Packaging Design Council USA, Museum of Toyama Japan, Red Dot Germany, D&AD
and Design Week
. His work is in many permanent collections including V&A, London and MoMA
, New York.
Brian Webb has lectured, assessed students and courses in the UK and abroad, is Past-President of the Chartered Society of Designers
and committee and jury member of D&AD; Fellow of the University College of the Creative Arts, Visiting Professor University of the Arts London
, Royal Society of the Arts Student Design Bursary judge for 25 years, he has also judged the Prince Philip Designers Prize
.
For the University of the Arts he has curated exhibitions and designed catalogues for Sir Peter Blake’s Sculpture and Commercial Art shows in 2003-4, and for Camberwell press edited and designed Submarine Dream Eric Ravilious
’ wartime lithographs (1996) and A Thousand Years A Thousand Words, a celebration of Royal Mail
Millennium Stamp
project, 2000. He curated the Edward Bawden
and Eric Ravilious Design Centenary exhibition for the Fry Art Gallery
Saffron Walden
and is co-author with Peyton Skipwith and format designer of the Design series of books, featuring the work of artists/designers, including from 2005 Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Paul and John Nash
, Edward McKnight Kauffer
, David Gentleman
, Curwen Press
, Peter Blake
and Lovat Fraser.
Published in 2008 was London Transport Posters, a Century of Art and Design published by Lund Humphries, including ‘The Roller Coaster’ Ride’, the chapter covering 1945 to the present day and in 2010 Think of it as a Poster, for the Fleece Press.
Recent work at Webb & Webb include postage stamps for the Royal Mail, exhibition, posters and book design for Bond Bound: Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design, the exhibition starting at the Fleming Collection Gallery in London 2008 and traveling to the USA, Japan and Dubai and the 10th Anniversary re-design of the Harry Potter
book series for Bloomsbury, 2010.
Brian Webb initially trained as a technical illustrator at Liverpool College of Art
Liverpool College of Art
Liverpool College of Art is located at 68 Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The building is currently owned by Liverpool John Moores University housing its School of Social Science....
but quickly discovered words as well as pictures and moved on to Canterbury with the intention of working in television. Side-tracked again, he became seduced by ink and paper while involved with the college private press
Private press
Private press is a term used in the field of book collecting to describe a printing press operated as an artistic or craft-based endeavor, rather than as a purely commercial venture...
.
He moved to London and in 1971 he founded Trickett & Webb with Lynn Trickett. Projects included corporate, exhibition and packaging design for international clients, winning numerous awards and exhibited around the world including New York Art Directors, Communication Arts USA, Packaging Design Council USA, Museum of Toyama Japan, Red Dot Germany, D&AD
D&AD
Design and Art Direction is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising...
and Design Week
Design Week
Design Week is a UK-based magazine launched in 1986 for the design industry. The publication was first published in October 1986 by Centaur Communications and currently [2011] published by Centaur Media plc...
. His work is in many permanent collections including V&A, London and MoMA
Moma
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, New York.
Brian Webb has lectured, assessed students and courses in the UK and abroad, is Past-President of the Chartered Society of Designers
Chartered Society of Designers
The Chartered Society of Designers , headquartered in London, England, is the professional body for designers. It is the world's only Royal chartered body of professional designers...
and committee and jury member of D&AD; Fellow of the University College of the Creative Arts, Visiting Professor University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London
The University of the Arts London, formerly known as the London Institute, is a collegiate university comprising six internationally recognised art, design, fashion and media colleges in London, England...
, Royal Society of the Arts Student Design Bursary judge for 25 years, he has also judged the Prince Philip Designers Prize
Prince Philip Designers Prize
The Prince Philip Designers Prize is an annual design recognition given by the Design Council and awarded by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh who also chairs the judging panel. It is the longest running design award in the United Kingdom, having been started in 1959 as the Prize for Elegant Design...
.
For the University of the Arts he has curated exhibitions and designed catalogues for Sir Peter Blake’s Sculpture and Commercial Art shows in 2003-4, and for Camberwell press edited and designed Submarine Dream Eric Ravilious
Eric Ravilious
Eric William Ravilious was an English painter, designer, book illustrator and wood engraver.-Career:Ravilious studied at Eastbourne School of Art, and at the Royal College of Art, where he studied under Paul Nash and became close friends with Edward Bawden.He began his working life as a muralist,...
’ wartime lithographs (1996) and A Thousand Years A Thousand Words, a celebration of Royal Mail
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
Millennium Stamp
Millennium Stamp
A Millennium stamp is a postage stamp issued by a postal administration commemorating a millennium associated with that country's history but several countries issued stamps for the beginning of the 3rd millennium in same cases depicting some of their country's achievements over the preceding...
project, 2000. He curated the Edward Bawden
Edward Bawden
Edward Bawden, CBE, RA was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture...
and Eric Ravilious Design Centenary exhibition for the Fry Art Gallery
Fry Art Gallery
The Fry Art Gallery is an art gallery located in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. In its present form the gallery was established in 1985 and it is managed by the Fry Art Gallery Society...
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
and is co-author with Peyton Skipwith and format designer of the Design series of books, featuring the work of artists/designers, including from 2005 Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Paul and John Nash
Nash brothers
The Nash brothers were two British artists, Paul Nash and John Nash . Both were noted war artists....
, Edward McKnight Kauffer
Edward McKnight Kauffer
Edward McKnight Kauffer was an influential American-born artist noted for his avant garde graphic design and poster art, especially in England....
, David Gentleman
David Gentleman
David Gentleman is an English artist-designer. He studied illustration at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash. He has worked in various media - watercolour, lithography, wood engraving - and at scales ranging from the platform-length murals for Charing Cross underground...
, Curwen Press
Curwen Press
The Curwen Press was founded by the Reverend John Curwen in 1863 to publish sheet music for the "tonic sol-fa" system. The Press was based in Plaistow, Newham, east London, England, where Curwen was a pastor from 1844...
, Peter Blake
Peter Blake (artist)
Sir Peter Thomas Blake, KBE, CBE, RDI, RA is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He lives in Chiswick, London, UK.-Career:...
and Lovat Fraser.
Published in 2008 was London Transport Posters, a Century of Art and Design published by Lund Humphries, including ‘The Roller Coaster’ Ride’, the chapter covering 1945 to the present day and in 2010 Think of it as a Poster, for the Fleece Press.
Recent work at Webb & Webb include postage stamps for the Royal Mail, exhibition, posters and book design for Bond Bound: Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design, the exhibition starting at the Fleming Collection Gallery in London 2008 and traveling to the USA, Japan and Dubai and the 10th Anniversary re-design of the Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
book series for Bloomsbury, 2010.