Andy Cooke
Design & direction across brand identity, screen and print
I strive to create and build meaningful brand identities that live & breathe across both digital and physical touchpoints; that are rooted in strategy, theory and thinking—that are beautiful, compelling and engaging.
The professional path I’ve travelled to this point in time has been anything but conventional — I didn’t take the traditional branding agency route. Instead, I opted to seek new challenges that have gone on to inform an outlook that’s rich, diverse and different. An optimist at heart, I relish the challenge of invention in a sea of homogeneity.
Key Capabilities
Creative Direction
Art Direction
Identity Design
Design for Screen
Photography
Moving Image
Design for Print
Project Management
Curation
Creative Strategy
Motion Design by Miriam Palopoli. Sound on! 🔊
I've worked on projects for
I've worked on projects with
Independent Designer, 2006–
Erasmus Partners; Designer, 2010–2011
MayNinth; Co-founder & Designer, 2011–2014
RareKind; Project Manager, 2012–2015
Staffs Uni; Associate Lecturer, 2013–17
51–53; Co-founder, 2013–19
Upstairs Gallery; Co-founder & Curator, 2013–19
Weather; Founder & Creative Director, 2015–19
Klay Pizzeria & Bar; Co-founder, 2015–20
EF Education First; Creative Director, 2017–20
I've shown work at
People of Print at Here Gallery (2009), RareKind Manchester at 2022NQ (2012), ArtCrank Manchester at 2022NQ (2013), RareKind London in Soho (2013), Secret 7's at Mother London (2013), Pong Ping at 2022NQ (2014), Dust: Hanley at Upstairs Gallery (2016), Dust: Stoke at ACAVA Spode Works (2016), Dust: Tunstall at Tunstall Baths (2017), Dust: Burslem at The Wedgwood Institute (2017), Dust: Fenton at Fenton Library (2017), Dust: Longton at Longton Town Hall (2017), Letterspace at The Whitworth (2018)
I've spoken and taught at
Graphic Intervention at York St. John University (2012), Advertising & Brand Management at Staffordshire University (2013–17), Beers & Ideas 1 at 2022NQ (2014), Beers & Ideas 2 at 2022NQ (2015), Screen Printing at Present Workshops (2015), Beers & Ideas 3 at Upstairs Gallery (2016), Beers & Ideas 4 at Upstairs Gallery (2016), Then & Now at Staffordshire University (2016), Beers & Ideas 5 at BottleCraft (2017), Connected Futures at Staffordshire University (2017), Connected Futures at Staffordshire University (2018)
I've had work featured in
Grafik Magazine 185: Talent Profile, Typo / graphic Posters, How To Use Type (published by Rockport), Behance: Graphic Design, Behance: Behance.net, Computer Arts Magazine, 64GB: 64 Eminent Creatives from Great Britain (published by viction:ary), Palette 04, Neon: New Fluorescent Graphics (published by viction:ary), FormFiftyFive, WIRED Magazine, Creative Pool, Creative Boom, Creative Review, The Logo Creative, Creative Bloq, UX Collective on Medium, The Anti-Blueprint Project