Alex G Maclean
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Alex Maclean is Co-Founder and Creative Director of London based design company 'Airside
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He is also an accomplished illustrator and award winning animation director.
Airside and Nippon:
A long standing admiration for Japanese culture began with studying Japanese artists in Art History and teaching Shotokan Karate. In 2011 a decade of fruitful collaboration with Japanese companies led to the establishment of Airside Nippon, under the Creative lead of Henki Leung, the longest serving designer in Airside's staff and with the direction of Hiromi Tsuchiya.
Alex has judged a number of prestigious international design awards in his career including D&AD
, Design Week
and The Scottish Design Awards.
Speaking tours, exhibitions and conferences have taken him all over the world including a British Council tour of Australia and New Zealand , Design Indaba in South Africa. One inspiring visit was to Denmark with talks in various cities, including Lynfabbriken at Aarhus.
Awards and Recognition:
Under Alex's Creative Direction Airside has been recognised 9 times by D&AD and 2 BAFTA nominations. In 2007 Alex was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts .
Academic:
Undergraduate study in Brighton Polytechnic and Florence University, before briefly working in Hong Kong. After which Alex Maclean studied Architecture and Interior Design at the Royal College of Art
, graduating with a thesis project called 'The Virtual Parliament' in response to a Design Council brief. On the success of this project, Alex become the RCA 'Rowntree' Research Fellow in 1996, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation . Between 1996 and 1997 Alex co-founded and became a trustee of UK Citizens Online Democracy
, a charity promoting democracy via the web, a project which involved the three main UK party leaders prior to Blair's election. Alex lectures and gives workshops in many UK universities.
Airside
Airside was founded in 1998 by Alex Maclean, Nat Hunter and Fred Deakin , Airside's unique approach has won many awards including recognition from D&AD, BAFTA and Design Week.Co-founder Fred Deakin is one half of ambient/electronica music duo Lemon Jelly...
'.
He is also an accomplished illustrator and award winning animation director.
Airside and Nippon:
A long standing admiration for Japanese culture began with studying Japanese artists in Art History and teaching Shotokan Karate. In 2011 a decade of fruitful collaboration with Japanese companies led to the establishment of Airside Nippon, under the Creative lead of Henki Leung, the longest serving designer in Airside's staff and with the direction of Hiromi Tsuchiya.
Alex has judged a number of prestigious international design awards in his career including D&AD
D&AD
Design and Art Direction is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising...
, 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...
and The Scottish Design Awards.
Speaking tours, exhibitions and conferences have taken him all over the world including a British Council tour of Australia and New Zealand , Design Indaba in South Africa. One inspiring visit was to Denmark with talks in various cities, including Lynfabbriken at Aarhus.
Awards and Recognition:
Under Alex's Creative Direction Airside has been recognised 9 times by D&AD and 2 BAFTA nominations. In 2007 Alex was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts .
Academic:
Undergraduate study in Brighton Polytechnic and Florence University, before briefly working in Hong Kong. After which Alex Maclean studied Architecture and Interior Design at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, graduating with a thesis project called 'The Virtual Parliament' in response to a Design Council brief. On the success of this project, Alex become the RCA 'Rowntree' Research Fellow in 1996, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation . Between 1996 and 1997 Alex co-founded and became a trustee of UK Citizens Online Democracy
UK Citizens Online Democracy
UK Citizens Online Democracy is a registered charity in England and Wales, number 1076346.At present, UKCOD's main activity is running the mySociety project. mySociety builds websites which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives...
, a charity promoting democracy via the web, a project which involved the three main UK party leaders prior to Blair's election. Alex lectures and gives workshops in many UK universities.