Mike Dempsey
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Mike Dempsey trained in calligraphy and typography and has been a practising graphic designer since 1964. From the late sixties
he worked as an art director for two leading British publishing houses, William Heinemann and William Collins & Sons. In 1979 he
founded the London based design consultancy Carroll & Dempsey which later became CDT Design Limited. Over the past four decades
he has created everything from stamps for the Royal Mail
, feature film title sequences for Ridley Scott, Louis Malle, Dennis Potter,
David Hare and Bruce Beresford, the brand identity for English National Opera
, and South Bank Centre
to the resigning of the
Royal National Theatre
and the Royal Opera House
. His personal work has earned him many awards including 10 silver and the coveted gold award from British Design & Art Direction (D&AD). He has acted as Design Advisor to the Department of Culture Media & Sport, He is a prolific stamp designer and was appointed consultant art director by Royal Mail
to create the two year Millennium stamp programme during 1999 to 2001 and was the Art Director of the Royal Society of Arts Journal from 1997 to 2002 and is a past President of Design & Art Direction (D&AD). He is a regular feature writer for Design Week
and has written for Creative Review
, Blueprint
, The Times
, Grafik, V&A magazine and many other publications on design and related issues. [RDInsights]RDIinsights in a monthly recorded series, devised and presented by Dempsey, featuring interviews with world class designers, across all disciplines. He was made a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in 1994 and was elected a member of Alliance Graphic International in 1998. He was Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry
from 2005 to 2007 and is currently the external design advisor to the Design Council
.
In 2007 he left CDT Design and founded Studio Dempsey http://www.studiodempsey.co.uk.
he worked as an art director for two leading British publishing houses, William Heinemann and William Collins & Sons. In 1979 he
founded the London based design consultancy Carroll & Dempsey which later became CDT Design Limited. Over the past four decades
he has created everything from stamps for the 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...
, feature film title sequences for Ridley Scott, Louis Malle, Dennis Potter,
David Hare and Bruce Beresford, the brand identity for English National Opera
English National Opera
English National Opera is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden...
, and South Bank Centre
South Bank Centre
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, UK, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings , and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than three million visitors annually...
to the resigning of the
Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
and the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
. His personal work has earned him many awards including 10 silver and the coveted gold award from British Design & Art Direction (D&AD). He has acted as Design Advisor to the Department of Culture Media & Sport, He is a prolific stamp designer and was appointed consultant art director by 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...
to create the two year Millennium stamp programme during 1999 to 2001 and was the Art Director of the Royal Society of Arts Journal from 1997 to 2002 and is a past President of Design & Art Direction (D&AD). He is a regular feature writer for 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 has written for Creative Review
Creative Review
Creative Review is a monthly magazine targeted on the commercial arts and design scene. Creative Review has a circulation of around 20,000 readers. In general it focuses content on media originating in United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, showcasing some of the best contemporary...
, Blueprint
Blueprint
A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan....
, The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, Grafik, V&A magazine and many other publications on design and related issues. [RDInsights]RDIinsights in a monthly recorded series, devised and presented by Dempsey, featuring interviews with world class designers, across all disciplines. He was made a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in 1994 and was elected a member of Alliance Graphic International in 1998. He was Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry
Royal Designers for Industry
Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers. It is awarded to people who have achieved "sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for...
from 2005 to 2007 and is currently the external design advisor to the Design Council
Design Council
The Design Council is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as a charity.Registered charity number 272099.- In the beginning :The Design Council started in 1944 as the Council of Industrial Design...
.
In 2007 he left CDT Design and founded Studio Dempsey http://www.studiodempsey.co.uk.
Sources
- The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry
- The Royal Society of Arts
- RDInsights
- DesignWeek HotFifty
- WhoisWho
- Debrett's People of Today
- D&AD
- Design Council
External links
- Fontana Modern Masters Dempsey's time as Art Director of Fontana Books in 1974-79.