Barrie Tullett

Barrie Tullett came and gave us a talk and a workshop today about his design career. He works at Lincoln Art College and is part of a design team called 'The Caseroom Press' where they use a lot of traditional printing methods such as letter press and wood block printing. His work has also been featured in publications such as Creative Review and EYE Magazine.

When Barry gave us a talk I was surprised about how negative he was being about himself and his work, only in a jockey way but most of the designers we talk to are very confident and believe solely in their work. But Barrie seemed very normal which was great when we were talking in the workshops. 

He talked about what he does and where he works and those sorts of things but it wasn't until the workshop in the afternoon that we really started to see what he was talking about.

He showed us some examples of the work he and his team do and it was like nothing we have been shown my a professional designer before. I was really inspired to see a designer who was using these printing techniques and hand binding and self printed publications. Really showed me that actually a Graphic Designer doesn't have to spend hours preparing for print and leaves it at that but i could produce my own work fully and make a living out of it. 

I needed this reassurance as I had stopped using these methods as i though i will never be able to use them in industry, and chances are i probably wont but its nice to know that its not all that graphic design is about.