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GREY MATTER DESIGNS
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Alexander james charles harold
I am a highly creative and motivated individual driven by adventure, challenges and creative work ethic. In recent years I have explored new skills in order to enhance my creative output.
My journey in the creative world has given me experiences in Graphic Design, Website Creation, Jewellery Design and Making, Interior Design/Architecture, Content Creation, Photography, Videography and Hand Drawing/Painting. I believe that my exposure to such a wide range of design industries has enhanced the sparks of intuition and imagination within my mind encouraging free flowing ideas and campaigns.
1999
yarlet School
Art + Design Scholarship
photoshop
2009
Repton School
School's out
Figma
Premiere Pro
InDesign
I haven't used Figma yet for my personal projects but I've helped my best friend (business owner) put together websites on it.
Handrawing
Skiing
Surfing
Still perfecting that front flip
2013
2014
2018
Yeah. No Comment.
Ski Season (Meribel)
Trained + passed BASI 2 to become a qualified ski instructor.
Nottingham Trent University
Interior Design + Architecture
Studied structure, light, ergonomics and how to create a journey within a space.
Learned about the design process in depth and helped set up a jewellery brand whilst studying; Alex&er Jewellery.
Studied photography + videography
I shadowed Chris Priestley in photography and videography.
Worked at RJS Solicitors
Designed their website, branding, photo and video assets (if you can be creative at a solicitors practice, you can be creative anywhere).
Freelance work alongside this for other SME businesses.
2020
Painted my first series
Lockdown was my opportunity: Firstly, to build an infrastructure whereby my work life and social life could operate symbiotically.
Secondly.. to fulfil a dream; to create a full series of art with a view to holding an art exhibition in the future.
Created a roadmap for Alex&er Jewellery to work in conjunction with my freelance work.
2021
Freelance Work
As lockdown started to ease up, I began to receive a lot of work from a variety of companies, my first gig was with NUCO Travel as a photographer.
Over the last 3 Years, I have worked on projects for F1, Graze, Bentley, Lunar Wedgwood, Virginland and SQI.
2022
Alex&er Jewellery
In September, we relaunched Alex&er Jewellery. We had taken a necessary step back to improve processes, create a strong business structure with a team behind the company.
I work on campaign shoots, product design and continue to perfect the brand identity.
2023
Held my first solo art exhibition
'A Divergent Era', Smolensky Gallery, Manchester.
Childhood dream: Completed.
On the night and over the following weeks, I sold 1.2m X 2m acrylic paintings and Giclee prints.
2024
The next challenge...
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