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John Bateson - 8x8 London

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John Bateson
Principal & Consultant at Bateson Studio

On leaving Liverpool and moving south John worked as a senior designer in the Media Development Group at the start up days of The Open University. After various moves he became being the founding partner and creative director of Roundel.

He helped Roundel develop from a small design group to a high profile consultancy winning over fifty D&AD awards for many transport clients including British Rail, Railfreight, Hong Kong Railways and other clients including Zanders, Boots, DSTL, M&S and Royal Mail.

In 2005 he joined Corporate Edge (renamed Likemind) as creative director and now he is principal/consultant at Bateson Studio.

He's actively involved in education, won the Design Challenge at the International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto, is a fellow of the ISTD and chairman of The Typographic Circle Association.

He's always hoping for the perfect solution, he's not there yet, but keeps trying.

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8 comments posted on "John Bateson - 8x8 London"

RCharter posted 20 Jul 2009
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Well done John, been great meeting yourself and having you tutor us all for the past year. Thanks, great stuff
elseyjames posted 19 Jul 2009
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Pleasure to meet you at Northampton Uni John :)
zed posted 14 Jul 2009
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A wonderful combination of true design and humour. Hadn't laughed so much in a design talk for ages. Refreshing. Left feeling inspired. Great typefaces too.
markwalls posted 10 Jul 2009
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This was my fav on the night! So funny and inspiring.
RJB posted 9 Jul 2009
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An excellent presentation, really struck a chord with the audience. By far the best of the evening.
Groggsy posted 9 Jul 2009
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Delivered with true wit and design flair
Damondo posted 9 Jul 2009
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John is a true design hero.
_LB posted 9 Jul 2009
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I love this guy. I'm glad ILD kept the bit with the matching tie and dress combo in. Classic! I can only aspire to one day be that damn cool.