Clients: Port of Tyne / New Writing North Velcrobelly designed and typeset Tyne View; this beautiful 368-page book by Port of Tyne writer in residence Michael Chaplin. Michael and his three companions – artist Birtley Aris, poet Christy Ducker and photographer Charles Bell – set off to…
Client: Tyneside Cinema Tyneside Cinema commissioned Velcrobelly to design this recruitment campaign for their tenure of the British Film Institutes’s Film Academy, a nationwide programme encouraging young people aged 16-19 to pursue a career in filmmaking. The design is a playfully homage to Uncle Sam’s…
Client: New Writing North New Writing North asked Velcrobelly to create this series of illustrations for Cuckoo Young Writers, their programme of literary activities and workshops for young people. The illustrations are irreverent collages depicting historic forms of writing and ‘pulp’ genre-fiction book covers, albeit…
Client: New Writing North New Writing North approached Velcrobelly to create a website design for their Northern Writers’ Awards. The Northern Writers’ Awards support new, emerging and established authors from the north of England to develop their work towards publication and to progress their careers…
Client: Keith Pattison Photographer Keith Pattison asked Velcrobelly to design Songs from the Shipyards; an 128-page book of his beautiful black & white photography which documents shipbuilding communities on Teesside in the 1970s, the death of shipbuilding on Tyneside in the 1980s and those same…
Client: Tyneside Cinema Velcrobelly were commissioned by Tyneside Cinema to design Mariner 9’s exhibition publicity campaign; which consisted of posters, literature, advertising, directional signage and exhibition graphics. Mariner 9 presents a panoramic view of a Martian landscape set hundreds of years into the future, littered…
Client: NewcastleGateshead Initiative Juice Festival invited Velcrobelly to design and illustrate this fantasy-inspired map for Dragon Steps – a do-it-yourself theatre puzzle for young people aged five to ten years old – which took place at six of NewcastleGateshead’s major cultural attractions during Juice Festival…
Client: New Writing North New Writing North commissioned Velcrobelly to design a logo, printed literature and promotional materials for Read Regional. This is an annual campaign which aims to connect local authors from the north of England to local readers via promotions in libraries, bookshops…
Client: Tyneside Cinema Pop-Up Film School is Tyneside Cinema’s filmmaking school where young people can learn all there is to know about camerawork and editing with the expert guidance of a professional filmmaker. Velcrobelly created this hand-made 3D paper model depicting a mash-up of film…
Client: New Writing North New Writing North approached Velcrobelly to create a new logo design and corporate branding. Their branding guidelines and stationery, and a variety of printed brochures. www.newwritingnorth.com
