Professional biography:
Sebastian Campos is a graphic designer working in the cultural field. He received a BA (Hons) from Central Saint Martins in 2000 and an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University in 2007. He co-founded studios Praline (London, 2000) and We Have Photoshop (New York, 2006) and has worked with artists and organisations including: AA Bronson, The Center for Urban Pedagogy, Convolution Journal, DHUB Barcelona, Gareth Long, Graphic Magazine, MIT Press and Studio Camuffo. He has taught at institutions including CAFA (Beijing), Central Saint Martins, the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, and the Oslo National Academy of Art. He joined the BHSAD faculty in 2013 as a Senior Lecturer, and in 2017 was appointed Programme Leader for Graphic Design.
Research / professional practice interests:
● Expanded notions of reading, writing and literacy
● The book as a duration-based form
● Typographies dealing with a multiplicity of languages and/or codes
Qualifications:
2007 MFA Graphic Design, Yale University School of Art
2000 BA (Hons) Graphic Design, First Class Honours, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Writing:
● “THE BOOK (DESIGNER) IN THE EXPANDED FIELD after Rosalind Krauss (and MM Paris) or HOW BOOKS LEARN: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY ARE MADE after Stewart Brand or THE DEATH OF THE PUBLISHER after Roland Barthes or …”. An introductory essay to Arets vakreste Boker 2013
(Norway’s “Most Beautiful Books 2013” catalogue). Oslo (2013) with Maziar Raein
● “Whole Earth Catalog”, Graphic Magazine 6. Amsterdam (2004) with C F Iker
● “Comments (0)”, Graphic Magazine 5. Amsterdam (2004) with C F Iker
● “Accesorize”, Graphic Magazine 2. Amsterdam (2003)
● “Campos’s New Guide to Modern Etiquette and Manners”, Dot Dot Dot 5. Amsterdam (2003)
● Interviews in Graphic Magazine (#1-8, 2003–2005): Textfield; Rebecca & Mike and Ian Anderson (The Designers’ Republic); Bless; Byron Parr; Rick Poynor; Riviera Gallery; Sweden Graphics.
Work & Projects:
● Ensaimadart. Mallorca (2013)
● Graphic 14 “Work & Run: Young Studios”. Seoul (2010)
● DHUB: Celebrate, Collect, Manifest. DHUB, Barcelona (2008
● Area: 100 graphic designers, 10 curators, 10 classics. Phaidon Press, London (2005)
● Lab Magazine (#1-4). London (2000-2003)
● Transmission 02: Utopia. Singapore (2002)
Exhibitions & Talks:
● Klatsch. “Conceptual Poetics Day” at Miss Read, Berlin (2017)
● IT’S GRAPHICS NOW! Words of the Future. Pitti Uomo, Firenze (2012) Curated by Giorgio Camuffo
● Connected Project. Graphic Design Festival, Breda (2010)
● The Free Library. M+R Place to Fill, London (2004) Curated by Mark Owens and Sara de Bondt
● We Are Still Alive. M+R Place to Fill, London (2004)
● Artlab 021. M+R Place to FIll, London (2003)
● Graphics Britain. Magma Books, London (2002)
Curating:
● New Rafael. M+R Place to Fill, London (2004)
● Conversations. Primavera del Disseny, Barcelona (1998)
