PHIL
BURWOOD
YASALAM 2011 2D COMPETITOR
About
Artist Statement
Originally from Liverpool but now calling Dubai home, I'm a jack-of-all-trades designer, turning my hand to everything from graphic design to illustration, photographic art direction to toy design. Over the last nine years, Ive been lucky enough to work with some great clients including Nike, Kidrobot, Dave White, Sony, Shop Direct, Brand Jordan and Wolff Olins/Aol.
Things I like:
Vintage Motel signage. LUFC. Terry Richardson. Pantone 2597. Tony Yeboah. Ginger beer. Simplicity. Films. Organic coffee. Music. Eddie Oparah. Gigs. Travel. Tequilla. Trailer Park Boys. The idea of going to the gym. Xbox. Happy clients. Graffiti. Big cities. Reading. Twiglets. Cycling. Cats. Liverpool. Cooking. Saul Bass. Family Guy. Colour. Packaging. Shepard Fairey. Soundcloud. Fleetwood Mac. Doodling. Xmas in NYC. Ambition. Photography. Beaches. Tinker Hatfield. Planes. Nike. Norman Foster. Daft Punk. A-10 Thunderbolt. Typography. Blek Le Rat. Crosby sunsets. Kidrobot. Structure. A good grid system. Star Wars. MoMA. Dogs. Architecture. 14. Wildlife documentaries.
Things I dislike:
Airports. Red. Needles. Wet weather. Early morning phone calls. Arrogance. Red Hot Chilli Peppers. SPAM. Instant coffee. Racism. Madonna. Empty promises. Queueing. Baggage carrousels. Fakers. Middle-east summers. 'ASAP'. Reality TV. Chasing invoices. Blue ink pens. Creative block. Coasting. George Lucas. Elitism. Hospitals. Dubai taxi drivers. Customer services. Spiders
Online
website: www.philipbang.com
Professional
Freelance Designer
Tournament Work - Final Round