Date: 08/05/2020Student name: Jen ScottStudent ID number: 1533948

Research task sheet

To complete this research task sheet, you are required to included:

Answers to the inquiry questions of ONE artist / designer 3 quotes from the artist / designer or from a person who has commented on their work 6 images of the artist / designer’s work Minimum three different sources (E.g. Artist websites, videos on YouTube, journal articles, interviews on blogs) Correct APA referencing in bibliography

Inquiry questions (Minimum 3 sentences for each point)

1. What is the name of the artist / designer? Chris Labrooy

2. What is there website or social media handle?

His website is https://www.chrislabrooy.com/And Instagram is @chrislabrooy

3. What is some general information about them? E.g. Where they are based, age, or artistic experience…

Chris Labrooy Is a Scotland based creative who is interested in typography, architecture, product design and visual art.

4. How would you describe their practice?

He does advertising for some big brands and has made a strong name for himself in design industries with has skillful use of graphic design and typography which is what features in most of his posts on Instagram.

5. Using key words, what are some themes that they explore in their work?

Futuristic, graphic, modernism, typographic, sculptural

6. What cultural references or influences does the artist / designer draw from?

I would say most of his influence is from European and American brands that are his clients.

7. How would you describe their approach to color?

Labrooy has a very strong use of ocolour in his work, using bright colours to attract the eye to the main object of the work. The colours in his typography always have some connection to the topic he is speaking about.

8. What mediums / materials are used to create the work?

Mostly photoshop and graphic design, there is lots of 3D art work.

9. What context are the artworks seen and how does it affect how we interpret or value their work? E.g. Gallery, advertisements, or in public spaces…

A large portion of his work is advertisement

10. Why have you chosen this particular artist / designer?

His style of typography is very bold and graphic which is what I am drawn to, I also like the 3D style in which he works.

11. Is the person you have researched an artist or designer and how have you come to this conclusion?

Chris Labrooy says he is an “Artist and Designer” in his Instagram Bio so I would say that’s what he is, Both.

12. What have you learned about their creative processes / practice and how might you apply their ideas to your own work?

I like how he produces modern artworks of old school cars, I hope to bring a combination of past and present into my work. I also like how he uses objects to make work in his typography.

Quotes (Verbatim E.g. word for word)

1. “I always concentrated on the work, that’s the most important thing. Concentrate on your projects, and if it’s good things will happen.” C Labrooy, 10/01/2019, sixtysix mag

2. “I tend to focus on my experiences and my perspective of things. Like with some of the Porsche stuff, all the environments, they are familiar to me, and I’m inspired by them.” C Labrooy, 10/01/2019, sixtysix mag

3. “ The environments are usually memorable places that I am fond of, which act as a familiar reassuring stage for other more subversive elements.” C Labrooy, Lodown magazine

Images (Include title of work, date of creation, and medium)

1. Pringles, 3D Typography, 29/06/2012

2. Quotation experiments, 17/07/2013, typography and graphic design

3. Land Of The Free, Photoshop and Typography, 30/10/2012

Bibliography (Correctly referenced sources using APA.

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1. Chris Force, January 10th 2019, sixtysix mag https://sixtysixmag.com/chris-labrooy/

2. Amber Grunhauser, http://lodownmagazine.com/features/chris-labrooy

3. Chris Labrooy, Pringles galaxy, June 29th 2012, https://www.behance.net/gallery/4139709/Pringles-Galaxy

4. Chris Labrooy, Land of the Free, October 30th 2012, https://www.behance.net/gallery/5710491/Land-of-the-free

5. Chris Labrooy, Quotation Experiments, July 17th2013, https://www.behance.net/gallery/9863095/Quotation-experiments

6. Chris Labrooy biography, https://www.chrislabrooy.com/about-1-1