Biggles.uk.com
Title
Biggles the designer, maker of 3D illustration, graphics and design
Description
Once, when he was seventeen, he walked into college wearing his father's flying jacket, as he took off his motorcycle helmet, someone said "Ah, morning Biggles" and the nickname stuck. So much so, that twentysix years later everyone calls him Biggles. As with so many names, it fits. He is a slightly eccentric English gentleman, going on polymorph.
Originally trained as a graphic designer, he went to the Royal College of Art where "I spent a lot of time playing on the toys in other departments as well as doing graphics". The result was a person of very diverse interests and talents. Biggles developed a working knowledge of graphic and 3-D design, as well as specialist knowledge of Renaissance perspective, photography and interactive design.
He did not want to be pigeon holed, and so became a freelance artist/designer. This indeed has led to a varied career. When working as a creative director with the Swiss ad agency Stolder and Suter, he became involved in product design. This was to become Swatch, then later, he worked on Pop Swatch. He then started teaching one day a week, and still does, at one of Britain's leading art colleges. "I find teaching intensely rewarding, particularly when you build a student up or inspire a great piece of work. It's also a perfect way to give something back to a wonderful profession".
Languages
English
