City edition studio create mainly print based work for galleries and art and culture events around Bristol which is an area of design that I am interested in.
Jono runs the studio from one room in Spike Island that used to be the ladies toilets, and so it was a very small studio. However he managed to fit a lot into the studio including his own Riso printer!
It was great to see a designer that is using different printing techniques, and when he couldn't find a decent Riso printers around Bristol, he took the initiative to buy his own and so is the only studio in Bristol that can do this type of printing in house.
Jono also creates a lot of artist books which is really exciting for me as this is a huge passion for me within design.
I learnt a lot from this visit, including that although the studio space is lovely, I don't think that I could work by myself in such a small studio and I would like at least one other person to talk about designs and ideas with. Jono also told me that the secret to getting design jobs is putting your name on everything that you design and this should be written into contracts so that any work that goes out into the really world can be traced back to you.
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