Wim Crouwel at @The_Lighthouse! Well worth a visit… #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #design #dutch #graphic #poster #gallery #exhibition (at The Lighthouse)
marc cairns
Marc Cairns is an architectural designer, gallerist and project director based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Co-founder and director of Pidgin Perfect, a multi-award winning creative studio established in 2011 which brings together people, clients and place to help build better communities for everyone. Pidgin Perfect uses a unique multi-skilled approach combining research, participation and design (RPD) around the built environment, placing the community at the heart of their projects.
Pidgin Perfect proudly represented Scotland at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale as part of the project ‘Critical Dialogues’, the project also received the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy Medal for Architecture.
In spring 2012 Marc began his role as a director of MANY, an arts organisation and studio provider located in the Merchant City of Glasgow. In this role, Marc also supports the development and programming of The Telfer Gallery, an artist led contemporary art gallery hosted by MANY Studios.
This is a diaristic blog by Marc which documents his working and personal life.
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Wow… I love the Wim Crouwel retrospective at @The_Lighthouse! Such an amazing body of work! #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #design #dutch #exhibition #gallery #graphic #poster #beard (at The Lighthouse)
What to do when waiting on the phone for Girls Aloud tickets for an hour? Hang some new prints in the living room… We’re not letting summer slip away from us! Sunny visuals! #glasgow #scotland #uk #prints #summer #design #graphics #poster #livingroom #interiors (at Battlefield)
Well isn’t this exciting! :) Picking up the books, flyers and stunning posters for @pidginperfect from @GraphicalHouse for #scotlandvenice2012 at the @la_biennale next week! The lovely Judith of @DO_Architecture helping to model the poster! :D #glasgow #scotland #architecture #design #art #graphics #poster #venice #biennale (Taken with Instagram at Graphical House )
True dat… #glasgow #scotland #subway #museum #poster #design (Taken with Instagram at Riverside Museum )
Exciting to see the promo material for the #MerchantCity Festival up! @The_Telfer is a part of the festival, hosting the ‘Exchange’ project! :) #glasgow #scotland #art #design #dance #theatre #performance #poster #festival #orange #subway (Taken with Instagram at Hillhead Subway )
Why does my old architecture school has this massive image of me lecturing in the foyer? #confused #glasgow #architecture #scotland #portrait #poster #sign #why (Taken with Instagram at University of Strathclyde)
4/1/12
Glasgow Beer…
#glasgow #beer #ad #advert #tennants #graphic #poster (Taken with instagram)
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