Alun Cocks

Alun Cocks co founded Dust in 2000, based in Sheffield, Dust produces design in Advertising, Branding, Exhibit design, Illustration, Photography and Typography, working with high profile clients such as Manchester United, Vodafone, Orange and Penguin. Starting his passion for design at Stockport College, he went on to Leeds Met where he completed a degree in Graphic Arts. His talk at Stockport College was interesting and he gave a good insight on breaking into a Graphic Design job. He spoke about co founding his Design company Dust and how previous inspirations including a brief he completed at Stockport college have influenced his designs in the future.

The design he worked on for Manchester United was influenced by a mark making project he did at Stockport and when looking at the design you can see the influences and how he has incorporated these ideas into a design for a client, which is interesting how the simplest of ideas can be produced into something great.







I especially liked the book and cover design which was produced for the Photographer Duncan Higgins, the design perfectly suits the title (Unload) and atmosphere the book is aiming to create from the images displayed by the photographer. Rather than using heavy imagery, Dust have used texture, materials and simplicity to create the design.







The talk was interesting and it was inspiring to listen to a designer who began his career at the same level and who now has a design agency.