Alexandra Bucktin - Mail Shot Portfolio

07753422983 a.bucktin@googlemail.com alexandrabucktin.com

ALEXANDRA BUCKTIN

Hello.

I’m a print based graphic designer.

My design practice explores printed formats from layout and identity, to packaging and publishing. I create design that is simple and effective, with the audience and outcome in mind. Tea, cake and an ambition for perfection get me through the day.

Puffin Design 2010 Cover deisgn for this classic novel for a new generation of readers. Focusing on strong imagery and the excentricity within the story, using limited colours to make the design really pop.

Selected by Gavin Ambrose for ‘Approach and Language’ published by AVA, November 2010

Postcards from the ‘Edge’ A typographic response using quotes from the Alice in Wonderland stories. One of five postcard designs.

Selected by Gavin Ambrose for ‘Approach and Language’ published by AVA, November 2010

Boudoir By Topshop Identity design for a new Topshop lingerie and nightwear range. Using feminine colours and decorative design elements to create a strong but stylish and chic overall design. A soft and elegant approach to the identity.

Value Packaging A re-design of the packaging for Morrisons supermarket Value range. Focusing on creating and engaging design that used the brand colours and creates a strong ‘budget’ personality.

Leeds City Council Layout project for The Public Arts Framework for Leeds City Council. Using images from a council initiated project to create a layout that showed these and the information to its best.

Selected design, going to print in July 2010.

Brand New Talent Design response for the Leeds College of Art End of Year Show publicity material for 2010. The concept focuses around the idea of graduates moving on and providing the creative industries with new talent.

Selected as the publicity concept and design for the 2010 End of Year Show.

Personal Details 20th February 1988 80 Ox Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4PW 07753422983 01582 621131 a.bucktin@gmail.com alexandrabucktin.com Full UK Drivers License [2006]

Qualifications BA [Hons] Graphic Design Leeds College of Art [2007-10] Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - Merit Chelsea College of Art & Design [2006-7] A Levels - A, A, B Roundwood Park School, Harpenden [1999-2006]

Reference Fred Bates Course Leader, Graphic Design, Leeds College of Art fred.bates@leeds-art.ac.uk 0113 202 8000

Simple • Effective • Print