Ash Spurr is a Designer based in the North of England.
He has worked with a broad range of clients including Coca-Cola, Cream, Gatecrasher, NHS and LJMU. Alongside this work Ash continues to create experimental work helping to facilitate
commercial projects.
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MTV® Virus
This project was D&AD initiated and asked that MTV be represented as a virus. It was approached with a print
solution in mind knowing that the majority would go for a screen based solution.

A series of box packaged posters promoting the different channels by hijacking the safety net medicine packaging gives off was produced. The boxes were intended to be placed in shops, bars, cinemas, etc.
Re-Gen08
The Fine Art catalogue for Liverpool John Moores University needed to show off students work in the best way whilst also being an easily adaptable layout due to students changing projects featured at the last minute.

We organised photography, content and production.
The catalogue was a great success on the launch night.
This was a collaboration with Ann Hughes & Matt Keers.
Shiva Records*
Shiva Records needed re-branding, they wanted something that could be iconic, easily applicable, and something that represented them without being intrusive. The 'S' shaped lightening through the eye became an obvious choice in representing Shiva; the god of destruction.
OCD
OCD was a personal project in trying to understand and visually interpret Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The A3 sized book features every distinguishable item I owned in my bedroom, and the categorisation someone with OCD would perhaps go through.
Gatecrasher Birmingham*
Gatecrasher were aiming to give Birmingham a brand new glamorous hotspot to drink and dance whilst adapting to
being a club for all. The identity needed to stay loyal to the brand established whilst also bringing something new.
All promotional material was handled from print,
to web, to interiors.
Hex Clock
The Hex Clock is a screensaver clock whilst also been a colour chart for web designers. The clock comes in card packaging, encouraging the user to interact with its calendar like doors, which reveal the colours featured.

The starting point for this project was play; we wanted a solution that would be both playful, and useful at the same time.

Collaboration with Matt Keers & Adam Robson.

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Route Publishing*
Some Girls Mothers is a book of short stories based on mother/daughter relationships.
Airport Wayfinding Systems
A research project that folds down into a map like format. The project profiles various airport wayfinding systems whilst comparing them with each other. Expanding upon this theme is the referencing of artists and designers that have contributed to this subject directly or indirectly.
Streetspeak*
Streetspeak is an initiative funded by the Football Foundation, Arts Council and National Football Museum, the design consists of a poem builder game using football as the catalyst in helping young people develop their poetry skills. User's populate the website by developing poems with an avatar.

The site also contains image and video galleries, poem help areas, and a latest score feed.

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Cream*
Design for Cream’s 17th Birthday, the project consisted of flyers, posters, web banners and was considered such a success it was eventually rolled out to a Cream compilation.
Ran
Branding for shoe and clothing shop Ran. The logo adopts a serif font, similar to the old logo, however it is much more refined and features a shoelace motif. A promotional catalogue was produced featuring the new logo and illustrations of products; scanned images of clothes were also included.
LJMU Fashion Catalogue
Art direction and layout for the 2008 Liverpool John Moores fashion catalogue.

Photography: Christine Kenny.
Information on Me
A personal project where I collected as much data as possible on the LJMU art school and visually represent it in book form. The book had to be engaging and make the information interesting.
All images owned by Ash Spurr © unless otherwise stated. 2011
*Selected work appears courtesy of TDR™ and Corporation Pop