St Bride Foundation

St Bride Foundation Est 1891, SBF was a publishing hub on Fleet St. At its heart is St Bride library & print workshop. Available to hire & host for talks, courses, workshops.

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Meet the speakers – part four!In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant spea...
12/10/2026

Meet the speakers – part four!

In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant speakers.

First up is Maria Mochnacz Maria Mochnacz. Maria studied Fine Art degree at Coventry Polytechnic and went on to study Photography in Weston-Super-Mare. During this time, she worked part-time behind the bar of the Moon Club in Bristol – which had clientele including Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry and Tricky – and had MTV playing their videos constantly in the background.

Around this time Maria met Polly Harvey and they naturally fell into working together for her very first single ‘Dress’ in 1991, and subsequently for her first album ‘Dry’. Their strong working relationship continued over many years which then led to work with other musicians, bands, magazines and clothing labels.

Most recently, Maria has discovered a love of working with students running workshops and portfolio reviews across graphics, fashion, photography, illustration and video. She also has multiple ongoing long-running personal projects running alongside her commissioned work, including ‘FoundLand’ – a collection of over 3000 found objects amassed over many decades, and ‘Paper Madness/ A Little bit OCD/C’ which consists of collages made from accumulated magazines and tabloid newspapers.

And second, we’d like to introduce you to Jodi Hunt Jodi Hunt. Jodi is a Bristol-based freelance graphic designer working across publishing, music and brand design. Rooted in her Jamaican heritage and Black British identity, Jodi’s work is an exploration of culture, resistance, and emotion. She designs with intention - creating visuals that balance vibrancy, depth and meaning. Each project she works on is a space for connection, understanding, and celebration. Her clients include V&A, Penguin Random House (including Penguin Vintage), Hachette (including Dialogue Books and Orion Books), HarperCollins, Atlantic Books, Scribe, Unbound, Yale University Press, Somerset House, Everyday Racism, Uptown Yardie, and London South Bank University.

They’ll be joining us at our conference on 17 October which celebrates design and music. Find out more via the link in our bio!

For the second part of our evening we’d like to say a huge thanks to Greg Bunbury for sharing his thoughts and reflectio...
08/10/2026

For the second part of our evening we’d like to say a huge thanks to Greg Bunbury for sharing his thoughts and reflections one year on from last year’s design conference, Doing the Work.

Greg talked us through how he pulled together the collaborative manifesto co-created by conference speakers and attendees which was printed in the St Bride Foundation letterpress workshop on paper kindly supplied by Fenner Paper.

We’d also like to thank Doing the Work conference speakers ChillCreate Jodi Hunt Kingsley Nebechi and Ricardo Eversley | Course Leader | Senior Lecturer | Founder for sharing their reflections and experiences of the conference so honestly and generously too.

And finally thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to the evening. We will look forward to seeing where these conversations take us next. We need to keep Doing the Work.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Omari Abijah Souza (and his wonderful family) for travelling over the pond from the...
08/10/2026

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Omari Abijah Souza (and his wonderful family) for travelling over the pond from the US to the UK to deliver such a powerful, insightful and integral talk into his research and thoughts on Design and Racism and how restorative design can lead and create meaningful and structural change.

Thank you so much Omari for your generosity and sharing your knowledge with us all – we’ll look forward to your next visit.

Meet the speakers – part three!In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant spe...
06/10/2026

Meet the speakers – part three!

In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant speakers.

First up we have Jordan Warren Jordan Warren. Jordan is a graphic designer and illustrator with a tight focus on the music industry. He gained a following from his 70’s inspired digital airbrush artwork, but has since expanded his gamut to encompass a wide range of styles and skills, including type design, 3D modelling, animation and photography. He has worked with the likes of Universal, Sony Music, Atlantic Records, as well as bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, The National, Cage the Elephant, and Slipknot, but still shares his time with smaller artists and labels, believing in the unmatched passion and community that they bring to the music industry. His main goal – if a project allows for it – is to expand upon the act of listening to music. Whether by way of specialised packaging or interconnected world building through themes and lyrics, his ambition is to push it into the realm of an active experience, like going to a cinema to fully enjoy a movie.

And second, we’d like to introduce you to Kate Dawkins Kate Dawkins Studio. Kate is a double-BAFTA-winning video designer and creative director. She founded Kate Dawkins Studio in 2015. With a global network of clients, KDS is best known for its work in the world of live entertainment, creating dynamic and often breathtaking visuals for commemorative and ceremonial events, live performances, brand events, and installations. Combining expertise, in-depth knowledge, art and design, and technology. Their mission is to tell the most compelling and significant stories, creating memories that live on forever. They have collaborated with clients including BBC Studios Events, V&A, Nike, Foo Fighters, Chaka Khan, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Ministry of Defence, Balich Wonder Shows, London 2012 Olympic Ceremonies and many more.

They’ll be joining us at our annual conference on 17 October. Check out the link in our bio for more information and to book your tickets.

We loved welcoming Annie Atkins back to St Bride Foundation last night to celebrate the launch of her new children’s boo...
04/10/2026

We loved welcoming Annie Atkins back to St Bride Foundation last night to celebrate the launch of her new children’s book, Cackle Crackle: Letters from the Witch, illustrated by 🌲 Taryn Knight 🌲, published by Magic Cat Publishing.

We loved hearing how Annie approached the project and all the incredible design details she included in the letters and spells in the book. We hope you all came away feeling as inspired as we did.

We loved hosting Annie Atkins at St Brude Foundation last night to celebrate the launch of her new children’s book, Cack...
04/10/2026

We loved hosting Annie Atkins at St Brude Foundation last night to celebrate the launch of her new children’s book, Cackle Crackle: Letters to the Witch.

As part of the event, we opened our letterpress workshop so attendees could print a special keepsake designed by Annie.

We loved seeing everyone falling in love with the workshop – there were queues out of the door for most of the evening!

Huge thanks to Andrew Long and Elizabeth Fraser for their printing wizardry and making it all happen.

We are delighted to announce that we have made a delicious selection of our previous lectures, freely available to watch...
04/10/2026

We are delighted to announce that we have made a delicious selection of our previous lectures, freely available to watch over on our YouTube channel.

Click the YouTube link in our bio to unleash the creativity and inspiration from the following speakers:

Collective Power:
Exploring the art and allure of collecting
With David Pearson
Hugh Miller Hugh Miller
Indiana Lawrence Indiana
Liz Mosley Liz Mosley - Branding for small businesses
The Local Type The Local Type

“They refuse to keep quiet”:
Thirty Years of the Women’s Design + Research Unit (WD+RU)
With Teal Triggs and Siân Cook

Breaking the Grid
With Rachel Gogel Rachel Gogel 🌈

Alphabet in Motion
With Kelli Anderson Kelli Anderson

Circular Reasons
With Underware’s Bas Jacobs Underware

Growing Up in Public
With Malcolm Garrett

Gothic Vs Modern:
Letterforms and Graphic Design in Weimar Germany
With Paul Stirton

Dramatic by Design
With Émilie Chen Émilie Chen

Meet the speakers – part two!In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant speak...
02/10/2026

Meet the speakers – part two!

In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant speakers.

First up we have Ben Kelly Ben Kelly Design. Ben is one of the UK’s most influential designers. He is best known for designing the interior of the legendary nightclub, The Haçienda in Manchester. Kelly graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1974. His practice produced influential work for the S*x Pistols, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, Factory Records, 4AD, the Science Museum, the Design Council, the V&A, the Natural History Museum, Gymbox and BIMM. He has been extensively awarded for exhibition design, record cover design and interiors. Kelly is interested in the role and meaning of interiors within popular culture - curating a symposium, ‘Interior Design: Dead or Alive’, at the ICA in 2015. The British Council and Southbank Centre have commissioned Kelly, and his work is held in the permanent collection of the V&A.

And second, we’d like to introduce you to Jeremy Ngatho Cole Jeremy Ngatho Cole.

Jeremy is a director, designer and artist whose practice spans graphic design, print, moving image, stage design and painting. He is co-founder of Brixton creative studio YOUT, working across music, film and culture with artists including Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka and Ezra Collective.

Alongside his work in creative direction and film, Jeremy has developed a distinctive practice in graphic design and print, with a particular interest in film posters, typography, image-making and physical processes.

Across these disciplines, Jeremy’s work is often rooted in Black British identity and lived experience, exploring family, culture, memory and the visual language that surrounds them.

They’ll be joining us at our annual conference on 17 October which celebrates design, music and visual culture. As well as hearing from nine other speakers, the day will be filled with creativity, inspiration, letterpress, chats with like-minded creatives about the best – or worst – album cover of all time – and so much more. Check out the link in our bio for more info and to get your tickets!

Meet the speakers!In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant speakers. First ...
29/09/2026

Meet the speakers!

In the lead up to our design conference, we’d like you to get to know our brilliant speakers.

First up we have Raissa Pardini. Raissa is a UK based designer who works with type, colours, shapes and take parts of exhibitions, festivals and talks. She works with clients such Apple, Apple Music, Nike, MTV, Gucci, Samsung, NYTimes, Skims, WeTransfer, The Standard Hotel and artists like The Rolling Stones, Blur, Kneecap, Maneskin, Blur, Willie Nelson Nadia Lee Cohen. Her passion for ethical matters got her working closely to charities like Brian Eno’s Earth Percent, Endometriosis UK, R**e Crisis.

Raissa takes part of the free mentoring program at LCC and the working class creative database. ​S​he is also an international lecturer and speaker for universities and stages like Nicer Tuesday, Apple Store, Adobe Live, Weltformat, The University of Florida, LABASAD, UAL, OFFF Barcelona, Offenbach, IED. You can find her Ted Talk from last year on YouTube.

Her work is also included in the permanent and iconic V&A archive and she was included in the Patreon and shesaid​.so top100 influence in the music industry.

And second, we’d like to introduce you to Tom Etherington​.

​Tom is a designer of books, magazines and records. He worked in-house at Penguin Press for six years before leaving to set up as a freelance designer in 2021.​ Clients and collaborators include Grayson Perry, The Gentlewoman, Knopf, Maxïmo Park, The New York Times, Penguin, Peter Saville, Scott King and Self Esteem.

​Find out more about Tom and Raissa by visiting their profiles over at Raissa Pardini and respectively.

​They’ll be joining us at our annual conference on 17 October which celebrates design, music and visual culture. As well as hearing from nine other speakers, the day will be filled with creativity, inspiration, letterpress, chats with like-minded creatives about the best – or worst – album cover of all time – and so much more. Check out the link in our bio for more information and to book your tickets.

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