Staff profiles

Graphic Design

• Brand design and communication
• Brand packaging design
• Place / nation branding
• Point of sale and retail design
• Graphic design
• Typography
• Advertising and promotion design

With many years experience as a brand packaging designer for national, pan-European and international brands Stuart’s research interests include the study of national identity and visual culture in former Yugoslavia. He has recently presented papers at the CRONEM conference ‘Nationalism and National Identities Today: Multidisciplinary Perspectives’ at the University of Surrey, at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL and at University College for the Creative Arts. The papers considered certain elements of visual culture in Croatia, which helped to configure national identity between 1990 and 1992 - during Croatia’s transition from Republic within former Yugoslavia to its emergence as an independent sovereign state.

Current Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) - from 1985 to date Member of Chartered
• Chartered Society of Designers (MCSD) - from 1998 to date
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) - from 2001 to date

Current External Roles

• External Examiner: MA Graphic Design, University of Falmouth – from 08/09 to date
• External Examiner: BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Southampton Solent University – from 07/08 to date
• External Examiner: BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Essex University / S E Essex College – from 05/06 to date

Research Supervisor for the following subjects: brand identity and communication; brand packaging design; graphic design; nation / place branding.