Adam Dixon

In this small scale project, I assisted in the arranging and installation of a street-focused, community art exhibition created by the residents of Kennersdene in Tynemouth. This show consisted of numerous challenges including mounting work onto a wall without the use of screws or fixing that might damage the walls of the historic church building. Overall, I am pleased to say that the exhibition was well received and the local community enjoyed seeing their work on display.

As part of my work on Holy Trinity's Centenary, I was tasked with producing a book which would celebrate the community of the church and what people's faith meant to them. I compiled stories, poetry, artwork, photography, and Bible verses in an attractive book format which went through a rigorous editing process.

Spring & Co. aims to be a cafe with a difference and hopes to actively engage the residents of Walker in Newcastle’s East End. Not only will the cafe sell coffee and cake, it will be a safe place for locals to socialise, discuss pastoral issues and hold their own events. I was approached to design branding and publicity for the community cafe opening soon in Walker. Initially, I was asked to produce a flyer advertising community consultation which helped facilitate. I then went on to design flyers, posters and a banner for their pop-up trail.

For fun, I decided to conduct a branding exercise where I designed a selection of logos for a made-up fashion brand, Lasagne Every Day. The logo went through 17 iterations until I was happy and combines an illustrated lasagne and modified typographic elements. Placing the logo onto t-shirts required Photoshop-ing and overall I was happy with results. Some friends have offered to buy the shirts if I ever sold them!

My sister asked me to design a logo for her Etsy photography business.

I was approached by a ceramicist to produce a moving logo for their studio. This project was a short-term fast paced project which took around a week to get right.

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul is an architectural masterpiece spanning the centuries and was one of seats of the Sultans. In this piece I tried to show the how the wooded courtyard's trees and the palace's cloises blur into one. The trees also hide and reveal certain architectural masses and elements and draw people into the palace's archways.

Traditionally in the United Kingdom, collections have been comprised of historic and art works. The Ex Libris Collection aims to reflect modern society and catalogue artworks that are timely. In doing so, the collection becomes a snapshot in space and time.

Traditionally in the United Kingdom, collections have been comprised of historic and art works. The Ex Libris Collection aims to reflect modern society and catalogue artworks that are timely. In doing so, the collection becomes a snapshot in space and time.

I was invited to talk about my curatorial approach to architectural design at BALTIC39 (now High Bridge Works). My presentation was a follow up to my final degree project and was a chance to speak about my work with a larger audience.

During our holiday in Bologna, Italy we entered an architectural competition to design a community bandstand. We tested our idea (and Italian!) on members of the public.

In this article of the Eclipse Newspaper (a free newspaper for and by the people) I wrote about the difficulties locals in Shieldfield had overcome during the "studentification" of the area. This involved interviewing local residents and researching planning policies.

The competition was to creatively reimagine one of the ventiliation shafts at Cross Carliol Street and find a use for a “dead space” within Newcastle’s city centre. As part of the competion I invited a collection of local artists, academics and architects to speak about the importance of place-making. This “in-conversation” style event aimed to inspire competition entrants and give them  ideas for their own entries. We held an exhibition and awards evening at Shieldfield Art Works where a panel of judges, made up of architects and RIBA representives from across the North East, selected winners and runners up and gave out cash prizes. The winning entry was then displayed in Newcastle Central Library across the road from the hypothetical site.

Collectively, Plan 3 has decided to embark on a film making project to highlight both the beauty and horror of the scarred landscape of Lynemouth, Northumberland.

As part of the site-making team, I designed and constructed several functional and sculptural structures for the children’s area of the festival.