Beards

Beards are almost synonymous with quality design. Look at just how many famous designers we found sporting 'face fungus' after 35 minutes of intensive searching.


Top Row: Eric Gill, Danny (from out of Experimental Jet Set), Neville Brody, Vince Frost
Bottom Row: Abbot Miller, Kit Hinrichs, Mark Farrow, Billy Gibbons

Almost all of us love a good beard (Ashleigh you may want to look away now) so we thought we would conduct a census capturing the current state of beards in the studio. We've helpfully categorised them according to style, ambition and friction. Here are our findings.

Category 1 - Some care and attention must have gone into that...


Stephen Arthur (Year 2 Illustration) with 'Cancel Christmas!'


Robert Marshall (Year 1 Illustration) with 'Fuzzy Felt'


Sam Fisher (Year 2 Graphic Design) with 'Ghostly Apparition'


Lewis Brown (Year 3 Graphic Design) with 'Furry Archipelago'


James Howie (Year 2 Graphic Design) with 'Rectangular Thicket'


Gary Nicholson (Year 2 Graphic Design) with 'Titian Tiger'


Dwayne Bell (33) with 'Stipple and Crosshatch'

Category 2 - Beard Envy


Leanne Swift (Year 3 Graphic Design) with 'Interstate Flyover'


Grace Neal (Year 2 Graphic Design) with 'Mutton Chop Frenzy'


Rhiannon Robinson (33) with Grotesque Accident Extra Bold

Category 3 - Couldn't be Arsed to Shave


Jim Millington (33) with 'Grizzly Adams'


Tony Peart (33) with '3rd Degree Carpet Burns'

Category 4 - Sites of Special Scientific Interest


Craig Brown (Year 3 Graphic Design) with 'Mato Grosso'