AI CAN KISS OUR ART
Chris Ashworth
- Thu 12th Jun, 2025
- BCU Parkside Print Room (P209)
- 11:00am or 2:00pm
- workshop
- From £25
- 120 mins
Tickets are available to existing Conference Pass holders on 6th May.
On general sale from 12th May.
Experience disorder first-hand with Chris Ashworth the ex-Art Director and Designer of California’s Bible of Music & Style – Ray Gun magazine and author of the new book, Disorder: Swiss Grit Vol II published by Thames & Hudson.
Known for pushing the boundaries between graphic design, print, and subculture aesthetics, Chris invites you to force quit and escape the screen in favor of rolling-up your sleeves and creating some original handmade typographic art.
With music at the heart of the workshops, disorder will be made using analog methods from cut and paste to screen printing, and letterpress.
Hosts
Chris Ashworth
Emerging from the North of England, and nominated in 1993 by Why Not Associates as the most up and coming British graphic designer in Creative Review magazine’s annual ‘Creative Future’s’ awards, Chris Ashworth achieved design notoriety in the late 1990s at Ray Gun magazine, the influential LA-based ‘bible of music and style’. His early schooling in the rigours and principles of Swiss graphic design fused with the gritty vernacular of the street came together to create the sounds of the 90s in visual print form.
He has since worked with pop culture bands and brands from New Order, Michael Stipe (REM), Robbie Robertson and Bush to Nike, Diesel and Adobe as well as spending over 20 years as a Creative Director running in-house creative studios at Microsoft, Nokia and Getty Images.
He recently launched thisisme.art with his partner Nicola which sells high end apparel and one-of-a-kind original art featuring his unique handmade creative approach.
BCU Parkside Print Room (P209)
Birmingham City University – Parkside Building,
Cardigan Street,
Birmingham, UK