Hello. This is Matthew Irvine Brown's portfolio.

Projects About Me

email matthew@irvinebrown.com

Interesting 2008
How to assemble and conduct a 30 piece scratch recorder orchestra in ten minutes.
Or not.
June 2008

Middlewood Sessions
Identity and visuals for Sheffield-based band.
Ongoing project

Sketches For Decktet
My first steps toward writing some music and forming a band.
Ongoing project

Loop Festival 2007
The Singing Sock Puppets stage a mighty comeback performance.
August 2007

The Outsider Festival
A first attempt at being a VJ and roadie for Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin.
June 2007

This Is Dead Good
A DJ set with one rule —
the music is restricted to artists who have died during the previous year.
Ongoing project

Insyde
Interactive installation for Airside with music from Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin.
September 2006

Rehearsal Joypads
Product design for beginner musicians.
MA project
June 2006

Breath Control Car
More product design for beginner musicians.
MA project
June 2006

Singing Sock Puppets
Open and close their mouths to make them sing up and down a scale.
MA Project
June 2006

PSP/RCA
Concept furniture for PlayStation Portable.
MA project
December 2005

Barber Osgerby
Website for furniture designers Barber Osgerby, winners of the 2004 Jerwood Applied Arts Prize.
September 2004

Windows 1911
"Transport the modern PC back one hundred years. Imagine how the screen interface would have been designed. Would the desktop metaphor have existed?"
MA Project
October 2004

Universal Design Studio
Website for Universal Design Studio, and a first mention in a D&AD Annual.
October 2002

RCA Interaction Design
Interim Show 2005
Exhibition design in the Royal College of Art galleries.
MA project
March 2005

Designer Politics
Critical design: Mobile phones for the Orange Order.
MA Project
January 2005

D&AD Student Awards
Typography and layout for promotional posters, completed for Airside.
August 2003

Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai
Album cover layouts (following and filling in for the wondrous Henki Leung at Airside.)
August 2003

Teaching: Graphic Design
Posters and flyers designed by pupils (aged 15) for an exhibition on Fernand Léger.
PGCE (teacher training)
March 2004

Teaching: Animation
Showreel of pupils' GCSE animation work (age range 15-16).
PGCE (teacher training)
December 2003

Teaching: Web design
Website for Oxted School Art department.
PGCE (teacher training)
December 2003

Teaching: Drawing
Kinetic drawing excercises with pupils (aged 17) observing movement over time.
PGCE (teacher training)
December 2003

Teaching: Pixel Portraits
Pupils (aged 13) investigating the relationships between pixels and tesserae.
PGCE (teacher training)
November 2003

Anne Brassier Photography
Website for the lovely Anne Brassier, who takes nice photos at nice weddings.
October 2004