Steve Hockett Studio Visit

Steve Hockett Studio Visit

Steve Hockett’s creative practise ‘Wonder Room Studios’ produces a wide range of work from print to digital animations to creative art direction. Hockett’s rough and ready style is characterised by his use of processes such as risograph printing, scrawled illustrations and liberal use of of a monochrome colour palette. As a designer and creative thinker, he exemplifies the idea of embracing imperfections to achieve a more unique and cultivated visual identity. 

 

His workshop very much ran parallel to these principles, utilising quick image making techniques such as sketching a logo and passing it along to the next person, who would then copy the sketched logo and not the original. This produced funny results as well known brand identities slowly deteriorated as they were passed round a group and lining up these sketches consecutively further visualised this idea. These sketches were then used not create more refined pieces of design like zines or posters.

The whole experience was not only fun to do, but imparted a lot of wisdom about design process and image making. I learnt that simple ideas paired with quick processes can result in really interesting work which can be a lot more engaging and personal than sitting on the computer for hours designing something.