Meirion Pritchard
Guest Posting 11 May – 15 May 2009
Following a BA in Graphic Design at Kingston University in 2001, Meirion veered into magazines and worked at Redwood publishing and on Harvey Nichols magazine. Sporadic stints followed on Richardson magazine in New York where he became the European Editor. In 2003, having improved his design and partying skills, he joined Wallpaper* and Tony Chambers’ team who were tasked with the magazine’s re-design.
In 2007 he became the Art Director of Wallpaper*, and continues to have the opportunity to work, meet and travel to some of the worlds most diverse talents and locations. Mixed around his Wallpaper* duties have been graphic projects with the first early issues of Kilimanjaro magazine with Loran Stosskopf, setting up club nights in the east end, and part managing and designing band identities for dibidim and Guillemots with Darren Bowles. More recently he’s been having fun tinkering with a music, illustration, film and animation club format called Show Off. Not to forget travelling to China with Wallpaper* to set up two pop up offices in Beijing and Shanghai respectively for their Made in China issue… With a CV as diverse and expansive as that his posts can’t fail to be something a little special.
What have you got planned this week?
First thing is to try to send all the pages to repro for Wallpaper’s first sex issue, so hopefully Peter and Nick’s section will be on time… Also I need to sort out the Show Off website, been learning a bit of Indexhibit, which has been very satisfying, gonna try and make it possible for people to buy the super James Joyce T shirts online.
What do your parents think you do?
Not 100% sure, but my mam does have a very well rehearsed few lines, explaining what I do to her friends etc. I think what they generally say is that I work on a magazine, but I don’t’ write the words, or take the pictures, but I sort of put it all together, which makes me sound like a binder, but isn’t too far from the truth!
Who do you look like?
A mash up of Stifler, Jack D, and David Coulthard.
What’s your favourite sense?
Common
Tell us something people don’t know about you…
Most people don’t realise I’m not Scandinavian and a quick glance at this mornings post, most people don’t know that I am neither a Miss, Ms, or Madame or Mrs! Haha!
Did your education count?
Yup, and it hasn’t finished yet. Once you stop learning its time to move on
What word can’t you spell?
Supercallifragalisticexpalladosis
Tell us a good fact
Apparently, 60% of the time, it works every time!
What’s Next?
After the Wallpaper* Sex extravaganza I might need some therapy, luckily its straight onto the Design Directory issue! The goal for the summer is to become a surf legend
What’’s your ‘Plan B’?
If I can’t be a surf legend, then perhaps, just being better than my friends Sunita and Clare would do (shouldn’t be too hard, ha!). Living on my own tropical island paradise, is always a good back up plan too!
