Brad Gilbert is a London-based Designer working across Graphic Design, Art Direction, Set Design and Photography. Primarily creating narrative-lead outcomes that incorporate both digital and physical methods.
He is currently working as a Designer at U DOX.
Please reach out for collaborations and freelance opportunities or to request a portfolio.
Selected clients & collaborators include:
Calm
System Magazine
Depop
Zara
Prada
Stussy
DoBeDo
Bihan Lin
Zachary Anderson
Happy Betsy
Asprey
One & Only
Shovel Dance Collective
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DESIGN and ART DIRECTION for DAME 9.
Inspired by the always-on mindset of Dame we created “Always Dame Time” to showcase the everyday moments where Dame is locked in and thinking about the court.
For the lead-up to the BAPE launch I created a digital shot-clock and store display to link with Dame’s close ties with last-minute points. This was used on adidas basketball and BAPE channels to countdown to the launch. This was then fabricated and displayed in both the BAPE and adidas flagship stores in New York.
COLLABORATORS
Ricky Alvarez, Photographer
Antosh Cimoszko, Director
Gilles O’Kane, DOP
Jack Reynolds, Creative Director
Jake Wesley, Associate Creative Director
Chris Nicholson, Senior Creative
Hayley Duckett, Senior Art Director
Mikey Opie O’Grady, Creative
Dalia Bucinskaite, Exec Producer
Mollie Harvey, Senior Account Manager
Amara Barrett-Willett, Creative Strategist
2024
SHOVEL DANCE COLLECTIVE
PHOTOGRAPHY and ART DIRECTION for Shovel Dance Collective’s latest album titled “The Shovel Dance”.
COLLABORATORS
Shovel Dance Collective 2024
YOUR LOCAL PUB(LICATION)
ART DIRECTION and GRAPHIC DESIGN for Your Local Pub(lication).
Your Local Pub is an independent small press created by Brad Gilbert and Michael Caplan. We want to be a resource for small artists and designers who don’t always have good options to start publishing collections of their work.
We’re trying to approach publications from a different angle, thinking about bindings that allow for deconstruction and reconstruction into wall-hanging prints.
COLLABORATORS
Michael Caplan, Website and Production
Michelle Lim, Design
Gabriel Gayle, Artist (Book of Eyes)
Jungwon Jay Hur, Artist (Mantra)2024 - Present
BIHAN LIN
ART DIRECTION and GRAPHIC DESIGN for Bihan Lin SS24 <Wild Leaves>.
Drawing from the collection’s inspiration (Patti Smith’s Wild Leaves and the film Bandit) I looked to build upon Bihan’s existing logo to create a 3D logo for the collection that matched the energy and colour of the source material. Bihan’s print designs were created using scanned leaves and I built upon these images to create more abstract patterns. I also continued this approach into the lookbook and display proposal to achieve something that felt energetic but not sporty.
COLLABORATORS
Bihan Lin Studio, Fashion Designer
@Stephanietibooo, Show Director
@Methmn, Set Design
Weishan Hu, First Look
Jennifer Zhao, PR
Moonquake Studio, Videography
Yawei Wu, Music2023
DEPOP
ART DIRECTION and SET DESIGN for Depop’s eco-friendly packaging newsletter. The design concept aims to turn packaging ‘inside out’ by playfully shaping Depop’s un-plastic bags into garments (i.e. shorts) sold on the platform.
COLLABORATORS
Brigita Zizyte, Photographer2021
HAPPY BETSY
ART DIRECTION, PHOTOGRAPHY and GRAPHIC DESIGN for Betsy Leung’s 2022 MA Collection, titled ‘HappyBetsy’. The collection is a punk re- interpretation of Cinderella’s fairy Godmother’s dress.
Following a punk ethos, the logo was designed to be energetic, hand-written and varied from poster to poster. The lookbook was accented with frames and details inspired by early illustrations of Cinderella.
COLLABORATORS
Betsy Leung, Fashion Designer
@jjennaartistry, Make Up Artist2022
BEN KELWAY STUDIO
DESIGN DIRECTION for POP Magazine (Issues 47 & 48) and Arena Homme + (Issues 58 & 59).
COLLABORATORS
Ashley Heath, Editorial Director
Ben Kelway, Art Direction
Jonathan Listner, Design Direction
Angélique Pilière, Design Direction
Helga Burril, Senior Editor
Charlotte Rubenstein, Fashion + Market Editor2022 - 2023
ORPHEUS STREET PAINTINGS
ART DIRECTION, PHOTOGRAPHY and GRAPHIC DESIGN for Orpheus Street Paintings by Nelson Diplexcito.
Orpheus Street Paintings is 57 paged hardback book that collates the work of Nelson Diplexcito. The book introduces you to the artists studio setting and then showcases his body of work ranging from large scale oil on canvas to smaller oil on paper pieces. The book also contains an interview conducted by Jungwon Jay Hur about Diplexcitos practice.
COLLABORATORS
Nelson Dipliexcito, Artist
Jungwon Jay Hur, Interview
Michael Caplan, Strategy + Production 2023
SET DESIGN
SET DESIGN for clients such as System Magazine, Stussy, Prada, Calm, Depop and DoBeDo 2020 - 2022
UNUSED SPACE
EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN and PHOTOGRAPHY for a self-initiated project.
Unused space was an exploration into the question, “If the purpose of a photo is to capture an experience, should the form of a photo book also represent its experience?”
After experiencing multiple flash floods during a stay in Hong Kong, I created a photo book in the form of an umbrella — the dominant object in the city at the time. 2019