
I am so excited, this wednesday night Morag Myerscough is giving a talk at my university, I am counting down the hours. I absolutely adore her work, she literally thinks outside the box and comes up with the most insane design solutions that are so appealing to the eye and mind. She has such a talent of engaging and interacting with her target audience in her design, she is definitely someone who inspires and instills passion in me, I am so excited to hear her speak, and hear how she thinks!
Morag set up her own cross disciplinary design practice in 1993. Over the past thirteen years she has created work for many large businesses, here are but a few of her clients:
Barbican Art Gallery: Future City exhibitions
The British Council: British Pavilion, 9th Venice biennale
Derwent Valley: Tea Building Signage
Science Museum: Future Face 2004 exhibition
RIBA:literature and exhibition
Architecture Foundation: Greetings from London, 2004 exhibition
Conran: bluebird branding and Conran Collection food packaging
Wedgwood: Rebranding all packaging 2005.
Her talents cross over many fields of design, but my favourite of all are the work she does in the field of wayfinding, it is so strange and out there. She is not afraid of doing signage that is in your face, and screaming at you from every angle. Her work is made to be seen, it has a purpose and I suppose her success in doing so is why I admire her talent and ability so much.
Here are a few of her pieces I love the most:

I absolutely adore the work she did for the Deptford Project. I absolutely adore her use of colour, she is not afraid to experiment. I have the same attitude to colour as Morag, I love to just throw every colour out there at a design, to give it personality and to make it visually appealing and hypnotic in a way. This piece is a clash of colours, type and illustration, it looks like the train smashed into a print factory, it is chaotic but at the same time in a way organised, I absolutely adore it!

Information overload or what? You will definitely not get lost in this building. The wayfinding she created for Westminister Academy, just screams out at you, Morag was definitely not afraid to use garish colours at weights and sizes most would hide away from. This ballsy attitude that Morag has is so risky but it pays off, she is not afraid to mix it up, she is not afraid to break the mould and upend the rules of design. She is doing design her way, on her own terms and it is working for her.
If you would like to see any of her work visit here!
I will update on how her lecture went!