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Aidy Brooks - Creative Director, Designer + Artist

Aidy Brooks - Creative Director, Designer + Artist

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Design, Mural Art

Mural Artwork featured on Love That Design

Aidy · March 13, 2025

Featured article on the works of Aidy Brooks for Clerkenwell Design Week.

Tags: @clerkenwelldesignweek, lovethatdesign, mural art

Design, Creative, Music

Custom Handpainted Minirig Speaker

Aidy · October 21, 2024

After the success of the Minirig Custom series it came time to explore the possibility of an ‘In-house’ design, straight out of the Minirig HQ…

Tags: minirigs, laser engraving, illustration, graphicdesign, bristol

Community, Political, Creative

People, Art and Politics - Stokes Croft, Bristol.

Aidy · August 23, 2024

The ultimate role of an artist is to question the culture around them. Here I share my journey into the beating heart of Bristol's creative community.

Tags: art, bristol, design, activism, stokes croft, PRSC

Technology, Health, Creative

All Things Eyes - Geek Edition

Aidy · February 13, 2024

I’m a bit of a geek and I’m bit obsessed with light. Afterall, it is my craft. If it’s yours, then you may find this read interesting. Here are some of the tips, tricks and workarounds i’ve found over the years.

Tags: eye health, designers, colour theory, aidybrooks

Album Art Design - Thick Boy Records, Bristol.

Aidy · January 8, 2024

Design is not always about the highly refined or polished to perfection. Sometimes the artwork requires a custom look. A degraded, LoFi look in this case. We’ve got it covered…

Creative, Design, Community

Designing for Social Change

Aidy · October 25, 2023

The most rewarding of projects come from those that are rooted in passion and purpose. This was the opitome of not only passion but compassion…

Tags: streetart, mural art, logo design, Aidy Brooks, brand design

Design, Music, Technology

AF Live - Brand Development and Design

Aidy · October 19, 2023

Here we share the extensive design work we created for the mighty AF Live, from concept to creation, check out our processes, sketches, presentations and thought processes.

Tags: AF Live, soundsystem, live music, boomtown, branding

Environmental, Design, Creative

Less to Landfill - Surfboard Art

Aidy · August 7, 2023

The first artwork of my Less To Landfill Series where dilapidated surfboards are given a new lease of life.

Tags: ethical art, surfboard art, design, less plastic

Technology, Design, Community

Single Day Turnaround - Immersive Audio Network

Aidy · January 30, 2023

We love a rush project. It gets the juices going (mainly sweat) and creates a healthy tension. Here is an insight into our one day turnaround identity design for a new and exciting project at Bath Spa University.

Tags: immersive, audio, bristo, branding, identity design

Technology, Open Source, Design

Designing for the NFT Gold Rush

Aidy · December 2, 2022

The big old NFT bandwagon wasn’t just for profiteering. Here, I delve into how and why we dipped our toes into the crypto frenzy of 2021.

Tags: NFT, art, design

Design, Thinking, Creative

We Don't (just) Do Logos - Aidy & Co

Aidy · November 15, 2022

The logo is often an over revered and seen as the holy grail of the graphic design world. Here we discuss why we dont just design logos and why you should care.

Tags: logo design, identity design, typography, Aidybrooks, Aidy & Co, Brand Design, bristol

Creative, Design

Murals that Move

Aidy · November 14, 2022

Theres a permanence that comes with mural art, embellished into the structure of the room. But a well designed mural has the ability to move with the times, shifting with the context of the space.

Tags: mural art, aidybrooks, graphic design, illustration, bristol

Design, Creative, Thinking

Aidy and Co - A New Approach

Aidy · August 3, 2022

Better together. What happens when you apply design thinking to your own design practice. Great things happen. Here is the journey and the things i’ve learnt along the way.

Tags: Aidy & Co, design, collaboration, bristol, UK

Environmental, Design, Creative

Hand Painted for the Planet

Aidy · May 2, 2022

Take a look inside the creative process of breathing new life into old surfboards otherwise destined for landfill.

Tags: ethical art, surfboard art, design, less plastic

Creative, Design, Environmental

9Trees - Designing Sustainable Woodland

Aidy · October 18, 2021

Designing and planting new woodland in the UK isnt easy. 9Trees needed a rebrand of thier organisation to help them evolve as a leader in climate action.

Tags: 9Trees, climate change, branding, web design, sustainability

Creative, Design

Custom Mural Artwork - Redbrick House

Aidy · April 27, 2021

Mural artworks come with thier own shapes, sizes and challenges. Take a look at some of the work-in-progress shots and get insight into how it was created.

Tags: mural, artwork, artist

Creative, Design, Music

Schmoozenburgs - Album Art Design - by Aidy Brooks

Aidy · February 25, 2020

Designing artwork for other artists or musicians can be a challenging affair. An often entirely subjective process, here you can view draft designs and some of the creative process.

Tags: artwork, Graphic design, musicians, Aidybrooks

Creative, Design, Music

Waggles - Brand Design by Aidy Brooks

Aidy · February 8, 2020

Take a look into my process and logo design for tropical beats Dj Waggles

Tags: Graphic design, illustration, typography, aidybrooks, branding

Design, Creative, Music

Exploration of Type - Logo Design for Musician Maha Quest

Aidy · December 17, 2019

Its great to try new things… Custom typography was a new venture for me and one that earned me a spot in the DesignRush editors' best logo designs of 2023…

Tags: maha quest, aidybrooks, graphic design, typography, custom type, designrush

Creative, Design, Thinking

Designing a Tree (and not killing it)

Aidy · October 7, 2019

Its a sculpture but living and that there is the skill, youve got to try and not kill the thing. I’d been searching for a long term project outside of the computer and after killing one, 7 months on I found what I was looking for.

Tags: bonsai, bristol, design, yamadori

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