I recently attended the second Wilsons Republic after seeing their first launch night earlier in the year. There was a much larger turnout of people from before and the atmosphere was electric, there was amazing music, good conversation and I got to speak to a number of new people. The talks from Peter O'Toole and Sneaky Racoon were funny and quite informative, one point I picked up from Sneaky Racoon was how she moved from one thing to another when she lost interest in them, constantly pursuing her goals and aspirations. I think this is an inspiration to may people as we get a tendency to get too secure in our lives and become scared of the risk of breaking out of it when were no longer happy. I would like to follow her example and always strive to do things that I am passionate about and what makes me happy, cliche as that may be it is still a good attitude to follow as I will always strive to learn and move forward.
One area of Wilsons Republic which I find interesting is their brand. Going against the host, The Engine Rooms' most basic rules the brand for Wilsons Republic never stays still, it is always changing with each gathering. Director Darren Evans laughed about this irony and disregard for rules. The Brand for Wilsons Republic is aimed to change with each meeting, a new designer or studio in the local area is tasked in creating another beautiful set of visuals to attract designers from around the Huddersfield area. This meetup's graphics were designed by the well known Aidan Nolan, AKA - A.N.D Studio. I love this modular and interchangeable system of blocks which makes up the typeface and it reminds me of an earlier typeface from him which he designed for the Out of Hours 2 exhibition. It is such an ingenious idea which is simple and flexible whilst looking appealing to the current designer and creative trends.
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