Mr Phil Cleaver
Name | Mr Phil Cleaver |
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Job title | Professor in Creative Industries |
Research institute | |
Primary appointment | School of Design |
Email address | p.cleaver@mdx.ac.uk |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0246-0935 |
Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Phil Cleaver is an established and multi award-winning heavyweight in the graphic design world. Protégé of Anthony Froshaug, Phil honed his design and typographic skills under Alan Fletcher at Pentagram, Wim Crouwel at TD in Holland, and Michael Wolff at Wolff Olins. In 1984 Allied International Designers recruited Phil as creative director of branding. In 1987 he established CleaverLandor, a specialist design consultancy, whose success led to such rapid growth that Phil found himself increasingly paper-pushing and decreasingly pencil-pushing, so he set up design consultancy et al, in 1992; a tight-knit consortium of like-minded design professionals. He lectures worldwide on design, and his early typographical work is archived in St Bride’s Printing Library. His book design is in the permanent collection of the V&A Museum’s National Art Library. Phil also wrote and designed, What They Didn’t Teach You In Design School, This book helps new designers make the transition from design school to work, giving them the ammunition they need for a successful start. Published in the USA and UK. Sold out within three months in the UK/USA, now in 6th reprint with translations in Chinese, Russian, Korean and Spanish.
Teaching Professor in the Creative Industries at Middlesex University Visiting Professor of Typography Birmingham City University Fellow of Hereford College of Arts Adjunct Professor of University Sains, Malaysia Adjunct Professor at Taylor’s Design School, Malaysia Visiting Professor Huanggang Normal University, China Visiting Professor Sias University, Xinzheng, Henan, China Visiting Professor, Xuhai College of China University of Mining and Technology, China Executive Director of China Europe International Design Culture Association (CEIDA)
Education and qualifications
Grants
Projects
- Wolpe collection
Prizes and Awards
Research outputs
Book-Object-Art at Temu House
Cleaver, P. 2024. Book-Object-Art at Temu House. Temu House, Selangor, Malaysia 07 - 29 Sep 2024BOOK • OBJECT • ART • AUSTIN • TEXAS
Cleaver, P. 2024. BOOK • OBJECT • ART • AUSTIN • TEXAS. Austin, TX, United States 19 - 19 Apr 2024Margaret Wolpe: The curious maker
Cleaver, P. and McCue, J. 2023. Margaret Wolpe: The curious maker. Oxford, UK Impress Publishing.Love of typography & letterforms & poetry
Cleaver, P. 2022. Love of typography & letterforms & poetry. Oxford Impress Publishing.Book-Object-Art Winterbouren House and Garden
Cleaver, P., Bailey-Tait, S. and Bradshaw, A. 2022. Book-Object-Art Winterbouren House and Garden.Taming the dragon: Rebranding Cardiff City Council
Cleaver, P. 2020. Taming the dragon: Rebranding Cardiff City Council. Zhuangshi - Chinese Journal of Design. 2020 (5), pp. 058-065.Book-Object-Art
Cleaver, P. 2019. Book-Object-Art.Jan Staël von Holstein's Book – An original copy
Cleaver, P. and von Holstein, J. 2019. Jan Staël von Holstein's Book – An original copy. London, UK Impress.Adrian Bradshaw's book – The door opened: 1980s China
Cleaver, P. and Adrian, B. 2018. Adrian Bradshaw's book – The door opened: 1980s China. London, UK Impress.Berthold Wolpe - The Total Man
Cleaver, P. 2018. Berthold Wolpe - The Total Man. Lettering Arts Centre Snape Maltings IP17 1SP 23 Mar - 24 Jun 2018Berthold Wolpe: The Total Man
Cleaver, P. 2018. Berthold Wolpe: The Total Man. London, UK Impress.where it all started: a brand menagerie
Cleaver, P. 2018. where it all started: a brand menagerie. London Impress.David Holmes' Book – A Brush with The Music of Time
Holmes, D. and Cleaver, P. 2017. David Holmes' Book – A Brush with The Music of Time. London Impress Publishing.In Situ
d'Este, J. and Cleaver, P. 2017. In Situ. London Impress.Delete A & insert R
Bird, J. and Cleaver, P. 2016. Delete A & insert R. London Impress.Charles Hasler sends his greetings
Cleaver, P., Hendon, Z., Audas, J. and Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture 2015. Charles Hasler sends his greetings. London, UK Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture.Exploring the visual ingredients of a multi-cultural Malaysia
Lewis, C. and Cleaver, P. 2015. Exploring the visual ingredients of a multi-cultural Malaysia. Middlesex University and University Sains Malaysia.These sad places, why must you enter them?
Cleaver, P. 2014. These sad places, why must you enter them? London, UK Impress.Book-Object-Art
Cleaver, P. 2014. Book-Object-Art. Ketchum, 35-41 Folgate Street London E1 6BX 25 Sep - 14 Nov 2014Book-Object-Art (2014 - 2020)
Cleaver, P. 2014. Book-Object-Art (2014 - 2020).What they didn’t teach you in design school
Cleaver, P. 2014. What they didn’t teach you in design school. 2014 ilex.Phil Cleaver [Arcadian Bembo]
Cleaver, P. 2013. Phil Cleaver [Arcadian Bembo]. in: Briem, G. (ed.) The Briem report: letterforms 2012 Operina. pp. 48-49How to play the penny whistle
Landor, G. and Cleaver, P. 1980. How to play the penny whistle. Music Sales Ltd.1138
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