The Professional Practice lecture this Thursday 7th March will be by artist, designer and architect Roger Dean.
11am - Sallis Benney Theatre
Roger Dean is an internationally recognised artist and designer, whose evocative and visionary images with associated graphics, logos, and lettering, made popular through album covers and posters for the band Yes, Osibisa, Asia, Uriah Heep. His work has sold in excess of sixty million copies world-wide.
Roger has set up and successfully run his own publishing company called Dragons Dream.
Under this imprint his books Views and Magnetic Storm were published. Views went straight to number one in the best-seller lists going on to sell well over a million copies.
The ‘Floating Island’ images that Roger Dean is well known for, have now become recognized as being the inspiration behind the look of the film ‘Avatar’.
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/does-avatar-steal-from-roger-dean/
http://io9.com/5460954/the-complete-list-of-sources-avatars-accused-of-ripping-off
Roger also designed the "retreat pod" chair design that was featured in the film A Clockwork Orange.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dean_(artist)
http://www.rogerdean.com/
http://www.abandonart.co.uk/gallery/roger-dean-artist.html
11am - Sallis Benney Theatre
Roger Dean is an internationally recognised artist and designer, whose evocative and visionary images with associated graphics, logos, and lettering, made popular through album covers and posters for the band Yes, Osibisa, Asia, Uriah Heep. His work has sold in excess of sixty million copies world-wide.
Roger has set up and successfully run his own publishing company called Dragons Dream.
Under this imprint his books Views and Magnetic Storm were published. Views went straight to number one in the best-seller lists going on to sell well over a million copies.
The ‘Floating Island’ images that Roger Dean is well known for, have now become recognized as being the inspiration behind the look of the film ‘Avatar’.
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/does-avatar-steal-from-roger-dean/
http://io9.com/5460954/the-complete-list-of-sources-avatars-accused-of-ripping-off
Roger also designed the "retreat pod" chair design that was featured in the film A Clockwork Orange.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dean_(artist)
http://www.rogerdean.com/
http://www.abandonart.co.uk/gallery/roger-dean-artist.html
