2010
DesignWeek HH Against All The Odds
Illustration agencies are beating the downturn by looking outside their traditional client base and taking their artists to the people, using everything from social media to exhibitions and murals.
2010
DesignWeek HH at South London Gallery
Hurst adds, ‘There’s a vibrant creative community in SE16 but the artists have to travel to east London if they’re starting out, or west London if they are more established. The gallery will be a reason to come down to the area.’
2010
YCN Busaba
Our ever evolving experiential work on Busaba hoardings, gets noticed.
2010
Webby Antony Gormley
Our (much copied) website for Antony is given a B.J Novak era award.
2009
Power in Numbers
With my dear friend Fred Higginson from Print Club, I curated, produced and promoted a show with 50 artists, each with an edition of 50 prints. Throughout the show we were lucky to have friends who helped make something really special, including our friends at Ambiguous Records who helped us put on a very special evening with live music.
2009
Ala Champ & Cure Studio
From its beginnings in 2009, the main man behind the scenes is James Hurst. We first came across Cure Studio via The Daily Waffle, a newspaper the design company had created for the Vans Downtown Showdown held in Spitalfields, London.
2009
DesignWeek inked up
The quality of the artist is the measure of a good screen-printing exhibition, and we have the most dedicated, persistent and thought-provoking artists working today,’ says Cure Studio’s James Hurst, who curated the exhibition and printed all the works together with Print Club London’s Fred Higginson.
2009
DBA Bright Spark
Nominated as one of the 10 ‘bright sparks’ to watch by the DBA (Design Business Association), and paired up with a mentor, Matt Pyke from Universal Everything.
2001
Bluetack Collective
Bluetack ensure there is affordable space for artists to use. It's inspiring having worked with them for so long, to see how they've navigated the many ways they can meaningfully support the creative community in East London.
Le Book 2025
What a joy to join the jury for LE BOOK CONNECTIONS in San Francisco — a day that reminded me, once again, that creativity is a deeply human sport. While AI makes noise, this was pure signal: bold, moving work made by people dreaming differently. Special thanks to LE BOOK for bringing such powerful voices together — from Chava Oropesa’s electric storytelling to the magic of FutureDeluxe and Robert Houser’s unforgettable portraits. Use AI to build Aesthetic Intelligence. Use Aesthetic Intelligence to make work worth making.