ABOUT LANCE O’BRIEN 



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His works tends towards publication design, enjoying the process of researching and relaying information in interesting and innovative manners. Largely working with typography and found imagery, with a smattering of motion throughout, he doesn’t want to restrict himself to any one style, constantly adapting his design to fit whatever he works on. Beyond the design aspect, he also enjoys essay and article writing - an extension of his passions in research. While he leans towards a serious, matter-of-fact style, he knows when to utilise humour to appeal to different target audiences.

Studying at Liverpool John Moores, he’s working towards a BA in Graphic Design and Illustration.





























































LIVERPOOL





Date:   Nov-Dec 2024
An exploration into Liverpool and the history of the city. As it has such a rich history, it was quote difficult to decide what era of Liverpool to dedicate research and a publication to.

Settling on the Blitz, as I have personal connection to it from stories passed from my grandparents and a general fascination with the world wars, it allowed for a lot of different avenues of exploration. Using found imagery, reprints of vintage works, newspapers and magazines, I mapped out my research in a collage before creating a publication that condensed the brunt of the knowledge into a digestible amount of pages, using vintage colours and graphics to create the illustion of it coming straight from the 1940s.