Eat|Drink|See|Do

Design Interests: Knitting, 3D printing, seamless, stretch, digital fabrication

MARK BEECROFT

Manchester Recommendations:

00. Print City MMU, Chester St, Manchester M1 5GD
44. HOME Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN

Email: m.beecroft@mmu.ac.uk

Design Interests: Research aims to explore a multi-specialist approach to develop new ‘ways of seeing’ and interpreting the encounter of everyday phenomena.

FABRIZIO COCCIARELLA

Manchester Recommendations:

Inspiration: 13. The Portico Library https://www.theportico.org.uk – 57 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HY
Food: 34. Rudy’s https://www.rudyspizza.co.uk - Petersfield House, Manchester, M2 5QJ
Pub: 40. The Peveril of the Peak - 127 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, United Kingdom M1 5JQ

Email: f.cocchiarella@mmu.ac.uk

Design Interests: Theories of material engagement, the values we hold in design and how these can influence the formation of perspective and identity, and in turn consumption and disposability.

PATTI CROZIER

Manchester Recommendations:

14. John Rylands Library M3 3EH
16. Beetham Tower M3 4LQ
04. Manchester Art Gallery M2 3JL

Email: p.crozier@mmu.ac.uk

MARTYN EVANS

Manchester Recommendations:

04. Manchester City Art Gallery
06. National Football Museum - Urbis Building Cathedral Gardens, Todd St, Manchester M4 3BG

Design Interests: Work that explores materially and physically engaged approaches to making and manufacture, and the application of traditional craft knowledge within digital design and production

DAVID GRIMSHAW

Manchester Recommendations:

34. The Refuge: Bar & Restaurant, Oxford St, Manchester M60 7HA
28. Dukes ’92 Bar & Restaurant: Castlefield Basin 18 - 25 Castle St, Manchester M3 4LZ
35. Sam’s Chop House – Traditional Pub & Restaurant
32. Mr Thomas’s Chop House – Traditional Pub & Restaurant, 52 Cross St, Manchester M2 7AR
36. Sinclair’s Oyster Bar & The Old Wellington, 2 & 4 Cathedral Gates, Manchester M3 1SW
04. Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley St, Manchester M2 3JL
12. Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD
21. Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester M60 2LA
20. Manchester Craft & Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD
14. John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH
05. MOSI: Manchester Museum of Science & Industry, Liverpool Rd, Manchester M3 4FP
45. Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, Manchester M2 7DH

Email: d.grimshaw@mmu.ac.uk

Design Interests: Typography, print, and design for the music industry

GRAHAM JONES

Manchester Recommendations:

14. John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH​
09. The Peoples History Museum, New Ct St, Manchester M3 3ER
43. The Vine Inn, 42-44, Kennedy St, Manchester M2 4BQ​. For a proper nice pint in a proper backstreet Manchester pub.

Email: g.jones@mmu.ac.uk

Design Interests: Cross-cultural practice-based/theoretical work in relation to the graphic aesthetics of ‘East-Asia’

JOE MCCULLAH

Manchester Recommendations:

23. Piccadilly Records M1 1JR
04. Manchester Art Gallery M2 3JL

Email: j.mccullagh@mmu.ac.uk

Design interests: Exploring digital design processes through machine knitting / impact of developers on the production ecology of knit factories in Manchester

SAM MEECH

Manchester Recommendations:

26. Bundobust - vegan = M1 2AG​
30. Kim by the Sea M15 5RF
33. Old Abbey Taphouse M15 6SY
00. Rogue Artists Studios - (by arrangement) - M11 1WP
22. Paradise Works - M3 7LE
03. Castlefield Gallery M15 4GB
00. Unique Knitwear - (by arrangement) - Dolphin St M12 6BG

Email: s.meech@mmu.ac.uk

Design interests: Design led innovation, Design innovation spectrum, Design strategy, Design management, Design thinking for businesses and society, Design and user research

JEA HOO NA

Manchester Recommendations:

17. Hulme Park – Site of the original Rolls Royce factory where the original Silver Ghost was designed and produced M15 4ZY

Email: j.na@mmu.ac.uk

LESLEY RAVEN

Manchester Recommendations:

14. John Rylands Library (for the ancient loos)
00. Chapter One Books (for a contemplative coffee, cake and a read)
00. Salford Zine Library (for browsing self-published printed material)

Email: l.raven@mmu.ac.uk

Design Interests: Empathy, aesthetics, ethics, hand stitch, collaboration, commemoration, social, overlooked, everyday

LYNN SETTERINGTON

Manchester Recommendations:

37. Sugo Pasta kitchen, Blossom St, Manchester M4 6BA

Design Interests: Exploring how design education may be developed through increased dialogue and understanding between academics, the design industry, users of design services and consumers of design.

JON SPRUCE

Manchester Recommendations:

42. ‘The Temple’ of Convenience, 100 Great Bridgewater Street, M1 5JW

This tiny pub will not suit everyone’s taste, but if you want to step back into Manchester’s musical heritage of the last forty years, and don’t mind a tight squeeze, this is the place for you!

E.mail: J.spruce@mmu.ac.uk

Design Interests: Socially engaged practice runs through my veins

STEVE THRELFALL

Manchester Recommendations:

24. Projekts MCR – Skatepark established and operated by a skateboarders’ cooperative, based under Mancunian Way - I’m a terrible skateboarder, but this is a great, social enterprise and you can just pop in for a good coffee without risk of breaking your arm..!, 97 London Rd, Manchester M1 2PG

Email: steve.threlfall@mmu.ac.uk