Studio Tonne is led by Paul Farrington who trained as a graphic designer at the Royal College of Art - the world’s most influential postgraduate art and design school. For two years he developed his professional practice alongside work in the research studio of the Interaction Design Department at the Royal College of Art.
Graphics, identities, printed matter, illustrations, websites and exhibitions for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Channel 4, Eyestorm, University of Brighton, IDEO, Imperial College, The Royal College of Art, Mute Records, Sonic Arts Network, Grizedale, New Scientist, Wired and the Association of Computer Machinery
An Interactive BAFTA was awarded for an interactive music studio for Channel 4, and the Cap Gemini Digital Arts Prize was awarded for a collaboration with electronic musician Scanner for the installation Sound Polaroids at the ICA. In early 1999 he was named as an up and coming graphic designer by Creative Review magazine as part of their ‘Creative Futures’ scheme.
At Liverpool School of Art he is the Graphic and Multimedia external examiner at Liverpool and in 2009 he co-ordinated the development of an MA in Communication at Escola Superior de Artes in Porto.
A playful eclectic body of work has also been produced, manifesting itself as sound toys and responsive audio visual spaces that allow for music to be produced in a visual environment. The first release, Soundtoy 2x12 led The Wire magazine to describe Paul as an “interactive software visionary”. This work set a benchmark for music ‘packaging’ in a post-print landscape with commissions for musicians such as Moby, Depeche Mode, Hakan Lidbo, Scanner, Simon Fisher Turner, Mute, Channel 4, 4AD and Native Instruments have been made to critical acclaim.
Music has been released on numerous labels worldwide including Bip-Hop, Klitekture, Mitek and Mille Plateaux. Performances, exhibitions and presentations at digital art events and festivals such as Mutek (Canada), Transmediale (Berlin) Lovebytes (UK), Sonar (Spain), Ars Electronica (Vienna), Sintensi (Naples), Domus Academy (Milan), Experimenta (Lisbon) and the Kulturhuset (Stockholm).
Graphics, identities, printed matter, illustrations, websites and exhibitions for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Channel 4, Eyestorm, University of Brighton, IDEO, Imperial College, The Royal College of Art, Mute Records, Sonic Arts Network, Grizedale, New Scientist, Wired and the Association of Computer Machinery
An Interactive BAFTA was awarded for an interactive music studio for Channel 4, and the Cap Gemini Digital Arts Prize was awarded for a collaboration with electronic musician Scanner for the installation Sound Polaroids at the ICA. In early 1999 he was named as an up and coming graphic designer by Creative Review magazine as part of their ‘Creative Futures’ scheme.
At Liverpool School of Art he is the Graphic and Multimedia external examiner at Liverpool and in 2009 he co-ordinated the development of an MA in Communication at Escola Superior de Artes in Porto.
A playful eclectic body of work has also been produced, manifesting itself as sound toys and responsive audio visual spaces that allow for music to be produced in a visual environment. The first release, Soundtoy 2x12 led The Wire magazine to describe Paul as an “interactive software visionary”. This work set a benchmark for music ‘packaging’ in a post-print landscape with commissions for musicians such as Moby, Depeche Mode, Hakan Lidbo, Scanner, Simon Fisher Turner, Mute, Channel 4, 4AD and Native Instruments have been made to critical acclaim.
Music has been released on numerous labels worldwide including Bip-Hop, Klitekture, Mitek and Mille Plateaux. Performances, exhibitions and presentations at digital art events and festivals such as Mutek (Canada), Transmediale (Berlin) Lovebytes (UK), Sonar (Spain), Ars Electronica (Vienna), Sintensi (Naples), Domus Academy (Milan), Experimenta (Lisbon) and the Kulturhuset (Stockholm).