Gordon Young is a visual artist who focuses on creating art for the public
domain. His work ranges from sculptures to typographic pavements for places
as disrelated as government headquarters and village squares. The common
denominator for all projects is the basis of relevance to the surroundings.


Awards:
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'Grand Prix', Tokyo Type Directors, (First Prize), 2003
for Flock of Words, Morecambe.
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Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts, 2001
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Civic Trust Commendation and Street Design Award, 2000
for Eric Area, Morecambe.
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Civic Trust Commendation, 1998
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Street Design Award, Royal Town Planning Institute, 1998
for Loudoun Hall Forecourt.
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Museum of the Year Award, 1998
with Jersey Heritage Trust For Maritime Museum Jersey.
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Lancaster Civic Society, 1996
for Stone Jetty, Morecambe.
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Working for Cities Award, British Gas Properties / Arts Council, 1995
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Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts, 1994
for Tern, Morecambe.
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Hull Civic Society Commendation, 1993
for Fish Pavement.
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Art in Public Spaces, Northern Electric / Arts Council, 1993
for Gateshead.
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Books:
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Why Not 2, Thames and Hudson, 2004
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Plymouth Water Front Walk, a pocket guide, 2003
To request a copy for £15 + p&p email gyoung@demon.co.uk
(Also available: postcard pack (x10) of recent projects £3.50 + p&p)
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Why Not, Booth-Clibborn, 1998
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Press:
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Domus (Italy), December 2003
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The fine art of partnership, Design Week (UK), April 2003
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A flock of words, the Creative Review Annual 2003 (UK), April 2003
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A flock of words, Idea (Japan), 297, March 2003
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Poetry in place, Font Magazine (USA), 003, 2002
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Typography meets sculpture on a windy english seafront, eye (UK),
vol. 12, Autumn 2002
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Set in stone, Creative Review (UK), September 2002
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Church gives stone some stick, Creative Review (UK), Dec 2001
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Crafts (UK), January 2000
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Livewire (UK), August 2000
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Druk (Belgium), no. 002, Autumn 1999
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Artspace and the city, publis art and urban futures - Common Ground,
Crafts (UK), September 1993
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