It’s been a bit quiet on the Brilliantly Birmingham front of late, as the final few weeks of the festival drew to a close.
The team are still working away, though, promoting the brand and jewellery making in Birmingham. And part of that is to showcase the designer makers who’ve taken part.
Hence our final interview in our series looking at the people whose jaw dropping work has shaped the amazing Brilliantly Birmingham branding over the years. They’ve all featured in a retrospective exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, which finished last week.
Our final profile is on Katherine Marchbank, whose work was featured in the earlier days of the festival, back in 2003….
In our third look back at the designer makers who’ve flown the flag for Brilliantly Birmingham down the years, we turn our attentions to Lisa Juen, whose work was featured in 2007. She joins seven other designer makers remembered in the stunning Retrospective exhibition currently showing at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
We caught up with her to find out how her life, and work, has changed since she left Birmingham and moved to the Orient…
If you’ve got eyes and live somewhere in Birmingham, you can’t fail to have seen some of Brilliantly Birmingham’s PR and Marketing machine at work.
And if it’s not a billboard or a magazine advert, it’s front page coverage in magazines like Living. The November issue featured us on their front page, with a double page spread inside showcasing some of the amazing work in the Retrospective exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Big thanks to BPM Media for allowing us to use these photos, to modelling agency Alan Sharman, hair stylists at Umberto Giannini and styling by S&X Media. You can read the article here, but check out some of the best shots below…
We’re all about giving you a little bit extra here at Brilliantly Birmingham, so as well as all the best gossip, photos and updates on this year’s festival, we like to mix things up a bit with some exclusive “content”, too.
Our lovely friends at Empty Creative, who’ve worked tirelessly to bring you some jaw dropping branding, got out their video camera during this year’s photoshoot (in Warstone Lane Cemetary no less). Here’s how they got on…
It’s the second instalment of our series focusing on the jewellery designer makers who’ve been the “faces” of Brilliantly Birmingham over the years; where we sit down with the people whose inspiring work has been emblazoned on branding all over the city over the past ten years.
This week, we speak to Sally Collins, whose work was featured on the branding for last year’s Brilliantly Birmingham.
And as we found out, she’s certainly not lost her affinity to the city… Read more …
Now if you haven’t downloaded your event catalogue yet, do it now by clicking on the post below this one! In it you’ll see all of the designer makers taking part in Flux, a showcase for the best new and emerging jewellery from the UK and beyond.
But one designer maker’s story in particular stood out for us… Read more …
Mikaela’s work being modelled as part of this year’s official branding
First of all, welcome to the Brilliantly Birmingham 2009 website! Not only will you be able to download all of the information you’ll ever need on this year’s programme of events, you’ll also have the pleasure of reading our exclusive blog throughout the festival.
We’re kicking off by profiling this year’s star of Brilliantly Birmingham. Mikaela Lyons’ stunning jewellery has been chosen to feature on all of the branding and marketing materials for this, the festival’s tenth anniversary year.
Now if you haven’t downloaded your event catalogue yet, do it now by clicking on the post below this one! In it you’ll see all of the designer makers taking part in Flux, a showcase for the best new and emerging jewellery from the UK and beyond. 
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