About
Owen Gildersleeve is a designer, illustrator and set maker. His playful, hand crafted creations won him a prestigious ADC Young Guns 9 award in 2011, and have seen him produce illustrations and designs for an array of international clients as well as exhibiting worldwide. A University of Brighton graduate, Owen is now based in London, and enjoys experimenting with new materials and techniques, as well as collaborating with photographers, animators and stylist to help bring his ideas to life. 

Owen is also part of the Evening Tweed design collective, a member of Many Hands and a drummer for the bands Owen & The Eyeballs, Old Mayor and Glaciers.

Clients
Ben & Jerry's, Rolex, Cadbury, The New York Times, Wallpaper*, Royal Mail, The Guardian, Global Blue, Harrods, Procter & Gamble, Wired, The British Council, Maersk, The Tate, Nestea, Scientific American, Gap, NSPCC, Lactofree, Money Magazine, Morr Music, Motilo, I.D. Magazine, Fast Company Magazine, It's Nice That, Anorak Magazine, and more.

Agencies & Publishers
Wieden + Kennedy, Fallon, Lost Boys international, VSA Partners, Conde Nast,
Isobel, Portobello Books, Frog Design, Magpie Studio, Keller Maurer, Designersblock,
Vic & Olivier Publishing, If You Could, YCN, and more.

Awards
ADC Young Guns 9 Winner / 2011 / Art Directors Club, New York
TDC 55 Winner / 2009 / Type Directors Club, New York

Talks & Workshops
Many Hands D&AD New Blood Workshop / 28th June 2012 / London
Apple Talk: Owen Gildersleeve / 26th March 2012 / Apple Store, Regent Street, London
How We Got to Where We Are Now: Evening Tweed / 2011 / Brighton University

Exhibitions
A Family Affair / 24th May 2012 / Fallon, London
A Baker's Dozen / April 2012 / Ted Baker, New York
ADC Young Guns 9 Exhibition / 13th Oct - 3rd Nov 2011 / Art Directors Club, New York
Pick Me Up / 16th - 27th March 2011 / Somerset House, London
Hello London / 2nd - 30th August 2010 / PARCO, Tokyo, Japan
Turn Up the Colour / 30th July - 30th August 2010 / Analogue Books, Edinburgh
Who's In Charge / 5th - 16th July 2010 / Dreamspace Gallery, London
Fallon Festival / 10th - 13th May 2010 / Fallon, London
Pick Me Up / 23rd April - 3rd May 2010 / Somerset House, London
Interiors 2010 / January 2010 / Birmingham NEC, UK
TDC 55 Winner / 2009 / Type Directors Club, New York
Square Up the Year / December 2009 / NO:ID Gallery, London
The Decked Project / August 2009 / Stolen Space Gallery, London
Story Motel / May 2009 / Owl & Lion, Edinburgh
Cut It Out / March 2009 / Open Space Gallery, Beacon, New York, USA
It's Nice That // Original Format / September 2008 / The Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth
Into the Woods / June 2008 / Free Range, London

Press & Publications
Owen Gildersleeve: Paper cuts / Computer Arts Magazine / 2012
Paper, Wood And A Few THings We Found / Elephant Magazine / Summer 2011
Digital Arts Feature / Digital Arts Magazine / April 2011
Hello Uk Graphics! / Pie International, Japan / 2010
Issue#4 / Carne Magazine / July 2010
Five Illustrators to Watch this Year / Computer Arts Magazine / May 2010
DareDevils / Anorak Magazine / March 2010
Interiors 2010 / Mix Magazine / March 2010
Papercraft: Design And Art With Paper / Gestalten / September 2009
London Eye: Owen Gildersleeve / Quotation Magazine / April 2009
Tangible: High Touch Visuals / Gestalten / January 2009
Typomofo: Type Morphing Into Forms / Page One Publishing / December 2008
Stereographics: Graphics In New Dimensions / Victionary / October 2008
Graphic 12: Customise This / Bis Publishing / 2007

Online Press
Occupy
Grain Edit
FormFiftyFive
It's Nice That
Computer Arts
Strictly Paper
The Strange Attractor
Inspiration Lab
Notes From the Underground
Pattern Pulp