Made in Brunel is a unique student-led programme that promotes the design talent of Brunel University London through collaboration, networking and events both internal and external. Each year a team of students volunteer for Made in Brunel roles on top of their degree work. For the 2019/20 academic year I took on the role of Publications Manager. Alongside my colleague Isaac Reeves, this involved producing brochures, posters and publicity material for events and most importantly the end of year book, We Are Made in Brunel.

We Are Made in Brunel is a summary of the best design work to come out of Brunel University London in 2019/20. With 256 pages and over 150 contributors, my colleague and I oversaw production of the book from initial development workshops and concept creation, through the gathering of content and editing, to final proofing and distribution fulfilment.

By working closely with the printers to reduce costs and even changing the page size for the most material efficient printing, the book was kept affordable while still keeping premium features such as fore-edge printing, PUR-OTA binding, and high quality litho printing on uncoated paper stock.