Pascal Anson (born 1973) is a designer and artist. Born in South London, Anson attended

Wilson's School Wilson's School is a state boys' grammar school with academy status in the London Borough of Sutton, England. It was founded as Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell in 1615, making it one of the country's oldest state schools. The school mov ...

in Wallington and studied three-dimensional design at

Kingston University , mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress" , established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute , type = Public , endowment = £2.3 m (2015) , ...

. He completed his studies at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

in London in 2000 with an MA in Design Products. He works across many disciplines in art and design from graphics and clothing to interiors and vehicles. He is teaching within Interior behaviours platform at the Royal College of Art.

Awards and recognition

In 2005 he was awarded an Esmée Fairbain scholarship from the

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in London and the

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, this led to his work being shown in Italy, Japan, Greece, Australia and Singapore. On 31 August 2011 it was announced that Pascal Anson's concept livery would be used on 12

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planes to be used for the

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in London. During the project Pascal was mentored by

Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Associate of the Royal Academy, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawi ...

, as part of BA's Great Britons Programme. The first

Airbus, A319-131 G-EUPH 'The Dove' was unveiled at

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on 3 April 2011, and has been seen in many European airports since then. In 2017 Pascal became one of two mentors, alongside

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, in the revamped BBC programme,

The Big Painting Challenge ''The Big Painting Challenge'' is a television programme first broadcast on BBC One on 22 February 2015. It is a contest in the style of ''The Great British Bake Off'' but with the craft of painting rather than baking. Series 1 (2015) Una Stubb ...

, coaching contestants on their painting technique. Recently his 'monoclo' (single color clothing) style advocacy became a recognized effort in rethinking relations to ones own clothing and sustainability.

References

External links

*http://www.iampascal.com *http://ordinarymadeextraordinary.com Living people Artists from London Alumni of Kingston University Alumni of the Royal College of Art 1973 births Product designers {{UK-artist-stub