SEAN FREEMAN // THEREIS


About

A love for words and beautiful images led Sean to explore a harmony of both, spreading his wings to open up his own studio: THERE IS, specialising in creative typography, illustration and art direction.

Based in East London, Sean creates award winning typographic treatments and illustrations for a varied range of clients globally from advertising to music, editorial and publishing; with his work being featured in numerous books and magazines. His work is known to be as powerful as it is unique: a dynamic and organic fusion between elements.

Forever curious, Sean is constantly exploring new ways of approaching his work with a love for happy accidents and a passion for visual storytelling, texture, type and everything in between.

Awards

Exhibitions

  • Type Directors Club 2012 • TDC58: Certificate of Typographic Excellence
  • Art Directors Club 2011 • Young Guns 9 Winner
  • Communication Arts Typography Annual 2011 • Best in Calligraphy
  • Communication Arts Typography Annual 2011 • Best in Hand Lettering & Posters
  • Creative Review Illustration Annual 2010 • Best in Book: Advertising
  • D&AD Global Awards 2009 • Best for Outdoor Press
  • Upcoming - Art Relay, London Olympics 2012
    KK Outlet, London, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Bangkok Design Festival
    Bangkok Art & Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand 2010.
  • Don’t Believe the Type
    Trapped In Suburbia, The Hague, Netherlands, November 2010.
  • If You Could Collaborate
    A Foundation Gallery at Rochelle School, London, United Kingdom, 2010.

Clients

  • 4 Creative
  • Allcity Media
  • Another Planet
  • Audi
  • Band of Horses
  • Bon
  • Channel 4
  • Computer Arts
  • Creative Review
  • Digital Arts
  • DDB
  • Droga5
  • Esquire Magazine
  • Gomez
  • Harper Collins
  • Hennessy
  • Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISPCC
  • Jack DuRose
  • Little Brown Publishing
  • Leo Burnett
  • Maxim
  • Microsoft
  • Momentum Films
  • New York Lottery
  • Nike
  • Ogilvy & Mather
  • Penguin Books
  • Sid Lee
  • Sony
  • Supra
  • The Decemberists
  • The Discovery Channel
  • The Guardian
  • The New York Times magazine
  • The Sunday Times magazine
  • Think!
  • Time Out
  • Ubisoft
  • VH1
  • Volt
  • Wired

Publications

  • Advanced Photoshop Magazine
  • Computer Arts Book of Inspiration - Volume 2
  • Computer Arts Projects Project 3: Become a Master in Typography
  • Creative Review Illustration Annual 2010
  • D&AD 09: A Selection of the Best Advertising and Design in the World
  • D&AD Student Awards 2007
  • Digital Arts magazine
  • If You Could Collaborate
  • Illustration Now! 3
  • Lemon Poppy Seed: Multitasking Creativity
  • Lodown Magazine • 167
  • Los Logos Compass
  • New Ornamental Type: Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age
  • Playful Type 2: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts
  • +81 Plus Eighty One: Creators on the Line
  • Selected A: Graphic Design from Europe / Graphic Design & New Media
  • The 3D Type Book
  • Art Directors Club: Young Guns 9 Annual