Lynda Brockbank
Lynda Brockbank is a founder director of Crescent Lodge, a design consultancy in Shoreditch, East London. She believes that good design must be used to benefit society and specifically to make important and complex issues clear and accessible. As a Trustee of Hostage UK she helps with communications and supports outreach, advocacy and engagement activity.
A graduate of the London College of Printing she began her career in mainstream advertising. She has worked at the BBC, in publishing and for the international design consultancy, Pentagram. She has close links with higher education Institutions and, for six years, was a senior lecturer in graphic design a Saint Martin’s School of Art. She works with University of the Arts London to support ethnic minority students, to promote widening participation in the creative industries, and to encourage others to do the same. More recently, Lynda has gained a degree in Fine Art and is studying for an MA in Philosophy.
Lynda has spent much of her career designing, developing and directing arts and culturally-based projects for many and diverse audiences. She is a trustee of Project Phakama, a collaborative arts organisation that produces outstanding work with young people from all over the world, many of whom are marginalised (in the UK this includes asylum-seekers). She has also served on design juries in Europe and China. She is a Member of the Chartered Society of Designers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Wynkyn de Worde Society, and a Brother of the Artworkers’ Guild.
"I heard about Hostage UK from a lawyer colleague. Having enjoyed freedom of expression, self-determination and fulfilment through creative purpose, the plight of hostage victims and their families was impossible to ignore. Whilst the circumstance and experience of a particular hostage were difficult to grasp, I could think about what forceable removal of liberty and power to act might mean and also consider my participation in a world where hostage taking is a continuing phenomenon. I wanted to help those affected, so I got in touch."
A graduate of the London College of Printing she began her career in mainstream advertising. She has worked at the BBC, in publishing and for the international design consultancy, Pentagram. She has close links with higher education Institutions and, for six years, was a senior lecturer in graphic design a Saint Martin’s School of Art. She works with University of the Arts London to support ethnic minority students, to promote widening participation in the creative industries, and to encourage others to do the same. More recently, Lynda has gained a degree in Fine Art and is studying for an MA in Philosophy.
Lynda has spent much of her career designing, developing and directing arts and culturally-based projects for many and diverse audiences. She is a trustee of Project Phakama, a collaborative arts organisation that produces outstanding work with young people from all over the world, many of whom are marginalised (in the UK this includes asylum-seekers). She has also served on design juries in Europe and China. She is a Member of the Chartered Society of Designers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Wynkyn de Worde Society, and a Brother of the Artworkers’ Guild.
"I heard about Hostage UK from a lawyer colleague. Having enjoyed freedom of expression, self-determination and fulfilment through creative purpose, the plight of hostage victims and their families was impossible to ignore. Whilst the circumstance and experience of a particular hostage were difficult to grasp, I could think about what forceable removal of liberty and power to act might mean and also consider my participation in a world where hostage taking is a continuing phenomenon. I wanted to help those affected, so I got in touch."