PEACE UMBRELLAS - Key Persons
Abi Wright is an artist/textile and graphic designer/photographer and curator of unusual diversity.
Since graduating from the College of Communication of the University of the Arts London with a Bachelor degree in Information Design, Abi Wright has developed a very distinctive visual style mixing typography, colour and pattern to communicate information and narratives about culture, current affairs and identity issues.
As graphic designer Abi Wright specializes in books, art catalogues, specialist magazines and poster design. She also undertakes complete corporate identity assignments.
As a designer/artist, she has developed a textile collection, which is woven and screen printed by hand in West Africa.
The strikingly bold adaptations of traditional West African pattern languages illustrate the timeless beauty of Africa's textile heritage and were part of her research while at university.
Abi Wright's strong affinity with her African and Caribbean heritage is also evident in her work as curator and artistic director of the African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora Festival (2013-15) (www.aacdd.org).
Job Titles:
- MARKETING / PROMOTION / PUBLIC RELATION / ROTARY
After obtaining a Management Sciences degree Brigitte Faubert worked in the manufacturing and engineering industries in technical sales and marketing for large multinationals before she turned to public service, with spells in UK trade promotion and trade facilitation, international standards and UK energy regulation. This was followed by positions in stakeholder communication, public affairs and corporate social responsibility for large trade associations in newspaper publishing and construction. She has also worked in the not-for-profit sector on policy issues and has extensive experience of small businesses operating in niche markets.
A Rotarian since 2003, Brigitte Faubert is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Kew Gardens, served on the RIBI London 2012 Olympic Committee, chaired the RIBI Vocational Service and Partnerships Committee and is a member of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace.
She is currently focussing on the Peace Umbrella Project, where she is responsible for Marketing, Promotion and Public Relations.