consulting

commissions and collaboration

Building a leading design consultancy, studying across creative disciplines and developing an awarded art practice have equipped Mark McClelland well for commissions and collaborative projects.

Mark has absolute familiarity with the processes of working accountably to a brief, deadlines and budgets while collaborating within teams. Mark brings these practices to his client driven projects along with well developed expertise working across cultures and disciplines.

As founder and director of DesignTroupe, (later GPJ), Mark has led teams across the Asian region as well as in Europe and North America. Projects have included major cultural and public events like The Olympic Games and Sydney Festival as well as clients in sectors as diverse as automotive, sport, IT, entertainment, telecommunications.

These experiences have given Mark a unique perspective on creative collaborations. While the singularity of the artist’s vision often leads to extraordinary and expressive art-making, there are many cases, particularly those of greater complexity, in which the diversity of a collaborative team is required to produce a result appropriate to a particular brief or public requirement.

With a professional design background, natural instincts as a creative director, training as a designer/ maker and an active art practice, Mark successfully navigates between these worlds. Caring little about the divisions between disciplines and finding excitement and opportunities in the areas where they meet and cross-over Mark, brings creative diversity and experience to consulting, collaborations and commissions.

The images to your left show a small selection of projects designed and produced by DesignTroupe / GPJ under Mark’s creative leadership. Details of other projects supplied on request.

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