Paul Hetherington
Art Director
Paul Hetherington is a creative director and graphic designer.
After studying graphic design and advertising in Sheffield and Reading, Hetherington trained as a designer for Peter Saville from 1984-87. In 1988 Hetherington co-founded his design agency Big-Active, with partners Gerard Saint and Mark Watkins. Leaving Big-Active nine years later, Hetherington returned to collaborate on design and image projects with Nick Knight, and with Peter Saville at his Mayfair-based consultancy, the apartment. During this period, major client accounts included Mandarina Duck, the Barbican Centre, Flos and Hugo, plus music packaging for Pulp, Suede, Gay Dad and New Order.
Furthering his connection with Saville and Knight, Hetherington was part of the core team that helped establish SHOWstudio towards the end of 1999. Once the site was founded in November, 2000, Hetherington took on the position of creative director between 2000 and 2009, which saw him oversee all creative aspects and aims thanks to his long history of working with both Knight and Saville since the mid-1980s.
Shortly after leaving SHOWstudio in 2011, Hetherington assumed the role of editorial director for the Berlin-based art and photography magazine Upon Paper. He held this position for three years before committing permanently to his own freelance work.
Hetherington continues to independently collaborate on art and design projects with Saville and others to this day, such as creating an editioned neon artwork for the opening of London art space HOTEL, and working on digital image effects of Knight's 2004 Pirelli Calendar shoot. Hetherington has also been a judge of the Photography Award at the Hyères International Festival of Art and Fashion. Since 2013, his client list has included Chanel Metier D'Arts Manchester, FERRAGAMO, Aston Martin, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Hennessy, Tate Modern, Lacoste and adidas' collaborative diffusion line, Y-3.
Paul Hetherington is a creative director and graphic designer.
After studying graphic design and advertising in Sheffield and Reading, Hetherington trained as a designer for Peter Saville from 1984-87. In 1988 Hetherington co-founded his design agency Big-Active, with partners Gerard Saint and Mark Watkins. Leaving Big-Active nine years later, Hetherington returned to collaborate on design and image projects with Nick Knight, and with Peter Saville at his Mayfair-based consultancy, the apartment. During this period, major client accounts included Mandarina Duck, the Barbican Centre, Flos and Hugo, plus music packaging for Pulp, Suede, Gay Dad and New Order.
Furthering his connection with Saville and Knight, Hetherington was part of the core team that helped establish SHOWstudio towards the end of 1999. Once the site was founded in November, 2000, Hetherington took on the position of creative director between 2000 and 2009, which saw him oversee all creative aspects and aims thanks to his long history of working with both Knight and Saville since the mid-1980s.
Shortly after leaving SHOWstudio in 2011, Hetherington assumed the role of editorial director for the Berlin-based art and photography magazine Upon Paper. He held this position for three years before committing permanently to his own freelance work.
Hetherington continues to independently collaborate on art and design projects with Saville and others to this day, such as creating an editioned neon artwork for the opening of London art space HOTEL, and working on digital image effects of Knight's 2004 Pirelli Calendar shoot. Hetherington has also been a judge of the Photography Award at the Hyères International Festival of Art and Fashion. Since 2013, his client list has included Chanel Metier D'Arts Manchester, FERRAGAMO, Aston Martin, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Hennessy, Tate Modern, Lacoste and adidas' collaborative diffusion line, Y-3.
