Trevor Pitt Founded POD Projects in 2008. He is an artist-curator based in Birmingham, UK, whose work emerges from the social and cultural context within which it is produced.
He describes his practice as being ‘socially engaged’ and he takes the role of a collaborative cultural producer. Depending on the nature of his role within the project he works as an artist, a commissioner, a curator and a consultant.
Kate Pemberton is a UK based artist with an international reputation for electronic and textile-based contemporary art. She has exhibited in Japan, Canada, Europe, the UK, the USA, and is represented by CITRIC gallery, Italy.
Carolyn 'camo' Morton is an artist, cake baker, knitter, thai masseur and laughter therapist. Her practice is in some ways a way to meet and make relationships with others, shaping the evolving relationship within the situations in which they live or work.
Usually her process involves an exchange that is only possible by developing a sense of trust through an emerging personal relationship; neither colleagues, friends nor family, but another type of relationship that hovers and shifts. Working in public spaces, stimulating interaction in different but complimentary ways to the usual activity, she seeks to activate people and the spaces they inhabit. Often there is a performative element, or the creation of a "set" for the performance of everyday activities,transforming and elevating the routine; making visible what is usually invisible. Projects begin by identifying a 'creative purpose'; working to identify what participants see as significant, whether this involves social structures or a more personal history.
Abi Jackson is a designer with a love of textiles and a passion for colour.
Fabrics are sourced from far and wide, vintage silk saris, designer bolt ends from Paris, antique household linensand American cotton from day dresses can all be used in a design somewhere, nothing is wasted.
Abi wants to get people sewing again, ending their reliance on mass-produced high street tat. To this end she designs and makes one-off pieces of clothing, each unique in its use of vintage fabrics, textiles and trims. Abi also runs workshops at her Stitch & Make Studio on any manner of textile related subjects and is leading on the making of Salon Bench Northants for The Knitting Salon.
Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire of London-based design studio,
Absolute Zero Degrees, collaborated with Trevor Pitt to create the brand for POD Projects. AZD believe that design is all about communication
solutions. Whether the result is a logo, a brochure, or a piece of
packaging, they endeavour to make the process from idea to artwork
seamless – through creative strategies and design based on strong
insights. Their collective experience, drawn over 15 years in the
design industry, allows them to work across a number of disciplines
in a variety of sectors. Whilst they’re not Jacks Of All Trades,
their clients benefit from a flexible approach.
They’re also the authors of several best selling books on graphic
design, and have created their own brand of wallpapers and interior
accessories.
http://www.absolutezerodegrees.co.uk/
Jacob Masters is a web developer based in Birmingham, UK, and designed the POD Projects website in collaboration with Absolute Zero Degrees. His work includes the floppyswop project, as well as web development work for clients as diverse as MTV, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Capsule.org.uk, The British Council and many more.