John Philip Sage

Education
2024 Type@Cooper Condensed Programme, Cooper Union
2013–2016 BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design, London College of Communication
2009–2010 Architecture RIBA 2 MArch (Erasmus), London Metropolitan University
2005–2012 Master’s Degree (Ba + MSc) in Architecture, ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture

Work
2019–Ongoing Member and co-founder of spreeeng design cooperative
2018–2021 Graphic Designer at the Tate Design Studio, London
2020 Graphic Designer at the V&A Design Studio, London
2016 Graphic Designer at Double Decker Curators, London
2016 Internship at Visual Editions Publisher, London

Teaching
2021–2025 Lecturer at Kingston School of Art, London
2023–2024 Lecturer at Camberwell College of Arts, London

Facilitating
2022 Curator and Supervisor at United Practice's Summer Event in collaboration with Carlos Romo-Melgar, Open Practice and V-RM Studio
2022 Design Advisor for 'A Line Which Forms a Volume 6' in collaboration with Carlos Romo-Melgar and Bryony Quinn. Design Supervision and coordination of the student-led publication at MA Graphic Media Design, London College of Communication
2021 Curator and Supervisor at United Practice's Summer Event in collaboration with Carlos Romo-Melgar, Open Practice and V-RM Studio

Workshops
2025 The Body as a Publisher (a Typographic Opera) workshop about Publishing, performance, language and typography, London College of Communication
2024 Somatic Publishing workshop about Publishing, performance and language in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri, Kingston University, London
2022–2023 Situated practices and Critical Positions workshop series about Design Research, positionality and non-linear writing in collaboratio with Carlos Romo-Melgar, IED Madrid, IED Kunsthal Bilbao and IED Barcelona
2024 DRAMA Erotica workshop on reading, writing and performing in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri and Giulia Astesani, Chisenhale Dancer Centre
2023 DRAMA on Listening workshop on reading, writing and performing in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri, Kingston School of Art
2023 DRAMA on Sobremesa workshop on reading, writing and performing in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri, Carmen Gray and Maria de la O Garrido, Apiary Studios
2023 DRAMA on Sound workshop on reading, writing and performing in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri and Eevee Zayas-Garín, Apiary Studios
2022 DRAMA on Carnality workshop on reading, writing and performing in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri
2022 DRAMA on Oversharing workshop on reading, writing and performing in collaboration with Alessia Arcuri as part of the Summer Event
2012 Research Through Design workshop about Design Research, IED Kunsthal Bilbao, Spain
2012 Parasocial Relationships workshop about fandom and merch, London College of Communication
2019 STORE Warsaw Summer School summer school about performative furniture In collaboration with Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
2019 Sound Symbolism East Education Summer School, Here East, London
2018 Tools for Print Printmaking and 3D workshop, as part of STORE Projects, Woodbridge School
2018 Inflatable Structures VR and inflatable structures workshop, as part of STORE Projects, Open House London, University College London
2018 Queer Flags Graphic design and activism workshop, in collaboration with The Outside Project and Queerseum for London pride and Science Museum’s Late event on Sexuality
2018 Flatland Casting Workshop, as part of STORE Projects, Pimlico Academy

Lectures
2025 Around Cooperation, London College of Communication. University of the Arts London
2025 Typographic Gestures, Type&Faces, London
2023 Exchanges Between Graphic Design and Performance, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
2021 Narrative Environments, IED Kunsthal Bilbao, Spain
2018 Diagrammatic Drawing, The Architectural Association, London
2018 Queer Objects, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
2017 Neurodiversity and Design London College of Communication