Tony Blow is Strategic Director at Stand, a Glasgow and Amsterdam based brand communications agency. At Stand, he helps clients use their brand to achieve defined business goals.
Tony quickly gets to the heart of a brand and its challenges, suggests ways forward, then directs design-led solutions. Two decades in cross-disciplinary design provides him with the tools and experience to guide any project from insight to delivery (and the practical skills to pick up a laptop and get things done).
CURRENT ROLE
FORMER ROLES
2018–2019
Senior Designer/Art Director
(brand communication)
Stand, Glasgow and Amsterdam
2002–2018
Senior Designer
(brand expression through graphics and environments)
Graven Images, Glasgow
2000–2002
Graphic Designer
(brand identity, print and publications)
Pointsize Associates, Glasgow
1999–2000
Graphic Designer
(typography and identity for film and television)
Iso Design, Glasgow
1999–2000
Production Assistant
(magazine direction, design and production)
Product magazine, Edinburgh
1998
Design intern
(branding, advertising, typography and editorial)
Plazm, Portland OR (USA)
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS
2007–present
Editor and art director
(All Torque magazine)
The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club, UK
2004–2017
DJ and rockstar
(at the world’s biggest burlesque club)
Club Noir, Glasgow
2012–2017
Visiting Lecturer
(Visual Communications)
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
PAST CLIENT HIGHLIGHTS
The Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Government
Royal Bank of Scotland
British Airways
Radisson Hotels
The Harris Tweed Authority
BBC Scotland
Nike