My 2020 Lockdown Project

Carlos Simpson

Jul 2022 · Carlos Simpson Design Studio

About this ebook

After spending the year 2019/2020 capturing the views, feelings, and hopes of people of all ages and diverse cultures living through challenging times of the COVID-19 lockdown including myself I’ve decided to express my thoughts and feelings through something new. So, I challenged my usual way of thinking as well as the creative process (“in the moment”) improvising music with the aim to create freely and spontaneously. Because of my lack of experience in music, it was a fun and interesting process to learn at the same time as making.

As a result, four albums arose: Love Is the Secret, Illegal Migrant, Tribal Soul, and Memórias do Vento. All of them were released at the end of the year 2020 around Christmas time.

All the images in this book were painted also during the Covid19 lockdown with a specific medium and technique as part of the "My 2020 Lockdown project".

About the author

Carlos Simpson is an entrepreneur, strategic graphic designer, artist, musician, and author in London, United Kingdom.

Carlos graduated from Bristol in Graphic Design at The University of West of England in 2011. In the same year, he did his placement at Neville Brody (Research Studios in London) Brody Associates working on Brand identity projects such as Royal College 150 anniversary and D&AD 50 anniversary, since then he worked as a Graphic Designer for some of the world's biggest brands, including Topman, Selfridges, Ted Baker, Ben Sherman, and Oxfam. In 2016 he founded Carlos Simpson Design Studio in London United Kingdom. 

Some of his paintings were bought by some worldwide known businesspeople such as Sergio Marchionne. "I improvise to better understand the human brain and the effect the same on the individual lives with the intention to explore feelings, the way we relate to each other, the daily situations, and the magic touch of empathy". Past projects are Illegal Migrant (2020), Love Is the Secret (2020), Tribal Soul (2020), Memórias do Vento (2020), I Am Human (2022), ATMO (2022), El Niño (2023).

(Book catalog) You Make Your Rights (2021), Politics Design: The Power of Political Stamps (2021), Signs of Fingerprints (2021), and Portraits of the Self and Fingerprints (2021). His work has received several international awards and is featured in exhibitions around the world.