What started out as a personal dive into the subcultures of underground brands has evolved into an independent practice championing conceptual branding and design innovation


Just getting started…

The creative branding of UK artist and designer John Lancaster aka A—HUMAN presents a referential body of conceptualism. Since 2011, work has been exhibited in both public and private exhibitions, galleries and for the creative industries, including a 5-year long working-fashion installation at the Arts Club, Dover St.

Selected works document experimental branding and art following a natural shift from fashion to installation design, technology, and experimental publishing.

Purpose—

As a brand in its own right, A—HUMAN is deeply rooted in subcultural influences, often shaping designs that, despite their own success, remain uncredited. This anonymity reflects not a pursuit of recognition, but a relentless curiosity—an urge to contribute to something relevant and perceptive, where the significance of purpose outweighs the need for attribution.

With AI accelerating decision-making, audiences now assess a brand’s credibility toy-like. Its no surprise, underground brands who embrace UX-driven design and data-informed content still lead the way in the creative industries, combining strategic thinking with visual impact

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Collaborations, Commissions and Flukes No.001—067:


Selected Acknowledgements

Hannah Peel

Scroobius Pip

Adrian Utley (Portishead)

Trevor Nelson

John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)

Hans Zimmer

Flood

Pete Townshend

James Malone (IONASKY)

Mushroom (Massive Attack)

Sasha

Tato Giovannoni

Edith Bowman

David Sylvian

Tom Hardy

Carl Cox

Robin Rimbaud (Scanner)

Fernando Trocca

Ben Minto (Sweet Justice)

DJ Michailo

Felix Buxton (Basement Jaxx)

Pete McKee

Graham Connington (Test Dept)

Stephen Morris (New Order)

Selected Operations

Dunhill

British Library

Street Studios

Monksleigh

Logically AI / Facts

FWP Productions

The Mandarin Oriental

ETCH.

Game of Thrones

The Arts Club 1863

Corbin & King

Natural History Museum

Virgin

WKW

Savills Sheffield

MOBO Awards

Realm

Grove Farm House

Helen Lancaster

Melanie Migliore

Matthew Hall

Laura Skarbaliute

Jake Shaw

Giovanni Lilliu

Miriam Oblong

Matthew Shaw

Joshua Mcghee

Amber Conway

Charlotte O’Loughlin

Zoe Charlesworth

Paris Finch

Jeremy Hackett

Fly

Nick Summers

Julio Miranda

Tom Baldwin

C’DA

3DCTRL

Stephen Dorrington

Jonathan Cole/TSC

David Thursby

Tom Laing

Kirsten Henton

With Thanks

Collaborations, Commissions and Flukes No. 068—108


Selected Restaurants

IVY Chelsea Gardens

Petrus Belgravia

Oblix

The Wolseley

The Delaunay

Colbert

Wiltons, Jermyn Street

Hakkasan

Kyubi

Park Chinois

Royal Academy of Arts

AOK

Canary Wharf 31

Zuma Group

Toto’s

NIPA

Giovanni, Knightsbridge

Sophies

Gaucho

Park Row

Harrods

Selected Clubs & Hotels

Royal Lancaster London

The Wellesley Knightsbridge

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park

The Corinthia

The Arts Club Hotel, Dover St

Browns

The Beaumont Hotel

ROSL

Royal Albert Hall

Hari Hotel

Harrods

The Westbury Hotel

The Mandrake Hotel

67 Pall Mall

K West

Millenium Hotels

Selected Art Installations

‘LOVE + SPACE INVADER’

Sculpture: Summer Art Festival main exhibit feat. Decommissioned Parachutes—Hari Hotel, Belgravia, London (2018)

‘PROVOCATIVÆLECTRONICA’

Art Installation feat. Technics SL1210’s, — Æ / Paul Morrison Gallery, Sheffield (2019)

‘GR—AVY’

Fashion Installation: Permanent real-time exhibit over 3 floors— Arts Club, Dover St, London (2016-2021)

‘LIVE at the EMBASSY’

Art Installation: Temporary installation feat. DJ Graffiti Pig—Vox Studios, Vauxhall, London (2019)