DEREK YATES

Designer of Soul II Soul's seminal ‘Funki Dred’ logo, went on to make a major contribution to the way Britain’s multi-cultural club culture looked in the late 1980s. During that time he designed t-shirts, banners, merchandise and 12’ covers for Jazzie b and was responsible for the visual identity and interior design of the groundbreaking acid house night ‘Confusion De Londra’. This led him to be featured artist in Design After dark by Cynthia Rose, which was the first survey of design that accompanied the explosion of dance culture at that time. Derek is now lecturing in Graphic Design at Ravensbourne University.