Airside (company)

{{short description |Design studio in London}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Airside

| logo = Airside logo 2009.png

| type = Small and medium enterprise

| foundation = London, United Kingdom (1998)

| location = London

| defunct = {{End date|2012}}}}

Airside was a design studio founded in 1998 by Alex Maclean, Nat Hunter and Fred Deakin.{{aut|Sibley, F. (ed.)}} (2009), Airside by Airside, Gestalten, 296 pages {{ISBN|978-3-89955-244-7}}, p. 10 The company won many awards, including recognition from D&AD, BAFTA and Design Week.{{cite web|url=http://www.airside.co.uk/about/ |title=Official Airside website |publisher=www.airside.co.uk |access-date=2009-11-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201091421/http://www.airside.co.uk/about |archive-date=2009-12-01 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10049728_ITM

|title=Side ways: digital and graphics group Airside this week scooped two Design Week Awards. Design Week (March, 2002)|publisher=www.accessmylibrary.com|access-date=2008-01-14| date=2002-03-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=2008&category=Craft&award=Titles

|title=BAFTA awards database:Titles 2008 nominees.|publisher=www.bafta.org|access-date=2009-11-17}}{{cite web|title=BAFTA Nomination|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=2002&category=Interactive&award=Interface+Design|work=2002 Interface Design|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=11 November 2011}}{{cite web|title=D&AD Awards|url=http://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/archive|work=9 nominations & inbook|publisher=D&AD|access-date=11 November 2011}}

Co-founder Deakin is one half of ambient/electronica music duo Lemon Jelly. Promotional material for Lemon Jelly, including posters, album covers and videos was produced by Airside.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/147/147805_jelly_wobble_into_town.html

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421051328/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/147/147805_jelly_wobble_into_town.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2013-04-21

|title=Jelly wobble into town|publisher=Manchester Evening News|access-date=2008-01-14}}

History

Founded before the dot-com bubble, Airside was initially known as a graphic design company; it later diversified into film-making with animation. The company closed in 2012, after being suspended for a year.

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