I think I first Manchester mosaic master Mark Kennedy in 2014. He was working with adidas on some project which involved making large-scale tiled depictions of Stan Smith’s moustachioed mug, and the shop I worked at back then was somehow involved the project. For a good few weeks Mark was a regular face in the office—a definite breath of fresh normal air when compared with the shameless ‘brand managers’ who used to wander in trying to peddle their wares. From what I remembered Mark even went to the effort of making a particularly catchy song, complete with music video, about Stan Smith, to go with the mosaics—but for some reason adidas didn’t use it.
Eight years later, I interviewed him and snapped a few photos for an opticians. Mark wears some pretty swanky glasses. Read it here…
https://www.seen.co.uk/blogs/journal/mark-kennedy-mosaic-manchester-interview#article
Or read the old interview I did with Mark back in 2014 here…
https://www.oipolloi.com/blogs/the-blog/18182911-interview-mark-kennedy-mosaic-mastermind
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