Michael Christopher Place (me) is a Yorkshire born (1969, a moon-landing baby) graphic designer, creative director and founder of Design studio Build. I tend to bang on about being from Yorkshire. A lot. I went to see Star Wars with my mum in Harrogate in 1977 (aged 8), my life has never been the same since. I have only had two full-time jobs, one working for Trevor Jackson (Bite It!) in London which was scary as f**k. And at The Designers Republic in Sheffield, which was a lot of hard work. I started up the studio after being frustrated by not being fully in control of my own destiny…to be fair I still don’t think I am fully in control of my destiny. But that is part of the excitement.

What role does music play in your day-to-day life as a creative?

It means everything. I can’t design without music.

Tell us about your playlist:

I’ve split into 4 distinct periods of my life and the music I was into at that time. 1—5 Heavy Metal (1979—84), 6—10 Psychobilly/Indie (1985—88), 11—15 Hip Hop (1989—95) + 16—20 Electronic (1996 onwards). Each of these styles of music punctuate my life, where one adventure starts and another ended. School, College & Work.

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