Aeiko (Pete Harrison)

Pete Harrison has worked for a variety of clients over a wide range of media; Dolce & Gabbabna, Nike, Microsoft, MTV, Orange, Samsung, Jameriquai, Intel, Walls Magnum, Konami, Sky, Trojan, RBS/Natwest, Sprite, Unicef, Peugeot, BMW, Dell, Sigma, Guiness, Computer Arts, Fall Out Boy, Dahra, Royal Mail, Advanced Photoshop, Vinly Abuse, Marlboro, Harrods and many many more.

When he was 12, he wanted to be a graphic designer. Knowing this he was able to tailor his education around what he wanted to become. At school he studied art and design, same at A-Level. He went to University and studied MediaLab Arts.

He knew he wanted a career in the creative industries and during University he started creating digital art, and by the time he had finished he had a verity of artworks to show, so he set up a website to showcase them. He began posting on a few community and social sites and networking with other designers and illustrators. He was featured in a few magazines and books and exposure started to grow. He took a fulltime job in London working at an agency, and while he was there he set up a clothing label as a hobby, called Funkrush, and commissioned a bunch of friends to do some designs for him.

Funkrush developed very fast and now showcase’s designs by some of today’s top illustrators and designers as well as being stocked in shops all over the UK and Europe. Alongside this he decided to take up freelance and gained some high end clients in the fields of graphic design, web and interactive media, his online presence was still expanding. He was recognized by Computer Arts magazine as one in ten internationally recognised designers in the year 2006.

He’s been designing around 6 years now, since 2003, and has been freelancing fulltime since 2007, Aeiko was set up in 2006.