Design Fellowship for Judge

Former Bedford College student Stephen Judge, now Director of Bedfordshire-based design and branding consultancy Bonfire Creative Intelligence, has been recently awarded Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Designers.

The Chartered Society of Designers currently only awards around 40 fellowships per year to those it considers have made a contribution to the Society, profession or their own area of business and expertise.

Stephen began his design career as a student at Bedford College, completing a Foundation Course in Art and Design in July 1991. He continued onto the University of Central England, now Birmingham City University, graduating in 1995 with a BA Honours, PgDip and an MA in Visual Communication. After enjoying 5 years experience in the design industry, Stephen and co-director Jason Pearce founded their own company on the 5 November 2000. Bonfire Creative Intelligence will be entering their 10^th year this November and continue to move from strength to strength. Bonfire were the first consultancy in the UK to be accredited by the Design Association, an initiative of the Chartered Society of Designers.

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