Researching Jake Tilson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 361 people with the Tilson surname? In that year Tilson was ranked number 3218 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jake means "form of JACOB - the supplanter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jake Tilson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jake Tilson and the Tilson Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 624 people with the Tilson surname in the UK? Tilson is now ranked number 3451 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Tilson surname in the USA? Tilson is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Jake Tilson
Jake Tilson (born 1958 in London) is an English artist, graphic designer, writer and publisher.
Author and designer of A Tale of 12 Kitchens (2006), he published the arts magazines Cipher (1979–1981) and Atlas (1985–1993), taught in the Communication Design department at the Royal College of Art (1987–1999) and also works as a journalist. A retrospective exhibition of his art work was held at the Museo Internacional de Electrografia in Cuenca, Spain (1997), part funded by The British Council. He was an early adopter of the World Wide Web as a medium for art, using his website TheCooker (1994). As a graphic designer he has produced work for companies such as Paul Smith, Haworth Tompkins, Royal National Theatre and Warehouse plc. He is a trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery.
"Rooted in everyday culture and a pervading sense of place, Tilson’s practice spans publishing, cultural commentary, photography and audio work and often focuses on the unremarkable and the everyday whilst purposefully avoiding any sense of spectacle."
"Jake Tilson has always been one of the more original voices in graphic design, his playful, multilayered work defying both convention and easy description."
Source: Jake Tilson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tilson
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