Who is
Department of Somethings?
Graham Wood - Art & Design
Graham finished his MA at St Martins in Design in 1991, then founded (with 6 others) the creative collective Tomato. Over the years his work has been influenced by concrete poetry, the ritual and philosophy of the esoteric and occult, musical composition, typography and forgotten drifting spaces. He has conceived and created advertising/design campaigns, posters, books, record sleeves, branding, directed TV ads, music videos, short films and title sequences, photography, live projections for bands, web and other interactive work (installations, events, games etc.), designed interiors and products, events, teaching, given lectures and ran workshops worldwide and so on. He’s also written and published several books. Exhibitions include V&A and MOMA Permanent Collection, MOCA (San Francisco), BFI collection, The Barbican, Whitechapel Gallery, Parco Tokyo, and the Moderna Museet (Stockholm) amongst others.
Rosie de la Mare - Investigative Designer
Rosie studied Architecture for four years. Whilst she didn’t pursue it as a career, she tends to turn issues and problems into 3D versions in her head before she can attempt to understand them. She then sketches them out before trying to explain to others. This was particularly useful in the industry in which she eventually landed - music and digital data. Back when no-one understood what she did, she found herself diagramming to explain… which led to her running the team that managed the European music catalogue for a major streaming company. She has since taught data insight to Music Business students and graduated in June 2025 from Central St Martins with an MA in Communicating Complexity (Graphic Communication). Rosie now investigates and communicates the complexity of perceptions and realities by telling stories through data visualisation, diagrammatic mapping, video and audio. She also experiments with presenting data in physical form through weaving and tapestry.