About Us

Fatsuma was set up in 2004 by Andrew Spackman. Andrew has gained a wealth of experience and skills over the past 20 years having worked as an aircraft engineer, circus school administrator, musician, illustrator and designer. For the past 8 years he has worked as a Lecture in Graphic Design, illustration and video production. He is currently Course Director for the BA (hons) in Graphic Design and Illustration at Coventry University.

Some previous achievements include writing and directing the musical Kurt Cobain is Dead, making several short films which have been screened at festivals around the UK, and having illustrations published in magazines including Rojo, The Face, Plan B and Computer Arts Projects. He has designed several T-shirts for Tokyo based T-shirt manufacturer Graniph.

In 1997 he set up the experimental music group the Zoom Quartet with the aid of an Arts Council grant. The Zoom Quartet have performed extensively around the UK including at Exploding Cinema, Brief Encounters Short Film Festival, the ICA, the Festival of Xtreme Building, FlatPack Festival and OMSK. He has collaborated with various performance companies and musicians including the High Lamas and Rip Rig and Panic pianist Mark Springer, with whom he has released several CD’s.

His most recent work includes exhibiting the experimental typography/sound machine, the Fontonola, at the Plus International Design Expo in 2007.