422 London creative director Simon Clarke has quit the company to set up his own design facility. Clarke, who has a background in creating visual effects work for science-based programmes, spent four years at 422 but felt he wanted to offer producers a different way of working. Clarke Associates will operate within facility house X-ray FX in Soho with a team of producers, designers, animators and compositors who will focus on design and visual fx work for both broadcast and commercials.

422 London creative director Simon Clarke has quit the company to set up his own design facility. Clarke, who has a background in creating visual effects work for science-based programmes, spent four years at 422 but felt he wanted to offer producers a different way of working. Clarke Associates will operate within facility house X-ray FX in Soho with a team of producers, designers, animators and compositors who will focus on design and visual fx work for both broadcast and commercials.