Jay Burridge

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jay Burridge
Occupation	Graphic Designer
Date Of Birth	Jan 12, 1971(1971-01-12)
Age	53
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	London
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jay Burridge Biography

Jay Burridge is one of the most popular and richest Graphic Designer who was born on January 12, 1971 in London, London, United Kingdom. Jay Jay Burridge also known as Jay Burridge (born 12 January 1971) is an artist and former television presenter. He fronted the BBC children’s art programme SMart from 1994 until 2003, when he left and became a graphic designer and snowboard inventor. He was a close friend of colleague Mark Speight.

Burridge directed the music video for the song “Inspired By” by The Brightlights and was art director on Hot Chip’s “Boy from School” video, for which he won a Cads Music Vision Award. He also designed several large denim butterflies, which went on display on the streets of London, as part of an advertising campaign for Levi Strauss & Co.’s “Live Unbuttoned” 501 jeans. When Superstars Ruled the World, an exhibition by Burridge about dinosaurs, opened in 2010 at the Lazarides Gallery in Beverly Hills. In 2011, Burridge’s piece, a full-sized unassembled airfix model of Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/6 Formula One car, sold at auction for €187,000. The piece had been on show at the “Remembering Ayrton Senna” exhibition.

Burridge is married. He was close friends with Speight and the two formed an “on- and off-screen double act” and regularly attended the Regency Rooms comedy nights together. Following the death of Speight’s fiancée Natasha Collins in January 2008, Burridge met up with him on several occasions and “tried to get him to see that the worst was over”, although he realised that Speight “might not be able to keep going”. Burridge spoke to Speight on 7 April 2008 and arranged to meet up with him later in the day. Speight, however, disappeared and committed suicide later that day. Burridge had helped police try to locate Speight, and was informed of his death on 13 April. He attended Speight’s funeral on 28 April.

Jay Burridge Net Worth

Jay Burridge is one of the richest Graphic Designer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jay Burridge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a degree in art, and in 1994 auditioned for the role as a presenter on the BBC children’s art programme SMart. At his interview he met Mark Speight, and the two soon formed a strong friendship. Burridge and Speight were given the jobs of presenting SMart alongside Zoe Ball. Ball left, and was replaced by Josie d’Arby who was then replaced by Kirsten O’Brien and Lizi Botham in 1999. Together with O’Brien and Botham they fronted the SMart spin-off shows SMart on the Road and SMarteenies, as well as appearing at many other art-related events.

Burridge left SMart in 2003, feeling he had “outgrown [his] role as a children’s TV presenter,” and wanted to move “out of the limelight”. He worked as a commercial artist before becoming a producer for a TV company, as well as working as a graphic designer and snowboard inventor. He is the founder of the design company Laughing Boy and Lucky Seven, a hat company which specialises in crested baseball caps emblazoned with the logos of fictional companies from TV shows and films. The caps have been worn by people including Madonna and David LaChapelle.

In 2017, Bonnier Zaffre released The World of Supersaurs: Raptors of Paradise, the first of a major six-book series, written by Burridge. The book was accompanied by a free app that uses AR technology to bring the illustrations to life and also had a mini-game with 50 missions that are completed by exploring the pages. Burridge, who is dyslexic, wrote and designed the book experience to instigate children that struggle with reading to be excited about books and is a firm believer on the use of technology to support new readers.

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Jay Ranked on the list of most popular Graphic Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jay Burridge celebrates birthday on January 12 of every year.