Look Like Love Interview
Feel honoured to have been interviewed by Look Like Love. We’re running an exclusive feature on them in the next issue of Plog Magazine, look out for that soon!
New Project: Fosters Newsagents
In the heart of Brockley Rise, South East London, lies a corner shop like no other, Fosters Newsagents. A 90 year old newsagents that is renouned for its vast amount of excessive stock, overpowering layout, welcoming service and of course the greatest sweet selection one could ever dream of. This 120 paged book de-constructs the overload of stock, colour, scale and categorisation whilst introducing dialog of conversations which help replicate the daily atmosphere. Many thanks to Rodney, his wife and the local customers for making this book possible. [see more]
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NEW Project: Architrave Magazine supplement
As part of a university brief, I was required to design a supplement for a parent magazine of my choice. Choosing Frieze magazine as the parent, I developed Architrave, a supplement that focuses on the architecture of museum and gallery spaces. In classical architecture, the frieze is the central element of the entablature, the architrave is lowest element that sits just beneath the frieze. This dictated well how I should direct and design the supplement.
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Say hello to No.35
Architecture and book design can be seen to share similar principles. The way you interact and enter a house has similarities to how you interact and enter a book. This peculiar house has an unusual exterior, once together, but now separated in two. This small book allows you to interact with the exterior of the house, exploring its relationship with one another.
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New Work Preview
Little preview of some new work I’ve done recently, all will be uploaded to the site this weekend!
Architrave Magazine - Supplement proposal for Frieze magazine, focusing on the architecture and design of museums and gallery spaces.
No.35 - A small book/map that allows you to interact with the the exterior structure of an unusual house.
Fosters Newsagents - A book dedicated to the wonders of Fosters Newsagents, exploring the beauties of organisation, stock, history and daily atmosphere within the 90 year old corner shop. Previous post here.
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Update on Fosters Newsagents
Did a mock up of 3/4 of the book last night. The book entails an intensive investigation/tribute of the shop, from entrance to exit. De-constructing the overload of stock and colour, analysing the layout, scale and categorisation whilst introducing dialog of conversations which help replicate the atmosphere within the shop.
Format: 180mm x 148mm. Consisting of many gatefolds.
Binding: Perfect bound, hard cover still to come with detailing on the spine.
Stock: Switching between the same stock as the sweet bag that it comes in and some lovely, purposely not so nice, magazine glossy paper.
To read more about the previous update on this project click here.
Fosters Newsagents
Took this shot the other day. Think it’s the first time I’ve ever stepped back and looked at the building as a whole.
Studio
Fosters Newsagents
Proud shop owners. They’ve owned Fosters Newsagents for 30 years now, the shop itself is 90 years old. Don’t think I need to say much more about this photo - speaks for itself. Click here and here to see more info about the project.
Fosters Newsagents
One of ‘Rodney’s’ local customers asked me to take a photo of him today. Contemplating whether to include this in the intro of the book…
Will upload more shots tonight. Click here and here to see more info about the project.
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