Inspiration for my 'objectifying anxiety' project.
Carton - Numbered Editions magazine
How you'd experience artwork in a gallery - in a magazine format. I really like the variety of textures and mediums used in the photography of images within this magazine. Also the plasticy, brightly coloured nature of the content gives a nod to consumerism. Really nicely curated, the magazine is great inspiration for my book full of weird objects and images.
Original Risographies - work-form
A homage to Bruno Munari’s experiments with a Xerox machine, Original Risographies explores the potential of the Risograph duplicator as a tool for creating new images, as well as reproducing existing ones. Part manual, part investigation, the book contains 56 experiments, collected into chapters covering Reproduction, Scale, Density, Movement, Pattern, Texture, Layering and Colour.
Lovely varied textures and colours, bound together with a spiral bind which makes the book feel playful and fun for the reader. The experimentation undertaken alongside the curated spreads gives a really nice contrast which I'd like to see in my book depicting anxiety-reducing objects.
The inspiration for Original Risographies...
Xerografia Originale - Bruno Munari
These are original works which were made using a Fuji-Xerox copying machine. This machine is ordinarily used to copy written materials from the surface of paper or other objects. Munari has put it to a very different use that of making original works of art. I use basic design elements which may be a group of stripes, a black thread or a written symbol. By moving these basic design elements and altering the position of the light source, I create an original design work on a sheet of Xerox paper. The four original works presented here were made during the exhibition of my work held in Tokyo during March 1965. (Bruno Munari)
London Type - Studio Pyramid
London Type is a photographic compilation of London's shop fronts and bits of type found over the course of a year. It's a visual expression of the city through typography, a celebration of the contrasting cultures and influences that together make up this city before they disappear.
Lovely collection of photographs, really nicely laid out with clear and concise parts of text to underpin the concept behind these images of London typography.
Real Review
Real Review is a quarterly contemporary culture magazine with the strapline “what it means to live today”. Our agenda focuses on the politics of space, and trying to understand how everyday conditions enforce and reinforce power relations.
Scritti Politti - Anomie & Bonhomie album artwork
Repurposed images, interestingly displayed.
This is Tomorrow exhibition catalogue
This is Tomorrow was a seminal exhibition of art, architecture, music and graphic design that took place at London's Whitechapel Gallery in August 1956.
I really like the mixture of photography, drawing and bold typography to give this book a really interactive and collaged feel. The size of this book - 165x170mm with 132 pages is effective too - again making the piece feel more personable and able to carry around.
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