It’s always great to get a brief from one of our favourite clients, the Horniman Museum. They asked us to update the market identity we created for them a couple of years ago as they were moving it to a Sunday. To expand the suite, we made a walrus on a veg ‘berg and a fruit ‘berg.
We are regulars to the market and particularly recommend Aston’s, the bread stall.
To see the other versions of this design, take a look here:
It’s that peaceful time between Christmas and New Year when things are quiet down at the studio. I’m taking the opportunity to update the blog and share several projects from the past year. As you may know, I have a space at the lovely Cooper’s Yard in Crystal Palace. Never a day goes by when I’m not grateful to be here. My landlord Gavin Rookledge (also an artist) approached me to update the signage around the Yard – this is the first two of the set. Using his surname as inspiration, Gavin named all the buildings after birds in the Corvus family, the most well known of which is the rook. (The Jackdaw houses artists’ spaces and the Chough Hut is a pukka little bar used for open house and other events.)
Link to Gavin’s website:
The photo of the Yard was taken by Leo of Figuration, also resident here:
And yet another Yard resident, Ben Alderman of Jetpack Graphics, designed Gavin’s website:
https://www.jetpackgraphics.com
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Working with the Museum of London, I designed the 3D layout and 2D panels for the display cases in the expanded London Bridge station. On show are many fascinating objects excavated during the build. If you’re passing through the main concourse, it’s well worth slowing down to take a look.
I find this kind of work so satisfying. Why? Not only do I relish the design process, I get a genuine kick out of working with historical content. For instance, take the caption below about a goose’s wing bone. A few centuries ago, someone living close to the Thames by London Bridge selected a particular bone to carve into a writing instrument which, in its smallness is something to ponder on; but what’s more, is that it survived and is now on display for the thousands passing through the station every day. To me that’s poetry. You have to wonder what it was they intended to write. A few lines to a loved one maybe? Or maybe a letter of complaint? Perhaps a drawing, or a simple list of figures? Which leads me to think about the practicality of such a pen. I’ve found that even without splitting the nib a reed pen works really well, although I’ve only tried bamboo. Which makes me wonder what kind of mark bone would make ... every project creates a wide net of ideas.
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Sensational Butterflies is running for a second year on the front lawn of the Natural History Museum. I designed and artworked the graphics from my little studio here in Crystal Palace. I have to say it was a genuine pleasure using Harry Taylor's photos - such incredible macro photography... an education in itself.
If you can't make it in person, go to their website for a 360 tour with an expert.
Show runs until 16 September
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/sensational-butterflies.html
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I love winter. Really, I do. But this year I'm impatient for spring and the opening of the World Gallery at the Horniman. Since they closed the Centenary and African Worlds galleries, weekends just haven't been the same. No Dogon masks, no Hopi dolls, no Polish folk horse. Oh dear. However, I have been lucky enough to see an early draft of the plans. The old galleries have been stared at, shaken up and taken to a whole new level. It'll be worth the wait.
As you may know, my graphics cover the World Gallery spaces to prevent peeking while work is going on. I also helped their fundraising campaign by donating this framed print.
They're still raising money, so please donate if you can:
https://horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/help-bring-the-world-to-forest-hill
You might be interested to hear that the museum was named one of the 10 coolest museums in the world by the New York Times. (No need to ask if I agree.)
https://horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/news/horniman-hailed-as-one-of-the-worlds-coolest-museums
For more on my work on the World Gallery graphics:
http://chutneychorus.com/#/large-format-horniman-museum/
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We've updated our website. Click on the pic that tickles you.
Sensational Butterflies at the Natural History Museum is open! I designed and artworked the exhibition graphics for the show. It's a live butterfly experience, so it's something of a departure for me. Happy feelings.
The show runs from 31 March to 17 September 2017.
See the full story about the design here:
http://chutneychorus.com/#/exhibition-natural-history-museum/
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