Work in Progress with Folkestone Triennial

I have been designing a catalogue for the Folkestone Triennial 2025, one of the UK’s leading exhibitions of contemporary art in public space. Curated by Sorcha Carey, How Lies the Land? invites eighteen artists to respond to the layers and contours of Folkestone, finding in the deep ground an imaginative space to explore themes including migration and climate change, creation of community, interdependency of species, and the ancestral memories as well as future possibilities contained within the land.

The cover of the catalogue is based on an image produced by Tangent Graphic in Glasgow as part of their visual identity for the Triennial – which will appear on posters, leaflets, social media, marketing and interpretation materials (see below). I developed several typographic solutions for the title that made a nod to the typography of Tangent’s identity but which also stood independently from it. I used two typefaces, Clarendon Text Pro and Founders Grotesk, to generate a typographic arrangement of the title for the cover which was then developed and used for the typography throughout the book. 

How Lies the land? Folkestone Triennial 2025 opens on Saturday 19 July and runs until Sunday 19 October. Further information can be found here: creativefolkestone.org.uk

Cover of Meeting Point Within the Lewisian

This is the cover of a publication that I have designed with sculptor Jake Harvey and book artist Helen Douglas for their exhibition, Meeting Point Within the Lewisian, at the Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre in Lochmaddy, North Uist. The exhibition opens on 19 July 2025 and continues until 27 September; it will then tour to various venues including the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. 

The cover is foil blocked with Foilco 612 Metro Grey on Wicotex Brillianta BRI4003 Light Grey fabric with grey head and tail bands. The book was printed and bound by Gomer in Wales who have taken great care and attention with the printing and finishing. 

 Find out more about the exhibition here.