Nigel Peake

After struggling with a university project of mine, my lecturer Ben Kelly pointed me in the direction of Nigel Peake's illustrations. Creating magazine layouts for a response to an article in The Guardian, A disdain for urban planning is the probelm, not overcrowding, needed improvement in relation to the use of image. His work of the Six Cities references well with my need to create a busy composition to highlight the point of overcrowding high-rise flats. With intricate detail and attention to linear approaches, his designs are full of imagination, creating his own new city each time. 

World of Words

Kulturforum gallery, near Potsdamer Platz. 
This exhibition was a must to visit on our trip to Berlin, it explores the different typeface used in sign systems from Europe and USA,1890-2010. A visit that lasted hours, looking closely at all the details. The work of a later period was particularly interesting, showcasing images before digital methods were introduced. Those 'mistakes' made them appear real, a relation to something that was hand-made? 

Berlin Adventures... a few of many