Metro/Underground maps #1 Moscow

I love metro maps, here's the first in an occassional series, Moscow.
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Getting it right

Last November I was asked to design a book about health issues for refugees called Getting it right. I received a printed copy the other day and I've posted some pages below.

One of the challenges in designing this kind of book is that you don't have much to work with other than type, and perhaps one or two colours. You can usually use images on the cover but you can't get away with using photos as decoration or fillers (there's a limited budget for buying or shooting photos or for printing in 4 colour for example). It is often a matter of understanding what the book is about, how people will navigate through it and then getting the grid and the type right – the rest follows on.

Sounding the site

This week I became involved in a new project that will result in a performance on the campus of Sussex University (above) called Sounding the site. Here's a description of the project that myself and others are working towards.

Sounding the Site is an arts event, planned to take place on the University of Sussex campus on Friday 24 April 2009. Loosely based on the theme of Homer’s Odyssey (the epic tale recounting the adventures of Ulysses as he island-hops his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan War) Sounding the Site will lead the audience in a journey around the campus, pausing at six different ‘Islands’. Each ‘Island’ will be created by a different group, and will present the audience with an experience (lasting around five minutes) in which word, image and music/sound are creatively combined. The whole journey, which will take around 1.5 hours to complete, will be accompanied by a chorus, providing a narrative thread to link the Islands together.

I'm writing a piece for one island and maybe doing some graphics or artwork depending on how the project develops. I'll post more when the project gets further along.