Images: Debbie Loftus
—‘Highly Commended’.
Fedrigoni Top Awards 2019.
Featured in the Berlin exhibition of award winners, Radialsystem, Berlin, 8–10 May 2019. Six London Preludes combines 317 photos and six narratives, reflecting contemporary London in words and pictures that tell the same stories in a mix of genres, tones of voice, viewpoints and frames of reference. The design complements the content, including a range of Fedrigoni papers and page sizes, and using assertive typography to achieve a provocative urban feel and edgy glamour. The result is a graphic novel that’s also an artist’s sketchbook of candid photos, a luxury brochure and an unorthodox city guide. Combining the contemporary and the classical, the content and design of Six London Preludes reflects the ‘Un/Modern’ ethos of Festival O/Modernt. The eclectic contents are designed in a contradictory fusion of styles, with short inserts at the beginning and end of each chapter adding tactile variety. Section-sewn and Otabound, the book’s debossed gold foil cover titles enhance the discordant luxury feel. Exploiting digital technology, the exclusive first edition of 175 is numbered and each copy has a unique cover image.
Paperback 250 x 176 mm, 342 pages + 13 inserts, 317 iPhone photos.
175 numbered copies with 175 individual covers.
Designed by James Lunn.
Paper by Fedrigoni.
December 2017.
ISBN: 9780992891251.