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8over5 is a former Victorian weights and measures building at 5 Rosebery Avenue in Clerkenwell, recently refurbished into 8 boutique, luxury residential apartments. Developed by Stanhope Plc, and designed by Buckley Gray Yeoman architects, we were commissioned to produce the identity. We created a complete brand world for 8over5, that included the naming creation, logotype, website design, print, advertising and environment.

Hoban Bold (District, 2013) with swash alternates and a few custom swirls (“PLUS” is modified), paired with a bold weight from the Ingeborg family. Art direction by Roseanne Serra.

I designed these covers for The New Press for Gary Tooth at Empire Design Studio. They're a reprint in two different versions of Studs Terkel's very first book, Giants of Jazz, first published in 1957.

Fortunately for us, The New Press' then-publisher, Colin Robinson presented us with an original edition of the book, which featured the stunning black-and-white illustrations I later adapted for the covers, as well as title text set in Corvinus. As far as we understood at the time, Corvinus didn't exist in a digital form, so I naively created one in Fontographer for use here, using Dover's Classic Typefaces and How To Use Them as reference. In retrospect, we could have done fine with Jane Patterson’s Skyline or Tobias Frere-Jones' Niagara. (Ann Pomoroy's Corvinus Skyline hadn't been created yet).

Corvinus specimen page from Dover's Classic Typefaces and How to Use Them.

“American Friends Musée d'Orsay needed a new website as prestigious as the museums they support: Musée d'Orsay and Musée de L’Orangerie. It had to be classic yet contemporary to appeal to members, donors and corporate sponsors alike. We worked with their existing identity and evolved the teal and light blue color palette to include neutrals and yellow ochre–often found in paintings of that era. Content is drawn from their vast library of late 19th Century art paired with photography from their fundraising events. The UX is visually dynamic and easy to navigate, creating an experience that is exhibition ready.” — TRÜF

The apostrophe is not from LInotype Didot. It must be custom made or comes from a different font.