Polymode designed This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance which accompanies the exhibition by the same title at the National Portrait Gallery curated by Rhea L. Combs. The catalogue was edited by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author Hilton Als together with Rhea L. Combs.

The book brings together artworks that feature James Baldwin alongside portraits of other key figures who had an impact on his life and situates him among a pantheon of culture bearers who were instrumental in shaping his life and legacy, particularly in relationship to his advocacy for gay rights.

La Grotesque (designed by Francesca Bolognini and Naïma Ben Ayed) is used as a core typeface on the book cover and for titles and captions throughout the book. La Grotesque embodies stories of queerness and migration which echos the life of Baldwin. More on the typeface design process at TPTQ Arabic. It is supported by Joshua Darden’s Dapifer.

The catalogue was published in hardback (9″×0.6″×12.5″, 112 pages) by DelMonico Books/National Portrait Galley.

Exhibition poster outside the National Portrait Gallery, London

Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver is an exhibition shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London till 19 May 2019.

Described as ‘a thing apart from all other painting or drawing’, the portrait miniatures of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are some of the greatest works of art to be produced in the British Isles. Hilliard and Oliver were compared by their contemporaries to Michelangelo and Raphael, and gained international fame and admiration. This is the first major UK exhibition of these miniatures for a generation.

The Hawkland typeface is used for all the exhibition graphics.

Exhibition entrance fabric banner

Introdution text on wall

Section text on wall

Text printed on fabric banner panel

Highlighted text on wall