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After nine years Darren Foley and I have made the difficult decision that @plymouthdesignforum – PDF journey should come to an end.

What started in 2017 with a simple idea — to bring Plymouth’s creative community together — became nine years of talks, workshops, exhibitions, podcasts, portfolio reviews, mentorships, internships, new friendships, collaborations and careers.

Thousands of people came through our doors.
Some of the most respected names in design travelled all the way to Plymouth to share their work, their thinking and their stories:
@neville_brody . @marina_willer. @anthonyburrill . @sarahboris_ldn. @studiodotbuild . @moragmyerscough . @supermundane . @dixonbaxi . @dutchscot . @typeasimage @katedawkinsstudio @curious_captured_mj . @canarycarlo . @studio_sutherland . @jackrenwickstudio . @mdentonesq . @mchaloner . And many more.

It feels like a premature end to something I still wholeheartedly believe in and genuinely makes a difference to the city but the fact remains PDF has existed alongside our full-time careers and families for the duration. Without any funding or support or even acknowledgement, this cannot last forever.

We did our very best. Our community knows that throughout this time we have spent many hours in meetings and engaging with the key organisations and institutions across our city, hoping they would recognise the long-term value of what was being not simply as a series of events, but as part of Plymouth’s creative infrastructure…

I can’t imagine any other city letting an asset like PDF disappear but here we are.

As founders, we’ve always believed that if we couldn’t give Plymouth Design Forum the energy, care and ambition it deserved, it was better to bring the journey to a close than allow it to become something we were no longer proud of.

Read the full article here:
plymouthdesignforum.co.uk

Nine years. Countless conversations. One remarkable community.

Thank you to everyone who was part of it.

💚💚💚 taken in Plymouth by @bowden.edgar

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This book has become a ‘must have’ on the bookshelf of any artist, designer or creative person. John Murray Press invited us to create the cover and text design for The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair, which explores the cultural and social history of colours.

Brightly coloured, randomly-punched holes on the cover represent individual portals to the greater knowledge to be found within. With a grid allowing consistent blocks of colour on each page, full-bleed DPS colour blends let readers navigate using colour alone.

A clean, elegant and stylish book, a consistent seller around the world, stocked by both the Design Museum and Tate Gallery, and now available in 20 languages.
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#cover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #coverdesign #illustratedbooks #design #designer #bookdesigner #graphicdesign #colour #colourbook #color #colorbook #secretlivesofcolour taken in Plymouth by @bowden.edgar

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BowdenEdgar was approached by Pan MacMillan, to create a book cover and text design for YouTuber, filmmaker and professional parkour athlete @night.scape

We drew on Nightscape’s imagery of urban landscapes for typography and colour. Textured paper was chosen to suggest the buildings he scales, while columns of text were built from the bottom up to mimic high-rise buildings.

A unique and magical view of the world through the eyes of Nightscape, encouraging the reader to grab the book and engage with it in a physical way.
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#cover #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #coverdesign #illustratedbooks #design #designer #bookdesigner #graphicdesign #nightscape #nightphotography #nightscapephotography #parkour taken in Plymouth by @bowden.edgar

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A rewarding print project from the archive. Female photographer Céline Stella who, under curfew and darkness, risked persecution and recorded the neon landscapes deep in the Saudi desert. The result, a beautiful black case bound book with a glossy drip-off varnish on each of the vibrant images inside.

A huge thanks to @no_ufos for involving us and the legendary Boss for the premium print job.

So much of the design we see each day is fast-paced digital design upon our hand-held screens. This is now the norm. It has become easy to overlook the more traditional and physical outputs such as print, but a tactile, well produced piece of design for print is an evermore impactful way to connect with a digitally swamped audience. BowdenEdgar are as passionate about print as we are new technologies. Whatever the final output we go out of our way to make sure it connects the end user through research and design thinking. Our work encompasses strategic planning, branding, the full spectrum of digital communications, publishing, art direction, editorial, print, exhibition and spatial design, as well as interactive projects. BE versatile.

https://bowdenedgar.com/projects/nour/

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#design #print #designforprint #printdesign #independentpublishing #publishing #books #bookdesign #book #coverdesign #typography #photography #graphicdesign #neon #plymouth #saudi #photographybook #photobook taken in Plymouth by @bowden.edgar

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Plymouth is twinned with Gdynia, the Polish city on the Baltic coast. As part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations, Building Plymouth approached BowdenEdgar to create a new design for the bridge over Gdynia Way.

During a research trip to Poland we explored the city in depth and engaged with the people of Gdynia as well as holding workshops in Plymouth with the local Polish community and Polish school.

Using our research, the design concepts were developed acknowledging the metaphor of a bridge, linking the two communities together. Referencing the two herrings on Gdynia’s flag, a herringbone pattern which merged into waves was devised to connect both sides.

Typography based on Gdynia’s post-war street signs was redrawn and adapted, while colours reflected the deep blues of the Baltic and the lighter shades of Plymouth Sound.

The positive action ‘Make Waves’ was written by BowdenEdgar to inspire commuters each day and to resonate with the tenacity of the people from both ‘ocean cities’. Years later the bridge is often referred to as the ‘Make Waves’ bridge by locals.

In the words of Adrian Vinken OBE, Chief Executive of Theatre Royal Plymouth: “A terrific legacy that makes a real difference to how the city feels, both residents and visitors.”
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#design #mural #typography #plymouth #makewaves #buildingplymouth taken in Plymouth by @bowden.edgar

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