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DAY 7 – CONTENT
Language as Material

Today we welcomed Nina Carter into the studio for a talk and workshop on the materiality and repurposing of language, co-designed with lead tutor Katie Evans. Using a range of tools and materials, the participants recontextualised and re-formatted existing texts – from family recipes in their first languages, to yesterday’s cryptic crossword clue, shipping forecast and sex advice column.

The exercises were inspired from the shared reading ‘Uncreative Writing’ by Kenneth Goldsmith (2011): “One way of treating language is materially, focusing on formal qualities as well as communicative ones, viewing it as a substance that moves and morphs through its various states and digital and textual ecosystems.”

Thanks @ninarosiekelleycarter for joining us 💘

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things from 2022 🌐🐛🦋

big thanks to all the lovely people I worked with, for making last year full of lots of v fun design and writing and thinking ✨

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Our little Shape of Words publication is nearly sold out!!

Thank you to everyone who has come along for the ride and supported us, we couldn’t have done it without you 🫶🏼
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Shape of Words is a printed platform for contemporary creatives to react and reflect on what is shaping their practices today. The contributions – including essays, interviews and fictional narratives, as well as tweets, screenshots and journal entries – illustrate a diverse range of perspectives within and surrounding the fields of art and design. Collectively bound, they act as a time capsule of the issues and ideas that inform creativity.
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Designed and curated by @harold__bennett @alicesherwin_ & @emsjudd

Edited by @openpractice_ (@kleevans + @gabrielam_m ) ✨

A special thank you to all the amazing contributors, our lovely printer @me__print and our incredibly supportive stockist @thebrandidentity 💙

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𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹 is out out out

Featuring the likes of Dinamo, Laura Csocsán, Morgane Vantorre, Rene Matić, Anna Ottum and Raissa Pardini (plus many more), 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹 is a printed capsule of contemporary creativity. Collectively bound, the contributions – including essays, fictional narratives, tweets and screenshots exploring themes of design dis-equality, abstract letterforms, digital loneliness and lost crafts (to name a few) – illustrate a diverse range of perspectives surrounding the fields of art and design.

Embodying ideas that are informing designing and making today, 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹 is a curation of loosely related things that might otherwise never brush up alongside each other, and you can now keep it all together in your pocket.

Available to purchase on the-brandidentity.com. @thebrandidentity

𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹 is published, designed and developed by London-based creatives Emma Judd, Alice Sherwin and Harry Bennett, alongside the publication’s editors, Open Practice (Katie Evans and Gabriela Matuszyk).

Featured Creatives

Mane Tatoulian, Matt Asato-Adams, Lukas Keysell, Michela Zoppi, Grace Lister, Meghan Doran, Monique Jackson, Rene Matić, Holly St Clair, Thea Bryant, Lily Gale, Rosie May, Adam Higton, Snootie Studios, Nikolas Wrobel, Dinamo, Charlotte Rohde, Ciarán Birch, Raissa Pardini, Floriane Rousselot, Morgane VanToore, Laura Csocsán, Rose Allert, Romina Malta, Okocha Obasi, Clarice Tudor, ICBQ, Agnete Morell, Olivia McEwan-Hill, Anna Ottum and George Creese.

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Swing by the Duke of Wellington this Thursday to grab a pint and a book at the launch of Shape of Words! 🫶

Shape of Words is collection of 30 brilliant contemporary practitioner’s thoughts, imaginings, tweets and observations, reflecting on the issues and ideas that are shaping designing and making today.

Designed and curated by @emsjudd @alicesherwin_ and @harold__bennett

Edited by the wonderful @openpractice_ (@kleevans @gabrielam_m )

#book #bookdesign #graphic #design #graphicdesign #art #publishing #publishingdesign #publication #publicationdesign #magazine #magazinedesign #editorial #editorialdesign #books #type #typography #typedesign #creativity #designscene #print #printdesign

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New LBJ tote bag - Boysenberry with Aqua handles. This reusable tote bag features a 11kg carrying capacity. When not in use, the entire bag stuffs into its built-in pouch for convenient storage in a purse, pocket or it can be hooked on another bag with the attached carabiner.

#londonboroughofjam #compact #shopping

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The first issue of Shape of Words was delivered from the printers this week. We’re excited to share more news soon.

Designed and photos taken by: @studiogroundfloor (@alicesherwin_ + @harold__bennett), @emsjudd
Edited by: @openpractice_ (@gabrielam_m + @kleevans)

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Shape of Words will be (finally) out soon! It’s been a long time coming, so watch out!
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Contributors copies will be sent out soon too, so if that’s you, expect an email confirming your address!
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Thanks again to the team! @emmajudd__ @alicesherwin_ @gabrielam_m @kleevans!
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Also shout out to @me__print for printing, and @abcdinamo and @pangram.pangram for the typefaces!
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See you soon!
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#book #design #graphic #bookdesign #graphicdesign #publishing #editorial #editorialdesign #art #type #typography #typedesign

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We’ve taken some time today to think about what the summer is looking like for us as a studio. As a partnership it feels important to us to now take time to rest independently, as well as make space to document and assess the work we’re doing together. We’re hoping for more moments shared like the Summer Event opening a couple of weeks ago. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the summer solstice with us. We will be keeping you updated on the programme, with more events happening in the months ahead, with @carlosromomelgar, @johnphilipsage, @v___rm, @hls.da and more.

Slides: (1) To start the proceedings we gathered around our sundial-like site. Photo Michela Zoppi. (2) We joined another solstice event and participated in a walking meditation within a Labyrinth. (3) Incense burned at its centre. (4) Flowers were gathered. Photo Yuhao Chen. (5) They were secured and pressed into fabric. Photo John Phillip Sage. (6) The tablecloth will be used at the closing event, a dinner at autumn equinox. (7) The third and final ritual was a burning of things we’re leaving behind. Written on paper, these were thrown into a container, set a light and jumped over. Photo John Phillip Sage.

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A group will come together to open United Practice’s Summer Event during the summer solstice, from 4pm on Tuesday 21st June in the Middlesex Filter Beds Nature Reserve, London. Located near the River Lea within Hackney Marshes amongst the fairies, the concrete circle covered in grass marks the spot. At this meeting point, the former industrial area turned wildlife haven, will transform into an ancient sundial, acting as our mystic compass. Join us here, as the earth tilts towards the sun, on a hopefully sun-filled day with blue sky. If there are clouds and glitter-like raindrops—that are not moved by wind or followed by rainbows—the location will adapt according to the elements. All are welcome to the festivity and ritual, which will celebrate the coming together, and reflect on the happenings leading up to the longest day of the year.

This first event is one of many that will take place between the summer solstice and equinox. Summer, the period during this solar transition in the northern hemisphere, often signals a distinctive break. Time away is sought after, due to this time lying between the institutional framework followed by schools and universities, and, due to this planetary positioning, it is often warmer. As a collective and as individuals we (@carlosromomelgar, @gabrielam_m, @johnphilipsage, @kleevans, @v____rm) use this space to organise the events as propositions for forms of cooperation. We invite you to take part, as we and others continue to manifest, heal, sparkle, rest, reflect, discuss, move through, and sit with things that are informing our practice as beings (first) and designers (second).

The Summer Event is an annual series of activities, coordinated by United Practice, a studio space and support structure in Bermondsey, shared by Open Practice, V–RM and Spreeeng. For further information and updates on the growing program visit summer-event-2022.common.garden. If you would like to participate by running an event please get in touch, we are open to many perspectives and possibilities. Some of last year’s events included; workshops, poetry readings, hotlines, group discussions, and talks.

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A group will come together to open United Practice’s Summer Event during the summer solstice, from 4pm on Tuesday 21st June in the Middlesex Filter Beds Nature Reserve, London. Located near the River Lea within Hackney Marshes amongst the fairies, the concrete circle covered in grass marks the spot. At this meeting point, the former industrial area turned wildlife haven, will transform into an ancient sundial, acting as our mystic compass. Join us here, as the earth tilts towards the sun, on a hopefully sun-filled day with blue sky. If there are clouds and glitter-like raindrops—that are not moved by wind or followed by rainbows—the location will adapt according to the elements. All are welcome to the festivity and ritual, which will celebrate the coming together, and reflect on the happenings leading up to the longest day of the year.

This first event is one of many that will take place between the summer solstice and equinox. Summer, the period during this solar transition in the northern hemisphere, often signals a distinctive break. Time away is sought after, due to this time lying between the institutional framework followed by schools and universities, and, due to this planetary positioning, it is often warmer. As a collective and as individuals we (@carlosromomelgar, @gabrielam_m, @johnphilipsage, @kleevans and @v____rm) use this space to organise the events as propositions for forms of cooperation. We invite you to take part, as we and others continue to manifest, heal, sparkle, rest, reflect, discuss, move through, and sit with things that are informing our practice as beings (first) and designers (second).

The Summer Event is an annual series of activities, coordinated by United Practice, a studio space and support structure in Bermondsey, shared by Open Practice, V–RM and Spreeeng. For further information and updates on the growing program visit summer-event-2022.common.garden. If you would like to participate by running an event please get in touch, we are open to many perspectives and possibilities. Some of last year’s events included; workshops, poetry readings, hotlines, group discussions, and talks.

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