Reference study
Filed here
White trim on a red front
A pattern study that draws a border from the white fretwork of a red timber building and tests how small it can go.
A banner against carved stone
A reference study of one hanging banner on a carved library front, and what three stacked words can do that an inscription cannot.
A route card from a coastal fingerpost
A pocket route card set in the same three columns as a waymarked fingerpost: place, symbol, distance.
Captions for a case of small figures
A caption study built around one long glass case of white figurative sculptures and the single label at its end.
Column spacing as a page grid
An identity exercise that takes its grid from the bays of a stone colonnade and tests it on a letterhead, a form and a door sign.
One station name in three scripts
A lettering study of a platform sign that gives one name in three scripts, balanced so that no line looks less important.
