Design and layout of The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa, by Alexander Smalls, with Nina Oduro.
Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africa’s food movement. Organised geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 recipes.
Pre-order on Phaidon’s website here.
Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, cooks, and writers at the heart of Africa’s food movement. Organised geographically into five regions, The Contemporary African Kitchen presents 120 recipes.
Pre-order on Phaidon’s website here.
2024, published by Phaidon (UK) / 288 pages / Page size: 270 x 205mm / Printed full colour throughout on uncoated paper / Hard cover printed CMYK + Pantone, with titles foil-stamped in matte black
Book concept design for this major volume on Penny Siopis’ film works, Your History With Me, edited by Sarah Nuttall.
Over the course of two years I worked closely with Penny Siopis and Sophie Perryer (Stevenson) to develop the idea for the book, and created print-ready 500-page book design.
The films run continuously on the left-hand pages throughout the book, including time stamps, and will play as a kind of flip-book. The dense essays are in black only, including their reference images, and run throughout on the right-hand pages.
Over the course of two years I worked closely with Penny Siopis and Sophie Perryer (Stevenson) to develop the idea for the book, and created print-ready 500-page book design.
The films run continuously on the left-hand pages throughout the book, including time stamps, and will play as a kind of flip-book. The dense essays are in black only, including their reference images, and run throughout on the right-hand pages.
2023, book concept / 500 pages / Page size: 215 x 170mm / Soft cover with flaps
Duke University Press are publishing the final book after their own in-house redesign
Duke University Press are publishing the final book after their own in-house redesign
Having but Little Gold – book design to accompany Berni Searle’s major retrospective of the same title at Norval Foundation, Cape Town, 15 February – 13 November 2023.
2023, published by Norval Foundation (SA) / 208 pages / Page size 250 x 295mm / Printed black only & CMYK throughout on uncoated Galerie Tauro and coated gloss / Endpapers printed black only / Thread sewn / Black head & tail bands / Hard cover, caseliner printed full colour with matte lamination, and titles foiled in shiny gold
Design of a small-run photo book for Jo Ractliffe’s Being There project, working closely with Ractliffe herself. Texts and images run over the gutter and wrap over from spread to spread. Exposed Swiss binding (pictured here and here) using black thread punctuates the book.
More on Stevenson’s website here.
Exhibited here at A4 Arts Foundation as part of Sean O’Toole’s research exhibition Photo Book! Photo-Book! Photobook!
More on Stevenson’s website here.
Exhibited here at A4 Arts Foundation as part of Sean O’Toole’s research exhibition Photo Book! Photo-Book! Photobook!
2022, published by Stevenson (SA) / 72 pages / Page size 213 x 250mm / Printed duotone throughout on GardaPat Kiara / Black endpapers / Exposed Swiss binding with black thread / Hard cover in pale grey linen, with printed image and foiled text / Printed in Verona, Italy / Edition of 300 copies
Book design for architect Shaun Gaylard’s year-long RSA365 project of drawing 365 South African buildings, bridges and towers – one drawing per day.
2022, Blank Ink Design (SA) / 368 pages / Page size 210 x 270mm / Printed full colour throughout on uncoated 120gsm / Hard cover in Wibalin Natural Fawn, with foil stamped titles in matte black / Special edition with slipcase in linen (not pictured)
