Signs for Birds
The Lee Valley is a habitat for many birds. Some of the birds live here for only part of the year and spend the rest of their time in other countries. Birds migrate for food, climate, to mate and to find safe places to build nests and raise their young. Migrating birds navigate using the Sun and the stars, Earth’s magnetic field, physical landmarks, and their own mental maps. They don’t have signs that tell them where to go like humans do. As a way for us to imagine the navigational challenges that the birds face we have made a series of signs for them. The signs can be found around Coppermill Lane on the approach to the Walthamstow Wetlands.
Signs for Birds has been developed by us over the last couple of years with local residents and school kids at Coppermill Primary School, in collaboration with what if: projects, funded by St James Big Local and London Borough of Waltham Forest, fabricated by Omni and photographed by Thomas Adank
Morris Mania
Graphics for Morris Mania at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, an exhibition exploring the legacy of William Morris’ patterns. Our visual identity features outline versions of Morris’s Trellis, Acanthus and Strawberry Thief patterns and includes soft Trellis barrier belt and bean bags, Strawberry Thief (getting away!) flag and weld hand dyed labels.
In collaboration with/and 3D design by Sam Jacob Studio
Curated by Hadrian Garrard and Tayyabah Tahir
Photography by Lewis Ronald (except pic 14 and 15)