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| 1 Revolver August 2009 Exhibition Graphics Six Photographers, six shows in one exhibition - Revolver is an exhibition concept that operates in a state of flux. A cost effective graphic system was required to communicate the rolling nature of the show as well as give equal weight to each contributer. Displaying each name in a hexagonal formation they're treated equally, while also creating a complete path which can be rotated through each exhibiting state. A red rule is then used to define the shape, but also functions - by deleting the names not relevant at that time. |
As the show changes hands the accetate on the lightbox also keeps up to date. In this way the design language is literally revolving in tandem with the show. | ![]() |
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| A visual link is also made in the printed guide; each artists name is printed in the same position as they appear on the hexagon and wall captions. |
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The captioning system aligns the artists name in accordance to the position on the hexagon. | A photographic lightbox forms a strong window display and is suggestive of the content of the show. |
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| 2 Exit Magazine July 2009 Set design / Art direction |
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Exit Magazine Vol. 2 / no.2 Spring/Summer 09 |
The strong geometric tread patterns of each shoe are used to create graphic texture for use in the photo-shoot |
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| Exit magazine asked
photographer Thomas Brown and myself to shoot five, very different, pairs of Adidas shoes within a tight time schedule. Projecting graphic textures that reference each shoes individual soul onto each shot, created unity throughout the series. The technique gave dramatic results without the requirement for elaborate set construction and studio lighting. |
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| 3 Killing Alan A Rough Fiction Play July 2009 Theatre production promotional items |
Rough Fiction theatre
company radically rework the Arthurian legend Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight to tell a modern- day version of the morality tale. The story is told through an everpresent countdown to main character Alan's impending murder by his brother. Graphically these ideas merely inform a visual language and are suggested abstractly through shape, image and a strong minimal colour palette, across all promotional materials. |
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| Time is a running theme in the piece and is used as a core visual device. The notional clock face is shown at different durational states throughout the promotional materials. |
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| The playscript uses the clockface as a countdown through-out the introduction section |
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| 4 Rough Fiction April 2009 Identity system Rough fiction theatre group required a visual identity that was both highly flexible and economical. The solution was to create a set of rubber stamps. Endlessly reproducible onto any item, the stamp conveys a sense of indivi- duality and exclusivity whilst removing the requirement for expensive print production. It also acts as a metaphor for the companies working method - re-interpreting traditional play texts and putting their own unique ‘stamp’ on them. |
Every performance contains its own ideosyncracies - similarly creating two rubber stamps ensures that every item turns out slightly differently |
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| 5 Stories - Projects in Film November 2008 Identity system |
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| Film company Stories
commissioned me to design full identity system for them. The distinctive marque is an abstract representation of the pages in a story book meeting at the spine. The graphic strength of the marque then allows for differing levels of expression throughout the materials. The project culminated in the production of a brand guideline sheet which acts as a point of reference for the company and as a statement of intent for potential clients. |
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| The marque is an abstract representation of the pages in a story book meeting at the spine. |
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| 6 Greg White September 2008 Identity, stationery and website |
The only white visible on the homepage is on his name and when an image is rolled over. |
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| Wanting to avoid
obvious photographic visual cliches, the driver for award winning photographer Greg White’s identity was all in his name. By using the idiosyncratic element of his surname, each item in his stationery range and web site contains colour - in each case the only white visible is on his name. |
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A simple white foil block is used to illustrate the idea on all printed materials. |
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| 7 Tom Lovelace Exhibition May 2008 Exhibition Graphics |
Careful positioning and a simple perforation allows this item to function as a flyer, a postcard and an invite. |
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| Fine art photographer
Tom Lovelace’s debut show was an opportunity to extend the visual language begun a year earlier. The show’s purposely unhelpful title ‘An exhibition of photo- graphs’ reflects the constant deception inherent in his work, and likewise the graphics are intended to give little away of the content to be expected in the show. A multi-purpose perforated A5 card was designed to start life as a flyer to advertise the exhibition, then was either folded to become an invite for the private view or torn off to create a postcard. |
A purely type led poster advertises an exhibition of photography but doesn't show any evidence. |
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| 8 The Elementalists Crazed Maniac December 2007 CD Graphics/Packaging |
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There were obvious visual cliches
to be avoided for music group, 'The Elementalists' album 'Crazed Maniac'. Our solution was to build a scenario that might indirectly show a maniac at work! Throughout the sleeve there are differing levels of psychosis displayed; the cover gives clues, (with a meat cleaver placed amongst the dinner set) to the all out mania of a bloodied axe on the CD itself. |
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A strong graphic approach to set the scene of a crazed maniac. |
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| 9 Tom Lovelace November 2007 Identity |
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| Fine artist Tom Lovelace's recent
work has led him to the creation of a number of industrial sized metal boxes. Through the process of documenting them photographically, he deceptively leads the viewer into believing they have real worth. In reality the objects are of course completely worthless. The identity is built from a set of unique reference codes that are devised from each item. Taking a utilitarian approach graphically, the viewer is forced into believing that the codes are greatly important to the images. Like the images they reference, they too are completely pointless. |
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| The Identity consists of a number of codes that will grow to cover all of the artists materials and exhibitions in time. |
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| 10 Muji RE Project: Candle +1 July 2007 Competition Entry |
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| Candles are a primitive, but still
very relevant and environmentally friendly form of lighting. Although an unlikely candidate, could even candles be less wasteful? For Muji's RE project we RE-interpret, the now antiquated Candelabra. Our modern interpretation RE-positions the Candelabra as an elegant lifestyle object, while questioning how you can use such a object more efficiently... |
A Logo marque was created for the product, which is derived from the uncomplicated form of the object itself. |
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| 11 Smutlane - Jewellery July 2007 Identity/Website |
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| SmutLane is a jewellery designer
who endeavours to display vulgarity in an elegant and modest fashion. Each piece in her collection deceptively displays smutty imagery within an already estab- lished design vernacular. Smutlane's visual identity therefore purposfully nods at other jewellery brands with heritage, (the bespoke typeface used is Tiffany & Co's typeface but with removed serifs). The elegance of the logo too is offset with filthy icon- ography, on closer inspection. |
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The Smutlane Logo and bespoke typeface |
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| 12 Photodebut - Stop Moving October 2006 DM for Photodebut Poster/Flyer for Stop Moving |
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| photodebut is an non-profit
organization which intends to support, promote and connect ambitious photographers. Stop Moving was an innovative event that took the groups photography to 3 destinations in London on the back of a 40 tonne truck. The idea for the event graphics came from using the absurdity of the event listing as a design element. '13 photographers, over 3 days, at 3 different sites, in a 40 tonne truck...' felt engaging enough as a sentence, that know other imagery was neccesary. The hard, indented typesetting was in- tended to create a sense of movement, again referencing the mobility of the event. |
A promotional flyer for the group was also designed for the event. New members were highlighted with a yellow overprint, which became the signature colour for all the event materials. |
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| 13 Views October 2007 - Newsletter - Show: Identity/Wayfinding/Brochure |
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| 'views on the stairwell'
was an exhibition of young talent in photography, illus- tration and graphic design, that was displayed throughout an 8 storey stairwell. The Graphic requirement was to create a clear and strong signage system for the event, that would extend to other promotional materials. The solution was to distill the differenciating factor of the event, to that of any other, which of course was that it took place on a stairwell. |
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A graphic representation of a staircase became a good container for the event title to wrap around and also a functional device to display a floor index. |
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| Exhibtion guide and Price list |
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| 14 Adam Hahn September 2006 Identity/Print items/Website |
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| Adam hahn is a painter
who specialises in portraiture. For his identity, a keyline box in the standard ratio of a portrait is used as a graphic device, to hint at his vocation. This identity defining box is also used as an image container on his website and a type detail carrier on his business card. |
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| Adam's core identity is an abstraction of a artists canvas | ![]() |
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| 15 The Fall Fall Heads Roll August 2005 Album Sleeve |
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I was sent a parcel full of colour
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| 16 Please Sign In - Name punch system May 2006 Final Year Show piece |
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The project was about rethinking
the way we fill out forms. The culmination of the project was in the design and build of a punch card machine. Each card contained 21 full alphabets, allowing the visitor to punch out all the letters in each alphabet, leaving just the letters in each to spell their name. |
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| A labour intensive way for visitors to sign-in to an event. |
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| The system could also be used to create larger module letterforms, and therefore was used to create a display sign. |
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| 17 Theme Tunes Posters December 2005 Art poster series |
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| A light hearted
poster series that explores the relationship that typography has with language. In this instance we ask how you can write lyrics for an instrumental song? In total we have 'created lyrics' for 5 theme tunes. Below is 'The Archers' and right is 'Coronation Street' (if you couldn't work it out!) |
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| The posters can be purchased from Nelly Duff. Please feel free to contact me for more information. |
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| 18 Kunstkick 1,2,3,4 October 2005 CD Packaging |
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Rhythmical typographic compositions
are used to evoke a sense of the music |
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| The graphic strength
of the 'K' letterform was used as a key graphic element for the Kunstkick EP 1,2,3,4. The 'K' is also playfully reproduced on multiple layers throughout the sleeve, eventually forming the full band name in a rhythmically composed inner section. |
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| Contact / About | |||||||
| Tom Munckton tom@tommunckton.co.uk +44 (0)7876 141082 |
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| © 2009 Tom Munckton Projects created by Tom Munckton except for collaboration as detailed below: 1 with Stephen Osman / 2 with Thomas Brown / 8 with Kristina Bowers / 10 with Bryan Jandrell and Luke Galang / 11 with Stephen Osman / 16 with Mark Ellis Wilson / 17 with Alex Turner. Working full time at Bibliothèque in London, this website is purely a selection of personal projects, that i've completed over the last five years, for friends, clients and college briefs. |
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