Link round-up - 10 March 2015

This edition of round up has been sitting in my draft for over two weeks now! Some great finds from the inter webs:

• London, I love you but you're breaking my heart. Living here comes with a price tag. An interesting billboard campaign called 'London is Changing' has been launched to share stories of people choosing to leave the city.
• I always wondered why Electric Circus never came back as a Nuit Blanche installation (I don't know if this happened since I haven't attended in ages), but this article on the Canadian institution is worth reading (and the clips will make you smile).
• 64 Marxists against each other competing for the title of 'Champion.'
• Stephen Hendee, Baltimore-based artist and professor at my alma-mater MICA, recently had an exhibition at The Silbert Art Gallery. Really love his stuff, and these pictures make me hope he gets invited to produce an exhibition in London soon!
• You can also download the catalogue for Void on his website
• London really is all about private, private, private. Ian Martin's article for The Guardian is a great read (lots of references relevant to UK/London so some parts might get confusing)

New design work: Radhika Khimji Artist Portfolio

Last year, I had the pleasure of working with London-based artist Radhika Khimji on a portfolio featuring her recent work. I finally got my hands on the printed copy of the portfolio, which I'm generally very happy with (a spine would make it more elegant). Radhika's work is striking and it stands out, which meant the design could not be intrusive – even though the movement of the pieces feel like a composition that would work very well in anything by Hercules & Love Affair. This was the first portfolio for an artist I've worked on, and although I am a big fan of her stuff, I found it much easier to connect with the work after having been able to sit down with the artist in her studio, surrounded by the work, and leafing through her images and note/sketch books. Below are some images from the portfolio.

Typeset: Baskerville and Univers | Size: A5