NEW ZEALAND | graphic designers
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Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine first collaborated to produce the
publication ‘The National Grid’ in 2005. ‘The National Grid’ was
established to provide a platform and point of distribution for certain
sorts of projects and writing that were seemingly untenable within the
established context of New Zealand graphic design. As such it is a
speculative and idealistic publication that operates loosely within
grey areas between academia and professional practice, and between art
and design. It is published independently in New Zealand and is
distributed internationally. Under the aegis of ‘The National Grid’,
Jonty and Luke curated a collection of publications for the Reading
Room component of the exhibition ‘Forms of Inquiry: The Critical
Architecture of Graphic Design’ at London’s Architectural Association,
October 2007; were invited to submit ‘The National Grid’ for Christoph
Keller‚s exhibition ‘Beyond Kiosk: A Selection of The Kiosk Archive’,
October 2007; and were invited to speak at the Wanganui Design Survival
Camp 8, 2007. Luke and Jonty have recently set up a studio in the hills
of west Auckland from where they continue to produce the publication,
while beginning to expand ‘The National Grid’s outputs through more
diverse projects.
FOR MORE >> www.thenationalgrid.co.nz
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P R O J E C T | 1830h | 13.02.09 | view programme
The duo will launch the 5th issue of ‘The National Grid’ at TypeSHED11, while also undertaking a project - in print; multiple and distributed - which will respond to specific themes and concerns that come up during the event.
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About the images
The National Grid #1‚ front and back cover. Front cover by Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine, back cover featuring a folder belonging to Dylan Herkes | The National Grid #2‚ front and back cover. Front cover by Dylan Herkes,back cover featuring the back cover of the album Clyma Est Mort by The Dead C. | The National Grid #3‚ front and back cover. Front cover by Bruce Russell, back cover featuring a photograph of Geoffrey Walker arranging placards for use during an anti Springbok tour demonstration in Wellington, 1981 (Evening Post Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library) | The National Grid #4‚ front and back cover. Front cover by David Bennewith using typefaces by Joseph Churchward, back cover featuring the work ‘Crowd Diagram’‚ by Dane Mitchell. VIEW cover on day 4.
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