BECI ORPIN
We’ve known Beci for more than 20 years, as friends and disciples working and interacting in parallel. As a designer and illustrator, Beci came to us with an archive of her sketchbooks, and tasked us with creating a publication to celebrate 25 years of her independent practice.
SERVICES
Creative Direction
Production
Publication Design
An integral part of Beci’s process, her sketchbooks are deeply personal — an archive of her brain, her work and her life, containing records of ideas, information and drawings.
Our approach was to maintain the integrity and scale of Beci’s sketchbooks, by establishing a strict set of parameters for documentation and design:
—All content must be created in the scanner
—All content must be divided into decades
—All content must be represented at 1:1 scale
In this way, the book designed itself, with everything represented in verbatim.
The book is organised into decades, showcasing the evolution and diversity within Beci’s practice. It also reveals a common thread, with Beci often inspired by femininity and femaleness, reflected in the many drawings of girls and things with a female lean, and in the title of the book.
‘book of girls’ is a colourful window into Beci Orpin’s world and creative practice.
CREDITS
Photography: Michael Pham
Print: Pinky Print
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