Fedrigoni365/2021

As an ode to community and togetherness, Fedrigoni UK invited me to contribute a design for the latest edition of its coveted calendar project. Each book contains a unique collection of 365 designs, randomly collated from the hundreds of contributions. Each participant was assigned a number from 1–31, alongside a ‘seed’ word allocated to me, mine being ‘26’ and ‘carve’. Inspired by linocutand optical artists Josef Albers and Bridget Riley, I self taught myself to linocut. The end result, a hand carved design made of thirteen shapes per number to make up twenty six. Fedrigoni 365/2021 is entirely unique from cover to cover. Printed using neon and CYMK inks onto a range of papers from the Fedrigoni digital collection. So far, the success of the Fedrigoni 365 project has been its sense of inclusion and positivity, bringing together creatives of all generations and styles in an endlessly collaborative project. It has given designers the opportunity to set their own brief, to be as creative as they can be and to see their own work on the printed page. All profits from previous editions have been donated to charity, so far raising over £15,000. Book design by TM Studio.