Shelter Homeless Charity

  • Richard Brim
The brief was to highlight the fact that the impending housing crisis was real, grab attention and lobby Parliament

53 artists including Damian Hirst, David Bailey and Alexander Mcqueen were invited to design a playing card each, with the original artworks being displayed in the Haunch of Venison. These were later auctioned off by Sothebys.

To promote the exhibition empty poster templates were placed around the city and street artists and members of the public were invited to fill them in, with two hundred being produced.

The artwork was turned into an exclusive pack of oversized playing cards that was sold in select retailers