Disorder: Swiss Grit Volume II. The Typography and Graphic Design of Chris Ashworth. Published by Unit Editions. Hardback, 488 Pages.
Cover lyrics by Underworld. Conversation with Marvin Scott Jarrett. Afterword by Adrian Shaughnessy. Cover features Dot-to-dot slogan reveal.
Background from the publishers site: ‘Ashworth sees his work – craft-based, handmade – as a counterpoint to our screen-dependent digital culture. It’s the manifestation of an alternative view which argues that creative development away from the computer offers unique and precious merits’.
‘Disorder: Swiss Grit Volume II, begins in 1997 with his influential work for Ray Gun and covering a wide range of printed and published work up to the present day, the book is concerned with the human craft of creativity and analogue design, the details, imperfections and happy accidents. An Ai-free-zone’.
“Anyone who knows me, or follows my IG feed will be well aware of my ‘hoarding superpowers’,” Ashworth says. “My vast archive has enabled me to cherry pick the ‘best-of’ from over 40 boxes. In the book, this work is accompanied by numerous pieces of new design and typography that have been made especially for the publication as well as several personal essays.”
This is the second book of a proposed two-volume set that Ashworth hopes to publish and covers work made from 1997 to 2024. Its prequel, Swiss Grit Volume I is slated to follow and focus on projects created from 1990 through to 1997.
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