About
Jez Burrows is a designer, illustrator and woodland appreciator. He is co-founder of independent press
Sing Statistics and frequent contributor to
It's Nice That.
Selected Clients
O2, Nike, WNYC, The New York Times, WIRED, GOOD, Dwell, Monocle, &c.
Exhibitions
06/11 Loop (Marshalls Mill, Leeds)
03/11 Pick Me Up (Somerset House, London)
08/10 Turn Up The Colour (Analogue Books)
05/10 Pick Me Up (Somerset House, London)
07/09 We Are The Friction (Analogue Books)
06/09 Print Factory (Owl & Lion, Edinburgh)
05/09 Story Motel (Owl & Lion, Edinburgh)
05/09 Edition (Bodhi Gallery, London)
06/08 Self (Castor + Pollux, Brighton)
06/08 Into The Woods (Free Range, London)
06/08 Degree Shows 08 (University of Brighton)
INSTAL 09May 2009Instal is a world-leading experimental music and sound art festival held annually in Glasgow. An identity and set of materials were developed for the 2009 festival including a poster, two booklets (a programme and set of essays), flyers, and advertising for web and print.
Arika, the promoters, are super passionate about the artists and performances they program, but are keen to challenge the sometimes impenetrable air associated with them, and engage new audiences. Consequently, the approach to the festival's identity embraced full disclosure of information about the weekend's performances, treated with honesty, clarity, and humour. The poster (right) collected together the most interesting facts which were then expanded on in the programme booklets (below). These included average decibel level, distance travelled, complexity of instrumentation, and 'kicks vs. contemplation'.
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The programme (above, left) was distributed prior to the festival and gave information about each artist, including data from the main poster, as well as a visualised concordance of popular phrases drawn from online sources. The interpretation booklet (above, right) was given to festival goers on the weekend itself, and was filled with essays and extended writing on each artist.
Suite of patterns developed for each artist, based loosely upon their individual disciplines: from radio and sound art, to improvisation, social activism and beyond.
Jez Burrows is a designer and illustrator
