The Prehistoric Peak

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common era Jun 16, 2009 12:06:50

A shameless plug to invite everyone to come and see the degree show that I am part of which opens this Saturday. It is for the MA Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins College of Art.

My project has been to research, write and design a 320 page full colour guide book to The Prehistoric Peak District. For this I have visited and recorded well over 70 sites within the Peak. Each site features color photographs, a map with clear, concise directions on how to find it, plus a sketch plan of what you can see today as well as other field notes and thoughts. Fingers crossed I can now find someone to publish it!

The show is being held at The Candid Gallery, 3 Torrens St, London, EC1V 1NQ. The nearest tube station is Angel which is just round the corner from the gallery.

The show runs as follows:

FAMILY AND FRIENDS (Everyone is welcome!)
SATURDAY 20 JUNE, 11 - 6PM

PRIVATE VIEW
TUESDAY 23 JUNE, 6.30 - 8PM

PUBLIC OPENING
MONDAY 22 JUNE, 10 - 8PM

TUESDAY 23 JUNE
WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE, 10 - 8PM

THURSDAY 25 JUNE, 10 - 8PM

The students on the course follow one of four pathways: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography or Digital Media so there is a very wide variety of projects and outcomes to see.

Hope to see you there!

ocifant Jun 16, 2009 12:56:06

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Hi CE!

I work just down the road from the Angel , so I'll try to pop along lunchtime on the 22nd.

Hopefully see you there...

megadread Jun 16, 2009 22:18:57

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Nice 1 CE, glad to hear you finally finished it.
I'm in Avebury till the 23rd or i'd have loved to come along and see it.
If you show half the effort you did putting your guide together trying to get it published i'm sure you'll succeed.
I'll be first in the queue for a copy.

FourWinds Jun 17, 2009 07:33:01

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That's a hell of a project. Congratulations on completing it and I hope you can find a publisher - I'd really like to see it. Finding a publisher for a completed work can be tricky, though, for some reason.

Good luck with the exhibition. Sadly, I'm not in London to see clients during the time it's on.

Jane Jun 17, 2009 10:21:13

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Gosh, that looks marvellous!

If it wasn't for the British Big Prix this weekend, and having to bloody well work for a living on weekdays, you KNOW we would be there to support your work. I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really want a copy of your book. C'mon publishers! Have you got enough dosh to self-publish? Short print runs are much cheaper these days...

Squidder Jun 17, 2009 23:41:35

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Sounds really cool. and excellently timed around midsummer. I've got monday 22nd off work so i'll head over in the day and check it out. I'm from nearby the Peak (Derby) originally so know it well. It'll be a lovely addition to the solstice celebrations.

common era Jun 18, 2009 15:00:58

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I'm kind of allowing myself 6 months to see if someone else will publish it and then if not, I will look at self publishing. I got 4 copies of the book printed for my immediate needs by a printer in Leominster (highly recommended). They have a fancy new HP Indigo printer, which for a digital printer is amazing. The quality looks just like litho at a fraction of the cost, so if push comes to shove I would use those guys to do a short run print.

Jane: Once I am clear of the next week or so of the show I am going to extract my head from it's currently embedded position in my posterior and emerge back into the real world, so a visit down that way will definitely be on the cards and I'll bring the book etc. for you to see - better than seeing it in a stuffy London gallery space any day :-) Enjoy the GP. It's the last one at Silverstone isn't it?

Yesterday I had to do my 30 minute presentation/assessment (it's called a VIVA, but no one can tell me what that stands for). Anyway, I felt I blew it and seemed to talk nothing but bollocks, but then half way through I suddenly realised that these people are not the audience I want to be talking to anyway, they have no interest in the subject really, it's you guys who I really want to show it to. Hopefully very soon I am going to post up a web site about the book and then I can get some real feedback.

Vybik Jon Jun 20, 2009 22:29:50

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An astonishing piece of work.

Seriously, you've all got to see this.

Andrew - I salute you.

meurglys III Sep 24, 2009 10:53:07

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I just wandered over here to have a nosy, read through these posts and looked at your website. I have to say I'm hugely impressed. Working in the design & print industry myself I know great design & typography when I see it.

Best of luck with the book and the guides, they look gorgeous. I'd be very interested in seeing them "in the flesh" if you bring them North. Buxton is about an hour's drive from me so no major trek.

Brilliant stuff, you should be very happy.

Pete

fauny fergus Oct 3, 2009 11:25:10

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I'm amazed this hasn't been picked up! You kindly sent me some pdfs of Stanton Moor a couple of months ago and they were *superb*. (I did get to the top of the Andle Stone on a return trip - my missus spurring me on got me to the top and getting back down wasn't as bad as one might fear!)

It's a shame the local University doesn't publish stuff; there's a campus in Buxton and it would be a great way for it to connect with the locality.

common era Oct 6, 2009 11:49:56

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Megadread - I'll see if I can scrounge a car for a day and let's make a trip to Ash Cabin Flat! That would be ace.

As far as the pdf goes, anyone interested in a copy can email me below. Sorry I don't have a 'real book' yet!

It will be the version that I submitted for my MA, not the revised version I am currently working on. The first version is more extensive. Beware though as the book was researched, written and designed in the space of 10 months so here and there you may find errors. I know I spotted one place where I had written northwest instead of northeast (or was it the other way round?), so it's not 100%!

Anyway, if anyone wants a pdf copy then email me at:

commonera[at]gmail.com