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British Art Medal Society’s Student Medal Project

Art direction and catalogue design for the Student Medal Project, published by the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum.

Art Direction
Catalogue Design

Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum

Background

The Student Medal Project, run by The British Art Medal Society at the British Museum, encourages and promotes the art of making medals throughout art colleges in the United Kingdom and from international partners. Each year over one hundred student medals, from as many as fifteen art colleges, are submitted for judging for prizes and selection for exhibition.

The Project acts as a forum for students and academic institutions to contribute to the ongoing discourse on the creative medium. Medals are often cast in bronze and submitted from sculpture students and those studying metalwork and jewellery but, the Project is open to other disciplines and creative interpretations of the form as well.

Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum

Design Refresh

Having worked with the British Art Medal Society for fourteen years, each year designing the catalogue for the Student Medal Project, in 2021 we were asked by the Director of the Project to refresh the design—‘to better reflect their current and emerging audience base’.

The old conservative typography has been updated and replaced with Bureau Grotesque, designed by David Berlow, set in all caps for headings mixed with Siginifier, designed by Kris Sowersby, for the body text.

British Museum, British Art Medal Society, Student Medal Project Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the British Art Medal Society

To support the ambition for a brighter, younger publication, bright contemporary colours were selected to add vibrancy and youth.

Working with our photographer we developed a way in which the background colour could be switched out, whilst maintaining the shadows—important for describing the physicality of the objects— and allowing us creative freedom in how the medals are presented.

Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum
British Museum, British Art Medal Society, Student Medal Project Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the British Art Medal Society
Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the Student Medal Project for the British Art Medal Society at the British Museum

Marcy Leavitt Bourne, Project Director

“It’s a masterpiece! So beautifully and thoughtfully put together and produced.”

British Museum, British Art Medal Society, Student Medal Project Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the British Art Medal Society
British Museum, British Art Medal Society, Student Medal Project Catalogue Design and Art Direction for the British Art Medal Society

Credits

Commissioned by the British Museum
Edited by Marcy Leavitt Bourne
Photography and retouching by Paul Mounsey
Typeset in Bureau Grot by David Berlow and Siginifier by Kris Sowersby

Project Involvement

Consultancy
Strategic Positioning
Digital Communications
Catalogue Design
Art Direction
Project Management

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