Featuring calligraphic details and single-storey characters that children find easier to read, Glossy MoS is reminiscent of the typefaces used in many vintage children’s books, but with some contemporary edge.
For a series of greetings cards, typeset in Glossy MoS, poems by children are given treatments inspired by concrete poetry.
Glossy MoS is used across all the Ministry’s regularly published anthologies of creative writing by children, which we also design
Unexpected Poetry was a collection of poetry written by children during lockdown. Once the rules changed to allow people outside again, the Ministry installed the poems in and around Hoxton to be discovered by the locals.
The aesthetic of the publication was inspired by many of the home-made signs that were hung in windows during that time. The dust-jackets were individually hand-stamped, emphasising DIY nature of the project.
The aesthetic of the publication was inspired by many of the home-made signs that were hung in windows during that time. The dust-jackets were individually hand-stamped, emphasising DIY nature of the project.
Supplementing the photographs are illustrations are by Peony Gent — showing the areas and people that inspired the poems, all viewed from a distance, as if through a window.
We’ve also made die-cut oversized A4 folders for the Ministry, so poems written by children can be cherished and protected.
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