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Filipe Machado

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Linoleum print on cardstock and paper

This project is a cultural study of Britishness through linoprinting, exploring the tension between traditional British Arts and Crafts ornamentation and contemporary smoking culture as expressed through cigarette and vape packaging. It is heavily inspired by the pop art movement, especially Andy Warhol. The layered lino method mirrors Warhol's use of repetition, draining the printed imagery of meaning in the same way a smoker grows desensitized to the warnings and symbols on their daily packaging. The source materials were collected by picking up litter, reflecting the same culture of indifference the project seeks to examine. Through the repetition of symbols, the project investigates the semiotics of smoking culture and how it has become woven into British identity.

Bichozine

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This short-format publication explores part of the history of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark. The zine format was heavily inspired by her series of sculptures known as Bichos (Critters). The physical paper can be folded and posed into different forms, directly mimicking the works themselves. This project is part of a brief that explores the interruption of canonised design works by critically engaging with them, contributing new perspectives to the broader canon of art and design.