John is an extraordinarily talented artisan who works in glass, metals, wood and leather, turning lighting and furniture into something closer to fine art. He has congregated a like-minded community around him in Philadelphia, both inspiring and providing opportunities for culture to flourish. Our mission was to bring his world to life with a narrative, a visual identity and a website that expressed his charismatic values coherently. The website became a tool for organising how we told his story; shaping the tonality of photography and film, balancing poetry and pragmatism to both educate and enlighten in equal measure.
Lifestyle and product photography by Martin Crook
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John’s logo is an interesting example of how holistic the process of logo design can be. It needed to work on all the materials John uses so it had to be a striking graphic. We looked at the symbols for fire and water, two elements at the heart of all John’s work. With barely any distillation, these symbols combine to make up a J and P in repeat pattern. John even made his own stamps.
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