Research, collaboration and communication motivate Becca Whiteing’s practice. She works at the intersection of printed matter, spatial design and archival-research which is initiated through a passion for revealing untold narratives. Working collaboratively is core to her practice with the aim of sharing for discovery.
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Projects
Terrapolis
Publishing, editorial design, research
The F* Word – Feminist Graphic Design
and Guerrilla Girls
Visual identity, printed matter, exhibition
Xanadu
Identity
Shad Thames
Visual identity, type design, printed matter,
metal work
Circa
Holzschnitt, Aquarell, Acryl – Christine Ebersbach
Artist publication, editorial design, typography
Contact
Regular Practice, internship, U.K. 2024
Typography Summer School,
London Centre of Books Arts, U.K. 2024
Rimini Berlin, Germany 2023-24
The [Collective] 2023-Present
Cambridge Humanities Review, U.K 2022
Local Authority for the Department of Education, Hammersmith and Fulham, U.K. 2020
Awards
Type Directors Club 69,
International Competition, 2024
Shortlisted for Makerversity,
Sommerset House, U.K. 2024
British Airways, Sussex-Wide Competition, 2020
Talks
The Futures of Work: Communities & Collective Practices, Festival of Futures, Fuze Box, U.K. 2024
Email:
Rebeccawhiteing1@gmail.com
or
Instagram:
@BeccaWhiteing
- A researched-led collection of chap books; concerning ecofeminism which is underpinned by The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, Le Guin. These books looks to new methods of feminist storytelling. This research-led project was once all stored in a digital space, and the process of trans-mediation materialised this content in the form of the book.
- Printed with: Duplikat, Margate, U.K
and Guerrilla Girls
- Visual identity for the exhibition The F* Word, for the Guerrilla Girls and other feminist graphic design practices. The branding works with the symbol of the gorilla mask to look direct and self-confident, whilst also spreading the topic more broadly. The work was shown at MK&G in Hamburg for a 5-month period. Supplementary to this was a type specimen of 15 female type designers used in the exhibition.
- Xanadu expands on the dichotomy between sharing
- in the digital and physical space. It fosters a relationship between Ted Nelson’s hypertext information system used on the World Wide Web and its inspiration from the rhizomatic, natural underworld.
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In collaboration with Oscar Allen & Paddy Barwood
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London Metropolitan Archive is the local government archive repository that worked in collaboration with us to develop a visual identity for Shad Thames, Bermondsey. Spanning the physical, digital, spatial and moving touchpoints, the street is invigorated through an archival exploration into its history before the occurrence of gentrification.
- In collaboration with Blake Boller-Smith,
- Georgie Dyer, Loren Tsang & Maddy Whithouse
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Publishing my dissertation through the development of an event space and reading group. An exploration into the role and marginalised existence of women’s presence within the typographic design canon. Happening #00 took place at Penrhyn Archive centre and acted as the pre-run to Happening #01 that took place at Peckham’s Feminist Library in May, 2024. This event activates my dissertation through a reading, installation and exploration into the politics of citation and archives.