Alex synge’S DESIGN PRACTICE IS BUILT AROUND COLLABORATION AND RESEARCH. HE PRODUCES PRINTED MATTER, GRAPHIC IDENTITIES AND ASSORTED DIGITAL MATERIAL FOR ARTISTS, GALLERIES, PUBLISHERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
ARTIST BIO
Alex Synge is graphic designer living and working in Belfast. He works with a wide range of clients and collaborators, primarily in the arts and cultural fields. He has worked with Ireland at Venice, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Kerlin Gallery, Kunstverein Aughrim, Jupiter Artland, EVA International, FRUIT SHOP, ANNEX, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, RGKSKSRG, Naughton Gallery, Irish Architecture Foundation, Project Arts Centre, RIBA and more.
SOCIAL SOLO WOES, 2022, Alex Synge, 105mm (H) x 148mm (W), Hot foiled in one colour onto 540gsm Imperial Blue Colorplan card. Blind debossed on reverse and signed and numbered by artist. Hand printed by Typoretum.
Above left: Publication design for Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone, a catalogue for an exhibition at CCA Derry (2016)
Design for 'Wilder Beings Command!'; a night of outdoor performance at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (2017) Photo by Louis Haugh
Exhibition poster for Wayward Eye at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (2021) Photo by Kate-Bowe O’Brien
Tote bag for Niamh O'Malley / Ireland at Venice (2022) Photo by Michael Hill
GOOFY SCRIPTED MASTERPIECE, 2022, Alex Synge, 105mm (H) x 148mm (W), Hot foiled in one colour onto 540gsm Turquoise Colorplan card. Blind debossed on reverse and signed and numbered by artist. Hand printed by Typoretum.
Identity development for Kunstverein Aughrim (2022) Photo by Kate Strain
TITLE
SOCIAL SOLO WOES / GOOFY SCRIPTED MASTERPIECE / LAZY CHOICE ENHANCEMENT
ARTIST
Alex Synge
ABOUT THE WORK
The titles of graphic designer Alex Synge’s works are derived from what3words; a navigational tool that has assigned every three metres squared of the world a unique combination of three words. This combination of words is thereby linked to a specific location and can then be used for navigation, emergency rescues, deliveries and more. SOCIAL SOLO WOES uses the three words connected to the location of the artist’s studio where the cards were designed, as well the location of the workplace of Matthew Rea who designed Bego – the typeface used on the postcard. GOOFY SCRIPTED MASTERPIECE uses the three words connected to the location where the card was printed by Justin Knopp at Typoretum in Colchester. LAZY CHOICE ENHANCEMENT uses the three words connected to the location, a postbox on Royal Avenue at the intersection of Lower Garfield Street in Belfast, where the card, when purchased, will be sent to the buyer from. The postcards in this edition are stamped and posted as they are and will thus inherit the marks of their journey through the postal system, passing through different hands, vehicles, machines and sacks. These marks will be unpredictable, but each one unique to the journey of the specific card. If you would prefer your postcard to arrive in pristine condition, please specify this when purchasing the work.
DATE
2022
DIMENSIONS
105mm (H) x 148mm (W)
MEDIUM
Hot foiled in one colour onto 540gsm Colorplan card. Blind debossed on reverse and signed and numbered by artist. Hand printed by Typoretum.
ORIGINAL WORK / EDITION
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Alex Synge is an Irish graphic designer and art director who specialises in design for print, web and visual identity for a wide range of clients in the cultural, commercial and academic fields.
DELIVERY AND POSTAGE
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FRAMING
This work comes unframed.