KENOSHA DESIGN

1 /

CELESTE / NOT YOUR MUSE / FABER MUSIC

This is the music book to accompany the debut album of BRIT Award-winning, Oscar and Mercury Music Prize nominated artist Celeste Waite. Rather than use the artwork from the album, Celeste wanted a unique cover for this project. We worked together using her illustrations to make a cover with simple imagery and type. Read Celeste’s post on the book here.

ILLUSTRATIONS © CELESTE

1 / 2 /

STANDING LIKE STATUES - ENTER:SHIKARI THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY / LUKE MORTON / FABER MUSIC

Luke Morton is the editor Kerrang! magazine and this is his authorised autobiography of Enter:Shikari the St. Albans electropunks Rou Reynolds, Chris Batten, Rob Rolfe and Rory Clewlow. Designed and artworked by Kenosha in full colour throughout with a foiled debossed case and a jacket designed by Ian Johnsen. See the band talk about the book here.

1 / 2 /

ENTER SHIKARI / A TREATISE ON POSSIBILITY: PERSPECTIVES ON HUMANITY HEREAFTER / FABER MUSIC

Rou Reynolds’ 288 page companion to Enter Shikari’s most recent album ‘Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible’. Adapted from the original album artwork by Ian Johnsen & Stuart Ford. Listen to Rou Reynolds talk about his book here.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

KEATON HENSON / INSIDE VOICE / FABER MUSIC

A collection of eleven years worth of pages from the sketchbooks of artist, writer and musician Keaton Henson. Designed by Keaton Henson, laid out and realised in print by Kenosha Design. See Keaton Henson’s post about the book here.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

KEATON HENSON / ACCIDENT DANCING / FABER MUSIC

An illustrated book of poetry by the artist, writer and musician. Designed by Keaton Henson, laid out and realised in print by Kenosha Design. Watch Keaton Henson’s post about the book here.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

KEATON HENSON / ALL LEAVES THUS FALLEN / FABER MUSIC

A collection of all Keaton Henson’s songs released to date, with lyrics and guitar chords, interspersed with photographs, illustrations and notebooks. Designed by Keaton Henson, laid out an realised in print by Kenosha Design.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

NEW ROCK ANTHEMS

In 2005 I was asked by Faber Music to set up their in-house design studio and mentor their graphic designer Lydia Merrills-Ashcroft. Faber’s popular music output was a new enterprise for the publisher. It was important that the design of the books reflect Faber’s reputation as a publisher of quality titles with innovative content. These are ambitious and innovative play-along books that put the reader ‘in the same room’ as the artists featured.

ART DIRECTION BY KENOSHA ILLUSTRATIONS BY LYDIA MERRILLS-ASHCROFT

1 / 2 / 3 /

RADIOHEAD / COMPLETE CHORD SONGBOOK / FABER MUSIC

This is the definitive collection of Radiohead’s complete released works (to date) with lyrics and guitar chords. The book also includes 48 pages of Stanley Donwood’s album artwork and a specially comissioned cover. I worked with Stanley Donwood and Faber Music to lay this out and make ready for press.

ILLUSTRATIONS © STANLEY DONWOOD

1 / 2 / 3 /

JOSH COHEN / RADIOHEAD FOR PIANO SOLO / FABER MUSIC

A collection of Josh Cohen’s piano arrangements of Radiohead’s music, approved by the band with an illustration by Stanley Donwood. Printed black on silver.

ILLUSTRATIONS © STANLEY DONWOOD

1 / 2 / 3 /

RADIOHEAD / ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITAR SONGBOOKS / FABER MUSIC

To coincide with the twentieth anniversary of ‘OK Computer’, Faber Music produced selections of Radiohead’s songs arranged for acoustic and electric guitars. The covers use specially comissioned artwork from Stanley Donwood.

ILLUSTRATIONS © STANLEY DONWOOD

1 /

IRON & WINE / THE SONGBOOK / FABER MUSIC

The definitive collection of Iron & Wine’s work to date. Lyrics, chords and picking patterns with over nineteen years worth of Sam Beam’s illustrations and album artwork collated across 472 pages printed full colour throughout.

ILLUSTRATIONS © SAM BEAM

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

KEATON HENSON / THE TALLOWMERE ANNUAL / FABER MUSIC

The Tallowmwere Annual is an extraordinary book. Designed and illustrated by Keaton Henson, it is made with a built-in mp3 pack so that you can listen to Henson’s specially composed score whilst you journey through his fictional town of Tallowmere. Faber Music approached me to take take this challenging project and realise it in print.

ILLUSTRATIONS © KEATON HENSON

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

GREEN DAY / AUTHENTIC PLAYALONG

These are the first in a series of band-led play-along titles. We needed aspirational images of the band performing. Using performance photography can be challenging, though – the right shots can come from different shows by different photgraphers. In order to maintain a consistent look for the series we chose to stylise the photographs and produced arresting portraits of the band.

ART DIRECTION BY KENOSHA ILLUSTRATIONS BY LYDIA MERRILLS-ASHCROFT

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

GUNS ’N’ ROSES / AUTHENTIC PLAYALONG
PINK FLOYD / AUTHENTIC PLAYALONG*
ROCK / ESSENTIAL PLAYLIST*

The Faber catalogue spans the breadth of popular music. The challenge in the studio was to package each title in the most appropriate and cost-effective way. The examples here: a lavish Guns ’n’ Roses collection for sale across the world, which couldn’t use existing album imagery or likenesses of the band; a Pink Floyd play-along (next in the series from Green Day) using a stylised portrait of the original line-up and simple type; and a survey of Faber Music’s subversive classics printed in two colours on uncoated stock.

*ART DIRECTION BY KENOSHA ILLUSTRATIONS BY LYDIA MERRILLS-ASHCROFT

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

THE RIFFTIONARY
THE BEST FEST SONGBOOK
NEW ROCK GENERATION

Another facet of Faber’s schedule are themed collections. Here we invested in setting up simple templates which could be easily adapted for the next volume, whilst still retaining the look and feel of the series.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

THE PLAY SERIES

The ‘Play…’ series is aimed at 11–14 year-olds. The brief was to produce a striking cover which would work in different colours for each instrument, and be easily adaptable as the series expanded.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION

A coffee-table book of the best of the genre’s songs from Faber’s comprehensive catalogue. The illustrations are designed to capture the flavour of the contents and convey the gravitas of the title.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

KERBSIDE / ALBUM
WORKING CLASS RECORDS

The Kerbside project developed from a poetry/performance piece by Ian Wills at the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s a semi-autobiographical account of a man’s struggle with drug addition and mental illness. I devised a simple typographical order and colour palette across the various printed parts to balance with expressive illustrations.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

KERBSIDE / SPREADS
WORKING CLASS RECORDS

We wanted the illustrations to be a window into the febrile mind of the protaganist and to suggest they are a part of a body of manic drawing. They reference the automatism of savants, cottage grafittos, fevered doodling, ‘niave’ art, home-made tattoos, hobo chalking. It also gave us a flexible and expressive language to describe the Kerbside world.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

TWENTY FIRST CENTURY LOVE SONG / IT’S EASY
WORKING CLASS RECORDS

These are the first two singles from the album. The illustrations are meant as counterpoints to those in the CD booklet as they address two of the main themes of the story: the moral choices made by the protagonist and his failing relationships.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

NOTHING TO LOSE
WORKING CLASS RECORDS

The book of Ian Wills’ poetry accompanied by biographical notes and interpretations from music journalist Alex Ogg. These poems form the basis of the Kerbside project (which don’t appear in the CD booklet). As such it was to reference the album style, but also to stand alone as a work of poetry, ‘serious’ criticism and as a luxury item for the serious fan. Photography by Matt Crossey.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

WILLS & THE WILLING / PORTRAITS
WORKING CLASS RECORDS

As the campaign progressed and the band began their tour, the management wanted to focus on the band members as they each embark on the rounds of marketing and press routines. The illustrations were designed to offer an introduction to each of the band as a calling card as they ‘came out of the shadows’, whilst maintaining the house style. The illustrations were also designed to be adaptable across merchandising, marketing material, press-packs and as new members joined ‘The Willing’. In this incarnation, they are (l-r): Jason Knight, Gerry Cunningham, Ian Wills, Jesse Wood, Brendon Taylor and Martin Wright.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

WILLS & THE WILLING / PROMOTION
WORKING CLASS RECORDS

The type and illustrations were designed to be flexible enough to work accross a number of sizes and formats for the promotional campaign and robust enough accomodate changes as the campaign developed.

1 / 2 /

RATTLESNAKES IN PLASTERCASTS EP

This promotional four song EP is a window into the world of the band. So I built a Herriman-esque landscape as a taster of their forthcoming album.

1 / 2 /

RATTLESNAKES IN PLASTERCASTS EP

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

H.I.V. / SINGLE
WORKING CLASS RECORDS & ONE LITTLE INDIAN

This is the first single from the Hundred & 3 project. It’s a charity record to be released on World A.I.D.S. Day. The illustration is a stylised rendering of the H.I.V. virus
attacking a healthy cell.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

H.I.V. / SINGLE
WORKING CLASS RECORDS & ONE LITTLE INDIAN

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

HUNDRED & 3 / LOGO
WORKING CLASS RECORDS & ONE LITTLE INDIAN

The two members of Hundred & 3 are Ian Wills (of Kerbside fame) and Trevor Morais (of The Peddlers and persussionist and programmer for Bjørk, Goldie, Underworld). I produced a logo and logo type to reflect the collaboration and to emphasise the distinct creative parts of the artists. Both wanted to retain some anonimity through the initial promotional phase, until the album release. The logo is also designed to be broken into three parts and used flexibly accross the campaign. This would be the common branding element throught the single releases, allowing the artwork to stand alone.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 /

HUNDRED & 3 / LOGOS
WORKING CLASS RECORDS & ONE LITTLE INDIAN

1 /

DIGITAL HUMAN
BRANDING

Digital Human Inc are a Quebec based software start-up. They develop an innovative software which brings powerful human-modelling tools to desktop users. DHI asked for a logo based on the Native Canadian Inukshuk — a primal human form made from elemental building blocks. I devised a logo which used basic geometric shapes to mimic a human form and which also reads as ‘DHI’.
DHI were acquired by PLM software giant PTC in 2007.

1 / 2 /

PIE AND PAPIER MÂCHÉ
DANIEL COCKRILL

Daniel Cockrill is a performance poet, a founder of the wonderful Bang! Said The Gun and this is his first collection of work in print. Trinovantes asked me for a cover that conveyed the gnomic humour and subtle gravitas of his performance — all in two colours on traditional Faber board.

1 / 2 /

DANIEL COCKRILL
CHELMSFORD FLING FESTIVAL 2011

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF BANG! SAID THE GUN

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 /

DESTROYING THE LABORATORY FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXPERIMENT

Mark Power is a Magnum photographer. Daniel Cockrill is a poet. Between 2006 and 2010 they made speculative forays across England to divine the meaning of ‘Englishness’. My initial involvement was to produce a book which would accompany the exhibition of this work at the Atlas Gallery in London. This became a collaboration with the pair on making work integral to the show. After the exhibition there was a nagging sense that the project was unresolved. The work documented an England in transition: the financial crisis of 2008 became the austerity of the coalition government. As these policies divided the country, we saw in the work not just new resonances, but the premonition of deep fractures in the English phyche. In June 2015 we began production on the book of this project. Finally, on the eve on the EU Referendum ‘Destroying The Laboratory For The Sake Of The Experiment’ was published. You can buy the book here.

markpower.co.uk
danielcockrill.com
magnumphotos.com