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PHILLIP CARTER
Publication design can be a great medium for documenting projects. For his project ‘ Philip Carter looked at how the bicycles in cycle lanes were painted. After using the bicycle lanes regularly he noticed that the bicycles painted on the pavements were often done with a ‘laissez faire’ attitude. This inspired him to start an ongoing project in which he photographed the various bicycle symbols that he came across on his journeys. He has created a book of the photographs on which the cover is the platonic ideal of the department of transport bicycle sign. He describes the works as being and that is what has interested him about them as it appears to him as a bizarre
< Selection of images taken from Phillip Carter’s ‘1057’.
The project has interested me as it has a simple idea behind it but when seen as a whole of all the images it makes a big statement about part of our culture, as it is a remarkable piece of documentary work. This is an example of how Carter has used his design work to have a social and political impact but it is also an example of how he as a designers has used his personal projects to challenge peoples existing beliefs and take notice of something which is often overlooked. Overall he has taken over 300 photographs over 3 years that