Sept 21, 2019
Capaci Memorial Opening
A new park-square to commemorate the Capaci bombing has been formally opened in Albano Sant'Alessandro, Bergamo, Italy.
Dedicated to the Italian prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and their police escorts who died in the Mafia assassination in Palermo on May 23rd, 1992. The memorial has been created in collaboration with De8 architetti studio, Why Not Associates and the landscape architect Laura Gatti.
May 2019
Canal to Creek: A Cultural Landscape
St Peters Interchange, Sydney, Australia
Gordon has been commissioned by Cultural Capital to create a series of artworks for a park space surrounding the new St Peters Interchange in western Sydney.
The interchange, described as one of Australia's largest infrastructure projects, is aimed at linking Sydney’s existing motorway network and alleviating the cities congestion nightmare.
The interchange will reclaim a former clay pit, brickworks and landfill site, with a predominately underground motorway scheme. The material from the underground works will form a new hilly open space created for use by the local community.
May 16, 2018
Walk of Art 2
Cast in iron this project builds on the original and much-loved Walk of Art created at YSP in 2002. The artwork will form the entrance to the new visitor centre that is due to open in 2019. As a fundraising initiative supporters can have their names immortalised in the path to be enjoyed by future generations.
Find out more here
February 25, 2017
Radioactive Art – BBC Radio 4
"Radioactive waste can remain dangerous to humans for 100,000 years. Nations with nuclear power are building underground storage facilities to permanently house it, but how might they mark these sites for future generations…"
Gordon has presented a documentary for BBC Radio 4.
It will be broadcast on Thursday 2nd March at 11.30am
Listen to it here
February 22, 2017
Trading Words – Publication & Exhibition
Trading Words documents the creation on Gordon’s latest public artwork at London Dock, Wapping. An accompanying exhibition at Counter House runs until 30th April 2017.
Counter House
9 Arrival Square
London E1W 2AA
Open: Monday – Sunday 10.00 – 18.00
free Admission
October 9, 2014
ISTD – 2014 International Typographic Award
The Comedy Carpet has won the much coveted International Society of Typographers award for 2014. Held every three years, the Award recognises significant typographic achievement and excellence.
June 15, 2014
The world’s most ‘generous’ public spaces…
The Comedy Carpet has a mention in an article featured on the Design Council’s website. Written by Wayne Hemingway it considers ‘generous’ design and why it doesn’t take ‘starchitects’ or big pots of money to create inspiring public places.
“Remarkable examples of beautiful and truly generous design are popping up all around the world. By generous, I mean places designed for people to use, enjoy and improve – at no cost and for no profit…”
On the Comedy Carpet…
“This is urban design and art in the landscape working together in a seamless and perfect fashion. It celebrates kitsch, history and modernity, and has something for all tastes.
Visitors love the Comedy Carpet and they cannot stop photographing it and talking about it. Just look it up on Twitter or flickr or Google images, it is staggering how many images you’ll see. Bingo – success.”
June 11, 2014
Type Spaces – Typography in Three Dimensional Spaces
Type Spaces – Typography in Three Dimensional Spaces has been published by Basheer Graphic books in Singapore. It features various projects including The Comedy Carpet, Walk of Art and Pobl + Machines.
January 14, 2014
Aesthetics City – Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Gordon has taken part in Aesthetics City at Shanghai’s Power Station of Art. The theme of this years event was centred around advocating the use of design to realise more creative lives and the use of aesthetics to build an ideal city. Gordon gave a lecture on his recent projects and exhibited along side a group of internationally renowned artists and designers. Click or swipe the image to see more photos.
November 20, 2013
The Comedy Carpet book
The Comedy Carpet, Blackpool: The Making of a World Class Monument to Comedy has been published by Booth-Clibborn. The 208 page book documents the making of the largest work of public art in Europe with an essay by Gordon and best-selling author Graham McCann. Click/swipe the image to see more.
November 13, 2013
Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography
The Comedy Carpet and Cursing Stone have been featured in Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic. The book published by Monacelli Press in New York explores monumental typography in the environment with projects culled from throughout the world.
News
Sept 21, 2019
Capaci Memorial Opening
A new park-square to commemorate the Capaci bombing has been formally opened in Albano Sant'Alessandro, Bergamo, Italy.
Dedicated to the Italian prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and their police escorts who died in the Mafia assassination in Palermo on May 23rd, 1992. The memorial has been created in collaboration with De8 architetti studio, Why Not Associates and the landscape architect Laura Gatti.
May 2019
Canal to Creek: A Cultural Landscape
St Peters Interchange, Sydney, Australia
Gordon has been commissioned by Cultural Capital to create a series of artworks for a park space surrounding the new St Peters Interchange in western Sydney.
The interchange, described as one of Australia's largest infrastructure projects, is aimed at linking Sydney’s existing motorway network and alleviating the cities congestion nightmare.
The interchange will reclaim a former clay pit, brickworks and landfill site, with a predominately underground motorway scheme. The material from the underground works will form a new hilly open space created for use by the local community.
May 16, 2018
Walk of Art 2
Cast in iron this project builds on the original and much-loved Walk of Art created at YSP in 2002. The artwork will form the entrance to the new visitor centre that is due to open in 2019. As a fundraising initiative supporters can have their names immortalised in the path to be enjoyed by future generations.
Find out more here
February 25, 2017
Radioactive Art – BBC Radio 4
"Radioactive waste can remain dangerous to humans for 100,000 years. Nations with nuclear power are building underground storage facilities to permanently house it, but how might they mark these sites for future generations…"
Gordon has presented a documentary for BBC Radio 4.
It will be broadcast on Thursday 2nd March at 11.30am
Listen to it here
February 22, 2017
Trading Words – Publication & Exhibition
Trading Words documents the creation on Gordon’s latest public artwork at London Dock, Wapping. An accompanying exhibition at Counter House runs until 30th April 2017.
Counter House
9 Arrival Square
London E1W 2AA
Open: Monday – Sunday 10.00 – 18.00
free Admission
October 9, 2014
ISTD – 2014 International Typographic Award
The Comedy Carpet has won the much coveted International Society of Typographers award for 2014. Held every three years, the Award recognises significant typographic achievement and excellence.
June 15, 2014
The world’s most ‘generous’ public spaces…
The Comedy Carpet has a mention in an article featured on the Design Council’s website. Written by Wayne Hemingway it considers ‘generous’ design and why it doesn’t take ‘starchitects’ or big pots of money to create inspiring public places.
“Remarkable examples of beautiful and truly generous design are popping up all around the world. By generous, I mean places designed for people to use, enjoy and improve – at no cost and for no profit…”
On the Comedy Carpet…
“This is urban design and art in the landscape working together in a seamless and perfect fashion. It celebrates kitsch, history and modernity, and has something for all tastes.
Visitors love the Comedy Carpet and they cannot stop photographing it and talking about it. Just look it up on Twitter or flickr or Google images, it is staggering how many images you’ll see. Bingo – success.”
June 11, 2014
Type Spaces – Typography in Three Dimensional Spaces
Type Spaces – Typography in Three Dimensional Spaces has been published by Basheer Graphic books in Singapore. It features various projects including The Comedy Carpet, Walk of Art and Pobl + Machines.
January 14, 2014
Aesthetics City – Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Gordon has taken part in Aesthetics City at Shanghai’s Power Station of Art. The theme of this years event was centred around advocating the use of design to realise more creative lives and the use of aesthetics to build an ideal city. Gordon gave a lecture on his recent projects and exhibited along side a group of internationally renowned artists and designers. Click or swipe the image to see more photos.
November 20, 2013
The Comedy Carpet book
The Comedy Carpet, Blackpool: The Making of a World Class Monument to Comedy has been published by Booth-Clibborn. The 208 page book documents the making of the largest work of public art in Europe with an essay by Gordon and best-selling author Graham McCann. Click/swipe the image to see more.
November 13, 2013
Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography
The Comedy Carpet and Cursing Stone have been featured in Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic. The book published by Monacelli Press in New York explores monumental typography in the environment with projects culled from throughout the world.
