Phoenicia Exhibition
Identity, Illustration, Typeface, Lettering, Editorial
An identity created for the temporary Phoenician exhibition in London United Kingdom. Phoenicia the seaborne empire based in Lebanon spread its revolutionary alphabet and purple inks across the Mediterranean between 1500BC and 300BC.
To continue their stylistic heritage, a typeface was created based on their original alphabet, as well as illustrations which were printed using purple silkscreen ink. Outcomes include an identity system, typeface, catalogue, tickets, posters, leaflets and gift shop items.
Exhibition catalogue prototype with logo and screen-printed sleeve
Hand drawn letters inspired by the original Phoenician alphabet were made from which the logo and typeface were created to be used for the identity system
Catalogue sleeve folds out to a poster, presenting a map of the Phoenician civilization on one side with informative text on the other side
Two promotional exhibition posters
Catalogue, posters, guides, tickets, and hand drawn map
