{"product_id":"scrapbook-2-alex-smith","title":"Scrapbook 1 - Alex Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese scrapbook zines by Alex Smith collect years of personal experiences, visual references and influences in the form of handmade visual diaries. Smith cites the journals of Dan Eldon and the scrapbooks of Simon Peek as major influences, using collage and mixed media to preserve things he has experienced, encountered and found visually inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pages bring together collected imagery, illustrations, graphic design, photographs, printed ephemera and other found material, assembled into combinations that can be complementary, contradictory, informative or completely abstract. Smith describes the project as both a personal record and a design project, reflecting his interest in illustration, graphic design and the creative possibilities of collage. His own illustration work appears throughout, alongside the work of artists and designers who have influenced him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaken together, the books function as an evolving visual diary and scrapbook of Smith's life, interests and creative influences, with the emphasis firmly on collecting, arranging and preserving imagery rather than presenting a conventional narrative. A wonderfully tactile example of personal scrapbook culture and DIY mixed-media publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rumorbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67569334681677,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/7882\/1709\/files\/IMG_2929_95b4504c-32c1-4413-aa84-b18804dbba11.jpg?v=1791008174","url":"https:\/\/rumorbooks.com\/products\/scrapbook-2-alex-smith","provider":"Rumorbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}