During my trip I saw a poster displayed by a local book seller that said “Read Books, Buy Books, Buy Local.” Feeling connected to the poster and its message, each page of this publication aims to convey the tactile joy and excitement of books and printed matter.
Without the use of the digital (ie. InDesign or Photoshop), I collected as many forms of physical + printed matter from the fair that I could. The result was a tote bag full of business cards, bookmarks, receipts, novels, posters, and screen-printed apparel.
Upon returning to Providence, I sifted through the treasures I had collected, individually and collectively scanning items (parts + whole) on a black and white xerox copy machine. Leaning into the raw and analog feeling of the machine, I attempted to imprint the presence of the hand into the copies, manipulating the image by moving the item/s across the bed or overlapping prints on-top of one another. Other times, I allowed the scan-bed to capture the image uninterrupted.
Perfect-binding each double-sided page, over time the publication formed itself. The cover of the publication is an unfoldable poster on semi-transparent butcher paper, which can be used as a traditional book cover, or unfolded and hung up as a wall poster.
Book 1/3 in Scan Series.
EMMA NOEL
is a graphic designer, typographer + creative director based between Copenhagen, Denmark and Brooklyn, New York. Emma is a multi-disciplinary thinker, creative, and problem solver. Her approach to design is generative, dynamic, and often multi-faceted. Many of her design endeavors explore themes of experimentally, print-ness, design for surface, and variation in modes of making.
Emma enjoys building identity systems, working with type and layout, dabbling in 3D rendering, and all things print. Her professional experiences span across creative agencies in advertising and design, art direction for global and luxury brands, in-house digital design, and editorial design for print.
Emma holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Emma is also a MA candidate in Graphic Communications at the Royal Danish Academy.
Most recently, Emma was at ELLE Magazine (US).
She is also a ceramicist and contemporary painter.
Emma is currently based between Copenhagen, Denmark and Brooklyn, New York.
CURRENTLY
SONDER Ceramics
PREVIOUSLY
ELLE Magazine
Rag & Bone
Chandelier Creative
Baron&Baron
CM(WHY)K Inc.
Black Math
Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Previously, Emma has worked with clients such as rhode, Dior Magazine, Mugler, Louis Vuitton, Zara Home+, SKIMS, Neiman Marcus, NARS, and Khaite.
AWARDS + SHOWS
Lamar Dodd School of Art C-U-B-E Gallery, Athens, GA
Sort Later, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Gonda Fund Awarded Recipient
Sounds About Riso 4.0 Gallery, Dumbo, NY
Portals: RISD Graphic Design Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Interview with Laura Brown / The Brown Daily Herald
Emma is always looking for opportunities to exercise her curiosity and create community through collaboration. Currently, she is accepting freelance inquiries.
is a graphic designer, typographer + creative director based between Copenhagen, Denmark and Brooklyn, New York. Emma is a multi-disciplinary thinker, creative, and problem solver. Her approach to design is generative, dynamic, and often multi-faceted. Many of her design endeavors explore themes of experimentally, print-ness, design for surface, and variation in modes of making.
Emma enjoys building identity systems, working with type and layout, dabbling in 3D rendering, and all things print. Her professional experiences span across creative agencies in advertising and design, art direction for global and luxury brands, in-house digital design, and editorial design for print.
Emma holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Emma is also a MA candidate in Graphic Communications at the Royal Danish Academy.
Most recently, Emma was at ELLE Magazine (US).
She is also a ceramicist and contemporary painter.
Emma is currently based between Copenhagen, Denmark and Brooklyn, New York.
CURRENTLY
SONDER Ceramics
PREVIOUSLY
ELLE Magazine
Rag & Bone
Chandelier Creative
Baron&Baron
CM(WHY)K Inc.
Black Math
Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Previously, Emma has worked with clients such as rhode, Dior Magazine, Mugler, Louis Vuitton, Zara Home+, SKIMS, Neiman Marcus, NARS, and Khaite.
AWARDS + SHOWS
Lamar Dodd School of Art C-U-B-E Gallery, Athens, GA
Sort Later, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Gonda Fund Awarded Recipient
Sounds About Riso 4.0 Gallery, Dumbo, NY
Portals: RISD Graphic Design Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Interview with Laura Brown / The Brown Daily Herald
Emma is always looking for opportunities to exercise her curiosity and create community through collaboration. Currently, she is accepting freelance inquiries.