Whilst at university in Bristol I stumbled across a little art and design shop called Soma. It had a wonderful range of books, magazine and design trinkets. But what caught my eye most was the wide selection of prints, my personal favourites were by designer Anthony Burrill.

These two are made using woodblock lettering which gives them a unique quality to each edition. The poster statements themselves are taken from conversations he has overheard. They both provoke totally different idea of the people who have said them.

Anthony Burrill has produced advertising for Diesel, Nike and Playstation. Collaborating with Kip Parker he has created web sites for Kraftwerk and AIR. Anthony has recently produced a set of safety posters for London Underground and led a British Council workshop in Kenya, producing a series of anti-corruption posters.

“In print, London based Anthony Burrill takes the ordinary and makes it loud. Turning up the visual volume, way past comfort level, and soon the generic is quite alien…Burrill’s schemes all use the technique of displacement, he takes the normal and makes it strange.”

Emily King