Newspaper designed for Nick Thurston and the University of Leeds to support the film Tender Silences, which explores Chetham’s Library in Manchester. Chetham’s was constructed as a college for priests in 1421 and adapted into a library in 1653. It has been free to use as a public reference resource ever since. It’s the oldest public library in the English-speaking world and holds the first recorded account of silent reading. Using film, poetry and great attention to detail, Nick has beautifully captured the essence of Chetham’s, its spaces and its librarians performing their caring practices. The typeface used is Rhymes by Jakub Samek.
Seeing Libraries Differently
Newspaper designed for Nick Thurston and the University of Leeds to support the film Tender Silences, which explores Chetham’s Library in Manchester. Chetham’s was constructed as a college for priests in 1421 and adapted into a library in 1653. It has been free to use as a public reference resource ever since. It’s the oldest public library in the English-speaking world and holds the first recorded account of silent reading. Using film, poetry and great attention to detail, Nick has beautifully captured the essence of Chetham’s, its spaces and its librarians performing their caring practices. The typeface used is Rhymes by Jakub Samek.