A supporting project for Love is Lost — a series of pasted-up playing-card portraits of lost music icons that turned Manchester's streets into a public tribute.
From early research through to launch, here's the process I ran to take Love is Lost's project from concept to a finished, real-world result.
Auditing the competitive landscape and current user experience before any design work began.
Reviewing current design patterns and technical constraints to inform the direction.
Choosing the icons and the playing-card device that would tie the series together.
Mapping out locations and a print run built to survive the street.
Designing each portrait to work as a single card and as part of a wider deck.
Producing weatherproof prints ready to go straight up on the street.
Pasting up across Manchester in locations chosen to be found and shared.
Sharing the series online and supporting the press pickup that followed.
Love is Lost came to Satch wanting to bring a Manchester community together around the music icons the city had lost, using the street itself as the gallery. [Placeholder — replace via the project's spreadsheet tab.]
A deck of pasted-up portraits — Bowie, Prince, Lemmy, George Michael and more — that turned Chorlton's streets into a tribute, and picked up press coverage along the way. [Placeholder — replace via the project's spreadsheet tab.]
