Nottwich
A global gathering of UNESCO Cities of Literature.
In spring 2020, cultural leaders from 28 countries will come to Norwich for the global gathering of the UNESCO Cities of Literature. Norwich and Nottingham (two of the UK’s four Cities of Literature) have been successful in a joint bid to host the week-long forum. Nottwich 2019 will showcase the huge creative talent of both cities to an international audience.
As part of a national branding competition we were tasked with creating the branding for the event.
My idea shows the two ‘N’ letter-forms from the first letters of Norwich and Nottingham merged together to form a partnership. This has then been placed inside a hexagon symbolising the shape of a pencil, and helping to link back to the collective theme of the event, ‘Literature’. I have differentiated between the two ‘N’ letter-forms by creating one from a geometric line pattern composed from 28 lines - Connecting back to the 28 cities of literature travelling from all around the world to take part in Nottwich.
I received a 'highly acclaimed accolade' for my entry.
“We were enormously impressed by all of the shortlisted entries and found ourselves confronted with a dilemma.”
– (Overall judge) Nicky Page, Director of Dunedin City of Literature, New Zealand, and Chair of the UNESCO Cities of Literature Communications sub-group.
“The standard was incredibly high and it was refreshing to see the contemporary approaches to the brief.”
– Caroline Mayers, Head of Marketing at Norwich Business Improvement District & VisitNorwich.
“The quality of the entries was wonderful, reflecting a real depth of talent among young designers.”
– Sandeep Mahal, Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature.
