Gravesend is a 98-paged
book UK Graphic Designer Chris Clarke designed in 2007 to capture and communicate the"death of community" in the small British town of Gravesend, in Kent. Infused with a curiosity for community, type and architecture, Chris set out to capture and communicatehow Gravesend “represents a prophecy ofsociety’s potential to alienate itself from itself, and kill its collectiveidentity.” Chris explains; “The streets of Gravesend are eerie to peruse. Constructed almost entirely frombreezeblocks, the buildings cast grey shadows across grey roads onto greypavements. Out of training hours it is a ghost town, deserted and devoid oflife. Most haunting are the blank billboards and internally boarded up shops,named after people who no longer exist, are always open but never in-stock.”
Gravesend (GBR)
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