Whilst studying
at the Manchester School of Art, Ilsa collaborated with a group of
Design and Art Direction postgraduate students to co produce a
range of free publications entitled “buro”. Büro is a free graphic
artwork publication & design collective consisting of students from
the MA D&AD course at the Manchester School of
Art. This was
the first publication in the set and consisted of 22 carefully
designed / illustrated graphic posters, risograph printed and
distributed around the North West. Ilsa
submitted this "pair" of posters, exploring misplaced through the
misinterpretation of word and image (misnomers and heterographics).
The Pear poster sparks discussion on how we can easily misplace our
understanding of what we see by our emphasis on spoken language.
The line poster encourages individuals to express their
understanding of what they see depending on which direction they
choose to hang it. With this, others can decide the extent to which
their interpretations are misplaced. The latter concept is soon to
be developed into a series. Distributed in Liverpool at F.A.C.T. (foundation
for art and creative technology), Bold St Café, Egg café, The
Italian Club, Rennies Arts and Crafts, Ran retro shoe store, Lost
Art, 3B records, Leaf café, Bluecoat Chambers (art gallery), Camp
and Furnace, Baltic Creative, Liverpool Biennial HQ, also in
Manchester at Fred Aldous, Takk, Common, Marc the Printers, Magma,
The Bay Horse, Trof, Affleck's Palace, The Castle Pub, Sandbar,
Odder, Wowie Zowie, finally in Leeds at Village.