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A hardcover book with a bright yellow cover and red spine. The front features a blue rectangle containing a series of red and white zig-zagging lines, while the spine reads “Sigrid Calon”.

Publication: A vast Risographed volume of graphic patterns from Sigrid Calon

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Date
24 September 2013

Inspired by the stitched patterns of embroidery, Sigrid Calon has created To The Extend Of / \ | & - a volume of 120 unique designs all based on the horizontals and diagonals of a piece of aida cloth. Using set of simple rules – lines can be repeated or combined to form a longer line, lines may be displayed with or without an outline, lines can be used both as a shape and form as rest, lines and residual shapes can be placed over each other as layers – she then introduces eight colours and complex gradients available in Risography to add depth and volume to these extraordinary grids.

An open book shows a colourful graphic on the right page. The image consists of a series of diagonal, overlapping lines in pink, blue and orange, set within a rounded grey frame.
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Sigrid Calon: To The Extend Of / \ | & -

An open book shows a page of blurred text opposite a graphic illustration. The illustration features several vertical rows of blue and orange rounded capsules.
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Sigrid Calon: To The Extend Of / \ | & -

An open book shows a grid of small, rounded orange rectangles on the right page. The shapes fade from a pale peach at the top to a deep burnt orange at the bottom.
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Sigrid Calon: To The Extend Of / \ | & -

A collage of four abstract graphic prints. The images feature bold colours, geometric shapes and halftone patterns in green, yellow, pink and orange.
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Sigrid Calon: To The Extend Of / \ | & -

Four open spreads of a book with a yellow cover. Each page features a different minimalist graphic, including a purple grid of white dots, black diagonal lines, and a stack of colourful horizontal bars.
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Sigrid Calon: To The Extend Of / \ | & -

A grid of 12 photographs showing an open book with a yellow cover. Each spread features a different geometric pattern or typographic experiment in various colours and layouts.
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Sigrid Calon: To The Extend Of / \ | & -

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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