Made and Sold: Graphic Designer's Sidelines

Self-initiated projects seem to become an increasingly important part in graphic design practice.

Young independent design studios and freelancers often state that their regular self-initiated projects inform their commissioned work and vice versa.

Many of these independent design studios define themselves as inter-, cross- and multi-disciplinary practitioners and many of them produce, manufacture and sell their very own sidelines - anything from toys to garments, fonts to wallpapers.

This is not only a commercial and entrepreneurial activity satisfying the individual needs for diversity but is often simply stated by designers as a great way to stay sane, fresh and creative.

Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek from London-based design studio FL@33 are currently compiling and designing an exciting new book entitled Made and Sold: Graphic Designer's Sidelines (working title) to be published worldwide by Laurence King Publishing in 2009.

This book will present the most exciting self-initiated projects created by a new generation of multi-disciplinary practitioners.

Eligible for possible inclusion are products that are produced as part of a one-off series or in editions of three or more and are self-initiated, commercial and entrepreneurial and produced / manufactured by the interdisciplinary practitioners (and their direct suppliers) and by designers who sell their products either directly (i.e. online) and/or work with selected stockists of their choice.