Northampton, Florence, August 2014.
Author: James Campbell Taylor
“Fashion Rocks” for InStyle
After coming across my LPFC project the lovely folks at InStyle asked me to apply the same concept to some of the fashion world’s most famous designers, to be included as a six-page spread in their upcoming Fashion Rocks supplement. Celebrating the relationship between fashion and music, Fashion Rocks will be mailed to subscribers with the 2014 September issue of InStyle. “Fashion Rocks Live”, a televised concert featuring performances by Jennifer Lopez, Usher, Rita Ora and Duran Duran will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on September 9, 2014.
NYLO Hotels
Fifteen years ago this summer I came to New York for the very first time. I spent a week at the On The Ave Hotel on 77th Street and Broadway. The hotel has since had a massive renovation and today calls itself NYLO New York City. They’ve also improved the decor and staff uniforms! Here’s Chris looking cool in a Chile ’62 tee:
World Cup games will be shown in the LOCL bar in the lobby of NYLO, so be sure to stop in for a beer and remember to check out the t-shirts!
LPFC 2014 for Mundial
After seeing my LPFC project the good people at Mundial invited me to contribute to the inaugural issue of the magazine. I was asked to produce a series of record covers featuring some of the potential stars — Mario Balotelli, Neymar, Edinson Cavani, Mesut Özil, Eden Hazard and Paul Pogba — of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
World F.C.
Since 2013, World F.C. has been creating t-shirts featuring the best graphic design representing the planet’s most popular football teams. I’d been a fan of their work for a while and so I was delighted when they asked me to design a shirt for Fiorentina. Evidently they’d caught wind of my purple allegiance and my tendency to wax rhapsodic on my beloved Viola, as they also asked me to write the blurb to accompany the final product!
World F.C.’s “Calcio Collection” featured in 8by8 magazine.
In 2016, as my hometown club Leicester City charged towards an historic Premier League title, it occurred to me that World F.C. should honor the Foxes’ unprecedented feat with a t-shirt. Naturally, as a Leicester fan I was the right man for this job too. You can buy the “Foxes Never Quit” tee here!
World Cup Legends
If you’re in London this Thursday be sure to check out the World Cup Legends event! The evening will incorporate an exhibition of artwork, signed match balls and football shirts, as well as a panel discussion… plus special guests! Not only that but some of my own artwork will be featured!
World Cup Legends
Thursday, May 1
6:30-8:30pm
Waterstones Piccadilly
205-206 Piccadilly
London
The event is free, but you have to register. To do so click here. For more information visit the Twitter page of the event’s organizer, Amar Shah. Read all about Amar’s extraordinary World Cup Legends project here.
“Vinilo FC” in Pagina/12
I got my first ever foreign printed press today courtesy of Argentine daily Página/12! The Buenos Aires paper ran an article by Javier Aguirre (no, not that one) in its Thursday supplement NO. Entitled “Vinilo FC”, Aguirre’s piece explores the relationship between music and football, as well as featuring some good quotes from yours truly.
If you are unable to get your hands on a copy of today’s paper, you can read the full article here.
¡La púa no se mancha!
The Guardian
Following its appearance in Monday’s Telegraph, my LPFC project has gained considerable momentum and today found itself on the homepage of The Guardian! The project was featured as part of the site’s “Beautiful Games” series, which highlights the work of artists that pertains in some way to sport.
The Telegraph
In what constitutes my first ever design-related printed press mention, my LPFC project was featured in this morning’s Telegraph sports supplement! The David Beckham LP was the “Picture of the Week” in Alan Tyers’ Premier League Review. What a way to start your Monday morning!
Fast Company
My “City In Chains” project was featured on Fast Company not once but twice this week! First in this Co.Create article by Joe Berkowitz; then in this Co.Design article by Dan Nosowitz. Both authors discuss the work as a commentary on New York’s shifting socio-economic landscape. Thanks guys!
The Huffington Post
I was asked by The Huffington Post to comment on my “City In Chains” project. HuffPo calls the work “a bit sinister”, which I’m going to take as a compliment. Check it out here.
Miles at the Fillmore
I designed this poster for a contest organized by Columbia Legacy through Creative Allies. The winning entry will be included in the forthcoming Miles Davis box-set, Miles at the Fillmore, a series of live recordings from the summer of 1970. If you like it you can vote for it here!
Superclásico
Il Derby della Madonnina
El Monumental
Estadio Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti (“El Monumental”) and environs, Buenos Aires, January 2014.
La Bombonera
Estadio Alberto José Armando (“La Bombonera”) and environs, Buenos Aires, January 2014.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 2014.
The Florentine
My Metropolitana di Firenze project is featured in this month’s issue of The Florentine, Florence’s English-language newspaper. Read the full January 2014 issue here (turn to page 31).
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Bakersfield and the Getty Center, December 2013.
Una storia nerazzurra
No doubt recognizing my credentials as a Serie A historian and football kit aficionado, the Italian literary magazine Inutile asked me to write an essay on a team’s shirt history. The magazine’s editor is an Inter fan so I put aside my purple allegiance to trace the 105-year journey of the nerazzurri. I also created a two-part, poster-size, timeline graphic charting the many sartorial highs (and occasional lows) of the famous Milanese club, finally putting to good use my encyclopedic vault of calcio-related archival material.
