Fraser Muggeridge studio (Fraser Muggeridge, Sarah Newitt and Stephen Barrett) is a graphic design company based in Clerkenwell, London.
Throughout a wide range of formats, from artists’ books and exhibition catalogues to posters, maps and postcard invites, the studio prioritises artists’ and writers’ content over the imposition of a signature style. By allowing images and texts to sustain their own intent and impact, each project is approached with an elegantly pared-down aesthetic, with colour, typography, paper stock and format playing a key role in arriving at a sympathetic yet subtly alluring object.
Fraser Muggeridge founded and is a tutor at Typography Summer School, a week-long programme of typographic study in London for recent graduates and professionals.
This website has been designed with and coded by Wolfram Wiedner.
Teaching
2011
Camberwell College of Art, London
2010 – present
Typography Summer School, London
2009 – present
Visiting tutor, MA Book Design, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading
2004
Visiting tutor, Chelsea School of Art & Design, London
2003–2008
Visiting tutor, BA Graphic Communication, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading
Talks
2011
December
On a train somewhere between Chennai and Vishakhapattanam, India (part of Jagriti Yatra)
November
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
October
Eastside Projects, Birmingham (part of Public Evaluation Event)
July
Bloomberg SPACE, London
April
University of East London
The Gopher Hole, London (part of Pretty―Ugly)
March
London College of Communication
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
February
Royal College of Art, London (part of Open Books)
Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune, India
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
January
Cafe Curio, Camden Arts Centre, London
2010
December
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
November
University of Huddersfield
Royal College of Art, London
Galeria Design, BWA Wrocław, Poland
October
The Russian Club, London (part of ISTD-Stammtisch 1: Talking Books)
May
Camberwell College of Art, London (part of Key Ideas Design Symposium)
April
International Project Space, Birmingham
Royal College of Art, London
March
Winchester School of Art
February
London College of Communication
2009
October
Royal College of Art, London
May
The University of East London
2008
September
Rochelle School, London (for Art on the Underground)
2007
October
London College of Communication
Exhibitions
Live In Your Head: Codex
8 – 28 October 2011
Institut curatorial de la Head – Genève
Rue du Beulet 4, 1203, Geneva, Switzerland
Outrageous Fortune: Artists Remake the Tarot
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
4 July – 27 August 2011
Touring to: Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham; Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier; mac, Birmingham; Holden Gallery, Manchester; University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hatfield; Bedales Gallery, Petersfield
The Art of Lost Words
Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth
19 March – 28 April 2011
Open Books
Royal College of Art, London
21–27 February 2011
The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space
The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
20 January – 5 February 2011
Working Drawings
Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery
10–24 December 2010
Reverting to Type
Standpoint Gallery, London
10 December 2010 – 22 January 2011
BOOK SHOW
Eastside Projects, Birmingham
3 July – 4 September 2010
Designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio (Solo Exhibition)
Kaleid Editions, London
31 March – 25 April 2010
Reading For Reading’s Sake
Islington Mill, Manchester
9–11 April 2010
Olympik: 39 Sports, 39 Designers, 39 Posters
German Gymnasium, London
22–24 September 2009
Publications edited
The Form of the Book Book, Occasional Papers, 2009 (with Sara De Bondt)
The Master Builder: Talking with Ken Briggs, Occasional Papers, 2009 (with Sara De Bondt)
Articles written
‘Do it yourself’, Eye, No.78, Vol.20, 2010, pp.56–57
‘Process’, About your process, Manystuff, 2010, p.10
‘Typography with words’, Eye, No.75, Vol.19, 2010, pp.26–29
‘Mapping New York’, Grafik, No.180, 2009, pp.86–87
‘Introduction’ to Emerge catalogue, 2009
‘Asymmetrical Typography’, Grafik, No.171, 2009, p.52
‘Fully Booked vs. Jan Tschichold’s The Form of the Book’, Eye blog, 2009
‘New Johnston Book Bold Full Stop and Comma’, Grafik, No.166, 2008, pp.78–79
‘An invisible Art’, Design Week, 2008
Featured in books
The Language of Graphic Design, Richard Poulin, Rockport, 2011, p.91, 135
Common Interests: Documents, Emmi Salonen, Index Book, 2011, pp.70–71, 80–81, 94–95, 164–165
Business Cards, Liz Farrelly, Laurence King, 2004, p.258
The new handmade graphics, Anne Odling-Smee, RotoVision, 2002, p.103
Featured in magazines
Eight:48, No.3, 2010, p.33
Grafik, No.186, 2010, p.44
Grafik, No.182, 2010, p.27
Kak, No.52, 2009, p.43
Monocle, No.28, Vol.3, 2009, p.6
Grafik, No.175, 2009, p.35
Grafik, No.171, 2009, p.27
Grafik, No.170, 2009, pp.55–57
Grafik, No.169, 2008, p.24
Visual, No.135, 2008, pp.69–74
Grafik, No.168, 2008, p.24
Grafik, No.163, 2008, pp.22–24, 56–57
Grafik, No.159, 2008, pp.40–51
Grafik, 2007: A Year of Great Graphic Design, 2008, pp.59–61
Eye, No.65, Vol.17, 2007, p.33
Grafik, No.158, 2007, p.61
Idea, No.316, 2006, pp.80–81
Awards
D&AD
In Book, 2010
In Book, 2009
In Book, 2008
Tokyo Type Directors Club
Prize Nominee featured in book, 2011
Prize Nominee featured in book, 2010
Other
Judge: D&AD Awards 2010 (graphic design category)
Curator: The Form of Book, conference at St Bride Library, London, 2009 (with Sara De Bondt)
Guest Judge: Emerge, 2009
Judge: Fedrigoni London Showroom Awards, 2009