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•Melissa Price

Melissa Price graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1995. After starting her career at Imagination and MetaDesign, in 2001 she joined Cartlidge Levene, a well respected graphic design studio with a reputation for conceptual thinking and finely crafted graphic solutions. Whilst there she has worked on many projects including books, identities, wayfinding systems and exhibitions for clients including The Guardian, Phaidon Press, Selfridges and Barbican Arts Centre.

 

'These posters are a collection of drawings of the motorway's junctions. I was interested in the graceful curves and shapes of the junctions and found that there are huge variations. Reading up on the history of motorways I found it very interesting that although they are generally seen as ugly and devoid of any aesthetic consideration, in fact their shape is carefully considered to give drivers a safe and visually stimulating experience.

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