The Book Funeral

Kenn Lam

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)
'Libraries, Archives and Special Collections' special issue

Student Contributions

The Book Funeral

Published 2019-06-21

Kenn Lam

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. on their own website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal has made best effort to ensure accuracy of the contents of this journal, however makes no claims to the authenticity and completeness of the articles published. Authors are responsible for ensuring copyright clearance for any images, tables etc which are supplied from an outside source.

Abstract

The Book Funeral was a student project that sought to humanise the books of the Central Saint Martins library by giving them the proper send-off commonly reserved for our loved ones. The goal is to allow us to re-evaluate our treatment of books in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

Keywords

book, funeral, Design, Performance Art, Victorian, eulogy,

HTML PDF

Author Biography

Kenn Lam

Kenn Lam is an illustrator and designer who recently graduated from BA (Hons) Graphic Communication Design, Central Saint Martins (2018). Kenn had the privilege of being exposed to a wide array of cultures during his formative years, which played a huge role in developing his curiosity, and allows him to see narratives as a common denominator across civilisation. The essence of his work lies in framing and curating narrative structures. Kenn is currently on a year-long cultural adventure; where he’ll reside in China, Japan and Germany to work in art residencies and learn new languages.