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Poster designed for Leicester Charity Menphys promoting their annual open garden event at Belvoir Lodge in July. My design is type lead and whilst formal in layout the poster has an deliberate handmade arts and crafts feel to it reflecting the rural nature of the events location.    

On the 14th August Her Grace, Frances, Dowager Duchess of Rutland, kindly agreed to open her gardens to members of the public to raise funds for Menphys, the Leicester & Leicestershire charity which supports children and young people with mental and physical disabilities. Created for Menphys this film shot and edited by me is a summary of the days events and features a tour of the gardens and courtyard where drinks and refreshments where served along with a selection of stall to browse. more infomation about Menphys can be found at this link Menphys

Poster design for Menphys Open Gardens 2011, Designed to promote an open garden event hosted by Her Grace, The Dowager Duchess of Rutland for the Leicester based charity menphys at Belvoir Lodge. The design incorporates the event information into the middle of a pair of ornate iron garden gates which have been opened to invite the viewer into both the poster & the garden. The typeface is of a bold style reminiscent of classic movie posters and is fully contained within the rectangular shape of the gate opening making for a design where the text becomes the most prominent feature of the piece. The poster also continues the theme of Ladybirds and Birds as featured on the previous poster for the oadby and wigston charity show, How many can you spot ? You may also like to see my post from last years open gardens event below http://leigh984.blogspot.com/search?q=dutchess