The project is a creative collaboration between partners in life and business, Nigel John and designer Ruth of Welcome Studio. We want to offer a multi-layered wedding experience, through the production of a bespoke design book of your wedding. A welcome change of pace with something more tangible and reflective.

The concept

The concept feels like a natural extension of the Nigel John service, as we continually strive to push the wedding industry and discipline forward.

The form of the book challenges the aesthetic of a traditional wedding album through its size, layout and colours. It's lighter and easier to hold, making it more comfortable to read.

The result is a book which feels elaborate yet light and spontaneous. A book you want to use and preserve in equal measures.

Introducing a bespoke wedding book service, we've affectionately named Nigel John: Love Stories. A wedding book with contemporary spirit, celebrating the artistry and power of print for the wedding industry. Because good memories are worth holding onto.

The book combines a shared love of photography, graphic design and penchant for colour.

Halfway between a magazine and a book, with a clean and dynamic design.

Rich in well-thought-out details, each book creates a polished reading experience with just the right amount of quirks.

the design

The form of the book considers details as intricate as the transparency of paper, vibrancy of cover colour and it’s relationship to your choice endpaper. A book that’s bright and energised, with impactful art direction, image placement and graphics within.

The book is available in two versions. The first (Size A) features an embossed hardboard cover while the second (Size B) smaller paperback is super portable and reflects the intimacy of what a wedding means.

An undeniably image-led design the book is also typographically driven in part. Colour, image arrangement and text punctuate the book, creating internal dividers and thresholds. The copy (text) does not invade the images but ennobles all the different parts of the book.

The credentials

The forward thinking book, celebrates the best of British and is environmentally awake. We've cemented a real working, creative relationship with a very excellent print studio, 100miles close.

No corners cut, each book is bespokely designed in-house, then printed and hand finished by a team we know by name, a team we’ve met and trust. We collaborate at every step from design to output.

A nostalgic approach to the rightly yet unequivocally digital industry.

"This is not to say we believe that things that exist in the real world are better than digital media, we just like something that we can touch with our hands."

WHO

Self-taught photographer, Nigel shoots weddings, documents events and works with established and emerging brands across the retail, restaurant and arts and design sectors.

Nigel previously founded an online fashion brand, alongside partner Ruth. Nigel studied Media Production and has continuously documented family and friends since the age of 13.

With an editorial background and first class degree in Fashion Communication Ruth now works in brand creation, digital storytelling and design. A creative thinker and compulsive editor.