I'm pretty much in love with this guy's work at the moment.
Nigel Peake
a former RIBA silver award commended architecture student from the University of Edinburgh.
There is something very charming about his clean use of line and sparing use of watercolour, and although his work initially struck me as almost childish, after browsing through his publications I found myself quickly falling for the very handmade and handwritten feel of his collections.
I think my favourite publication is 'Maps'. From different journeys that he has made, Peake has reproduced a series of landscapes, either from "the backyards of Europe", the patterns made by trees in Shanghai, or even the pattern of an old paint-splattered floor that he used to sleep on.
The work ranges from very simple to seemingly very intricate (although at a closer glance, sometimes the intricacy is often merely a very clever illusion created by strategically placed lines, dashes and dots).
Nevertheless, the outcome is always beautiful, my personal favourite being a double page spread named, "Journey to Dunbar - Edinburgh". The flow of line is so elegant and fresh, and the use of colour is simple and earthly.
I also love his method of working; his publications are simply a compilation of images or drawings that he has collected or documented, put together to form gorgeous Collections like that one. So simple, but really quite effective.
Images from: http://www.secondstreet.co.uk
