Æsir, the Copenhagen-based, design-focused, luxury mobile phone company brings fresh thought to mobile phone design with its inaugural phone the Æ+Y.
To celebrate Wallpaper*’s Handmade exhibition at Salone del Mobile in Milan this year, Æsir commissioned James Joyce to create a one-of-a-kind edition of the Æ+Y handset, an ‘ode to Copenhagen’.
The Æ+Y was created by a collaboration of individuals from San Francisco and Switzerland to Oxford and Oulu. Each bringing unique skills to the project, this team is united by a love for Æsir’s inspirational home, Copenhagen. For this special edition of the Æ+Y, each collaborator has shared what they love about Copenhagen, such as Yves Béhar’s Tivoli Ferris wheel, Peter Ashall’s wind farm and Tom Hingston’s hot dog. Each tribute to Copenhagen has then been hand designed as a keypad icon by James Joyce and hand engraved into a one-off edition of the Æ+Y.
For more information on the icon designs click here
An invitation from iconic furniture brand Ercol in partnership with John Lewis to customise a bespoke cabinet from their Pilgrim range.
Originally in a natural Oak finish with glass windows the cabinet has been customised with the bright coloured container design on the doors and finished with a black laquer on the remaining exterior. The interior of the draws and cupboard has been detailed with a bright yellow finish.
The James Joyce cabinet is available to buy exclusively through John Lewis Stratford City.
In Association with GF Smith paper 15 artists were asked to produce a special 15th anniversary cover using a paper stock of their choice from the GF Smith collection.
Printed on GF Smith Colorplan - Cool Grey
2011
The New York Times
'World In Chaos'. Weekly commission for the lead essay in The New York Times Magazine.
2011
Oh No
Screen Print
500mm x 700mm
Fluorescent inks
Edition of 25
2010
The Guardian Guide
Cover design for The Guardian Guide on Brian Eno
2011
Wallpaper* — The Handmade Issue
For their August issue (The Handmade Issue) Wallpaper* magazine developed an online app specially to allow subscribers to design their own front cover using a variety of graphic assets supplied by artists James Joyce, Hort, Kam Tang, Anthony Burrill and Nigel Robinson.
A copy of the magazine with it's self-designed cover was printed, bound and sent to each subscriber.
This project won a yellow Pencil at the 2011 D&AD Awards.
Art Direction - Meirion Pritchard / Wallpaper* Development - Kin
2010
Digital sculptures
Commission from Creative Review to realise ideas in a three dimensional form in collaboration with The 3D Agency.
2010
Ruby
Giclée print Edition of 20
840mm x 594mm
2010
Deckades
Howies invited 25 artists to create a one-off hand decorated skateboard that would be part of a group exhibition and auctioned off to raise funds for Unicef. Each artist was given an original 1980s blank deck to customise.
Cover design for Varoom magazine and featured work in an article exploring the connections between British Illustration, Japan and Consumer products.
The cover was awarded 'Best in Book' in the 2010 Creative Review Annual.
2010
Oh Me Oh My
2nd Edition Silkscreen print Edition of 25
594mm x 840mm
2010
Wallpaper* / Victorinox
The Swiss Army knife manufacturer Victorinox has a long history of design innovation, having produced one of the world's most iconic and functional pieces of design.
This is a commission from Wallpaper* in collaboration with Victorinox to produce a limited edition design for the classic Swiss Army knife.
Edition of 100
2009
Beauty Spot
Silk screen print 500mm x 400mm Edition of 35
2009
Granimator ipad App
James Joyce Artist Pack. Create your own wallpapers on your ipad.
NB: Studio invited four artists to embellish a One Dollar Bill. The designs were screenprinted onto a real note, signed and numbered. Other artists to contribute were Anthony Burrill, Billie Jean and Paul Bower.
10"x8" Silk screened print On 270gsm Colorplan and a One Dollar Bill Edition 100
2009
Brick cube
Birch wood ply, paint
44cm x 44cm x 44cm
2008
Pill
Limited Edition screen print
2008
Howies
Window graphic created for the opening of Howies first store in Carnaby Street, London.
2008
12" Sleeve design created for an exhibition curated by Show Off. Other contributing artists included Anthony Burrill, Laurent Fetis, Emily Forgot and David Foldvari.
2008
Flowers diptych
A pair of large limited edition prints created for Retrospective�One, a group exhibition held to mark the 5 year anniversary of Kemistry Gallery based in Shoreditch, London. The exhibition included specially created work by previous exhibitors including Geoff Mcfetridge, Experimental Jetset, Parra, Eine and Zak Kyes.
Commission to illustrate the cover of The Guardian Guide a weekly culture supplement to The Guardian Newspaper.
2008
Rear Window
40+ Creatives were given the task of creating their own interpretation of a Cult, Classic or Obscure film poster from the past, whether it be a literal or abstract solution. The result was Now Showing, an Art exhibition paying homage to more than 70 years of film, through the form of Prints, One Off Screen Prints and Sculptures. The show opened at Cosh in London and then went on to be exhibited at Vallery in Barcelona.
Creative Review dedicated it's Monograph journal to a selection of the artists work on show.
Poster design for monthly London Party Gerry's Joint
2009
Kiehl\'s
Commission by Kiehls and charity organisation Clothesline to design a men's and a women's wash bag that was sold in Kiehls stores and also department stores Liberty of London and Selfridges. Proceeds from the bag went to the charity Clothesline which help children with aids in Africa. 2006
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