Production and Content (final themes)

Themes of Gentrification drawn from Kelham Island;

Production:

Regeneration (memory)

The red brick aesthetic of the formally industrial buildings on the island. The outer aesthetic has stayed the same as it always has been, but the council and local community have found a way to give the space new value and purpose while respecting the heritage. enabling others to see the value of the place and its unique location.

Contrast in opinion 

The changes to some are an opportunity. To others, a threat. Regeneration is now a familiar sight in cities up and down the country as they aim to tackle post-industrial decline to reinventing themselves.

Simply just the gentrification of industrial areas is a theme that could explored effectively through the use of mechanical or technical methods. 

• How can the clash of classic industrial methods (steelworks) be compared to new 'gentrified' areas with a new purpose? 
• Could this clash be presented through the material/paper stock used and the binding methods, compared with the contrast of the content inside? 

Forgotten 'Industrial' materials:

The idea of forgotten areas and how they can be given a new lease of life through gentrification could be presented through the lens of industrial areas that have under gone gentrification. 'Forgotten' materials from these areas, used as stock for the book, could be used in conjunction with contrasting content.

• wood - old unused wood (forgotten) - to be gentrified through the reuse in this book.
• nuts n bolts 
• cloth 
• Plastic (take away from the forgotten aspect of the book material) 
• Steel wire to bind book - The materials could be bound with metal wire, as to further convey the original theme of a forgotten space (industrial) 
• metal sheets
• Left over material from the wood/metal workshop

Content

Regeneration (memory/heritage)

In conjunction with the old aspect of an 'area', the content could include:

• Snippets of this area, may that be through collage of imagery, where you can only recognise parts of the image, or there are tips or jackets of pages over the imagery, so that you have work you way back to the imagery (like you would if you were trying to remember a place for what is was before. 
• The book is layered with collage so that each page doesn't depict a full image but through looking at them all, you can see a theme/area from the selected imagery. 

Contrast in opinion 

• Could this book present the question of contrast simply through imagery (taking away from imagery/overlaying/imagery of gentrified areas printed onto 'industrial' themed stock); and/or through slogans/statements overlaid imagery onto this 'industrial' stock. 
• Could the form and placement of the content contrast the; technical,clear-cut,linear production/stock; with a broken, varying, disordered or muddled content. 

Examples