The Way a Map in Your Mind Works / Information

Oliver Boulton (b. 1991, UK) I am a graphic designer based in Paris dedicated to working with artists, writers, individuals and institutions across art and culture. Through a conceptually led approach, each new work acquires an individual language shaped by and for the material. My practice culminates in both made and found sculptural typographies, books, writing and publishing.

This year I co-founded CODA together with Charlie Noon, an independent publishing house dedicated to producing experimentally oriented books with and for artists and writers. CODA considers itself passionate about developing discussions around the autonomy, status, and materiality of artists’ books. In December 2023, I will release a book called Made Up Between Two Ends.

Education

BA, Camberwell College of Art (UK)
MA, Werkplaats Typografie (NL)

Contact

studio(at)oliverboulton(dot)com

Follow

instagram

Recent and Current
ACRE

Website, Signage

Design w/ Max Kohler
Berlin (DE), 2023 (⏳)
Gobstopper

Bi-monthly Group

Organised w/ Clara Pasteau, Estelle Vanmalle
Paris (FR), 2021—Ongoing (⏳)
Made up Between Two Ends, Oliver Boulton

Book (⏳)

Exhibitions, Publications, Workshops etc.
CODA

Website

Design w/ Charlie Noon, Max Kohler, (FR) 2023
They are Coming, Alice Rosati

Artist Book
Publisher: CODA, 2023 (FR)

Edited and designed w/ Charlie Noon
ACRE

Lettering

Design w/ Max Kohler, (FR) 2023
Jisoo Baik

Website

Design w/ Charlie Noon, (FR) 2023
Jisoo Baik

Logo

Design w/ Charlie Noon, (FR) 2023
CODA

Publisher

Organised w/ Charlie Noon, (FR) 2023
Made Up Between Two Ends/Gobstopper

Reading and Presentation

Espaceness, Paris (FR) 2023
F-GKVZ, Paul Plehr

Record, 12' EP

Label: Skies, (FR) 2023
Design w/ Tom Wilkinson
Amiri, Wes Lang

Book
Art & Design Direction Hart Lëshkina & Charlie Noon

Publisher: Rizzoli, 2022 (US)
Lightbody, Special Purpose Entity, ERYoga

Book
Design w/ Charlie Noon

Self Published, 2022 (FR)
Amiri, Womenswear Autumn-Winter

Lookbook
Art & Design Direction Hart Lëshkina & Charlie Noon

Self Published Rizzoli, 2021 (US)
Amiri, Womenswear Spring-Summer

Lookbook
Art & Design Direction Hart Lëshkina & Charlie Noon

Self Published, 2021 (US)
The Face Vol. 4, Issue 6 Winter 2021

Magazine
Design w/ Arun Gogna

Wasted Talent, Ltd. (UK)
Clash, Issue 118, Spring 2021

Magazine

Music Public, Ltd. (UK)
The Face Vol. 4, Issue 5 Winter 2020

Magazine
Design w/ Arun Gogna

Wasted Talent, Ltd. (UK)
My Mouth Became an ‘O’ and I Made a Similar Sound

Reading
Book Launch: Diorama No.2—Geometric City

Subaru, (FR), 2020
Footnotes

Contribution
Diorama No.2—Geometric City

Publisher: Diorama (FR), 2020
Made up Between Two Ends

Studio Open-Doors

Les Ateliers ouverts de l'Île-Saint-Denis (FR), 2020
My Mouth Became an ‘O’ and I Made a Similar Sound

Reading
Octopus of Offshoots, Werkplaats Typografie Reader

Kunstverein, (NL), 2019
Octopus of Offshoots, Werkplaats Typografie Reader

Book Launch
w/ Adriaan van Leuven, Maxine Kopsa

Kunstverein, (NL), 2019
Octopus of Offshoots, Werkplaats Typografie Reader

Publication
w/ Adriaan van Leuven, Maxine Kopsa

Publisher: Werkplaats Typografie, ArtEZ Press, (NL), 2019
Guttural Flex [echo]

Group Exhibition
Where Nostalgia Meets Time Pressure

Mediamatic, (NL), 2018
Ideolect (Verbal Identity)

Group Exhibition
Where Nostalgia Meets Time Pressure

Mediamatic, (NL), 2018
Stops & Starts

Mary Shelley Facsimile Library

Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2018
Guttural Flex

Exhibition

THE BOX, Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2018
The Way a Map in Your Mind Works

Lightbox

Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2018
blue, Oliver Boulton BLUE Derek Jarman

Performance, Screening

Doc&, Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2018
Speelplaats

Workshop Program
Organised w/ Adriaan van Leuven, Maxine Kopsa

Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2017—18
Painted Walls

Contribution
18 Magazine, Home

Publisher: Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2017
Perspectives, Paulina Korobkiewicz

Artist Book
Design w/ Samuel Jones

Publisher: Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2017
Eigengrau, Jonito Aerts Arguelles

Artist Book

Publisher: Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2017
Letter-Likes

Contribution
WT in LA, Austin Redman

Publisher: Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, (US), 2017
Contractual Colour Agreement

Contribution
Fruits of Fraud

New York Art Book Fair
Museum of Modern Art PS1, (US), 2016
Glyph(s)

Group Exhibition
Maps to the Stars: WT in LA

Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, (US) 2017
Walking on Splinters, A4/A5

Contribution
WT Papier Launch

New York Art Book Fair
Museum of Modern Art PS1, (US), 2016
Looking to be Looked at

Group Exhibition
WT ’17

Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2017
Ok So

Contribution
18 Magazine, The Process Was a Joy to Watch

Publisher: Werkplaats Typografie, (NL), 2016
Monoprinting Workshop

Teaching

Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2016
Typography Workshop

Teaching

Chelsea College of Arts (UAL), (UK) 2016
Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art, UAL

Catalogue
Design w/ Samuel Jones

Publisher: Camberwell Press, (UK), 2016
Typography Workshop

Teaching

Into the Fold
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2016
Typography Workshop

Teaching

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2016
Typography Workshop

Teaching

Open House
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2016
Typography Workshop

Teaching

BA Graphic Design
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2016
Typography Workshop

Teaching

BA Graphic Design
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2016
Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art, UAL

Catalogue
Design w/ Samuel Jones

Publisher: Camberwell Press, (UK), 2015
Typography Workshop

Teaching

BA Graphic Design
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2015
Top/Top, Liam Magee

Artist Book

Publisher: Camberwell Press, (UK), 2015
Particitype

Talk: Conversas
w/ Samuel Jones

Peckham Pelican, (UK), 2015
Typography Workshop

Teaching

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2014
Typography Workshop

Teaching

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), (UK), 2014

Education

Contact

Follow

Recent and Current

ACRE

Gobstopper

Made up Between Two Ends, Oliver Boulton

Exhibitions, Publications, Workshops etc.

CODA

They are Coming, Alice Rosati

ACRE

Jisoo Baik

Jisoo Baik

CODA

Made Up Between Two Ends/Gobstopper

F-GKVZ, Paul Plehr

Amiri, Wes Lang

Lightbody, Special Purpose Entity, ERYoga

Amiri, Womenswear Autumn-Winter

Amiri, Womenswear Spring-Summer

The Face Vol. 4, Issue 6 Winter 2021

Clash, Issue 118, Spring 2021

The Face Vol. 4, Issue 5 Winter 2020

My Mouth Became an ‘O’ and I Made a Similar Sound

Footnotes

Made up Between Two Ends

My Mouth Became an ‘O’ and I Made a Similar Sound

Octopus of Offshoots, Werkplaats Typografie Reader

Octopus of Offshoots, Werkplaats Typografie Reader

Guttural Flex [echo]

Ideolect (Verbal Identity)

Stops & Starts

Guttural Flex

The Way a Map in Your Mind Works

blue, Oliver Boulton BLUE Derek Jarman

Speelplaats

Painted Walls

Perspectives, Paulina Korobkiewicz

Eigengrau, Jonito Aerts Arguelles

Letter-Likes

Contractual Colour Agreement

Glyph(s)

Walking on Splinters, A4/A5

Looking to be Looked at

Ok So

Monoprinting Workshop

Typography Workshop

Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art, UAL

Typography Workshop

Typography Workshop

Typography Workshop

Typography Workshop

Typography Workshop

Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art, UAL

Typography Workshop

Top/Top, Liam Magee

Particitype

Typography Workshop

Typography Workshop