‘Cycle’ by Angus Montgomery

‘Cycle’ by Angus Montgomery

“I cycle in London almost every day, it’s how I’ve learned to navigate the city and discover how it all connects together.

“For my Typetasting piece, I made the word ‘Cycle’ using bits of old bike paraphernalia. The ‘Cs’ are made from a bit of inner tube and cycling scarf, I cut into a bike map to make the ‘Y’, a modified reflector snap-band forms the ‘L’ and a partially opened multi-tool forms a rather clumsy ‘E’.”

“I’ve never been particularly skilled at drawing or typography (my hand-writing is almost completely illegible) but I really enjoyed the collage-style nature of this Typetasting piece, coming up with different bike-related bits for each letter and making them all fit together.”

Montgomery is the editor of Design Week and can be followed on Twitter

‘Cycle’ by Angus Montgomery is one of the words that will be displayed at Type Tasting with the London Design Festival 2013 at the V&A.