‘Magic’ by Julia Woollams

Julia Woollams is a graphic designer and born-and-bred Londoner (well, if you class Croydon as London, as she does!) She studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins and after a bit of freelancing at the BBC she started working at johnson banks design in Clapham, and is still there over a decade later. Although specialising in branding nowadays, she still loves the chance to do some image-making, especially if it involves the best city on earth (she’s not biased at all…).

“London is magic to me, as it is full of so many magical things to do and see, that aren’t necessarily part of the conventional tourist trail. My ‘Magic’ Collage is made up of just some of the things that make me love London”

M: Coliseum, Thames Festival night carnival, Giant plug, Ganton Street, Elephant and Castle statue, Traffic Light tree, Canary Wharf, Abbey Road zebra crossing.

A: Skyline boating pond at the Hayward’s Psycho Buildings exhibition, Kensington Gardens playground pirate ship, Queen Elizabeth Hall roof garden, The Sultan’s Elephant.

G: The Orbit, Neasden temple, Emirates Air Line, Catford cat, Richmond park deer.

I: The StarFlyer, Bouncy Stonehenge.

C: London Zoo penguins, Carsten Höller’s Tate Modern slides, John Edwards’ Hitchcock’s Reel, Leonard Street, Antony Gormley sculpture, V&A Rotunda chandelier, Swiss Glockenspiel, Leicester Square, National Theatre big grass furniture.

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