BETHNELSONCV

ART DIRECTION . STYLING . PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT . BRAND CONSULTATION

Trained as a printmaker,
Beth Nelson moved to London in 1982.

She worked for the next twenty years
in fashion, styling, art direction and product development.

Clients included:

Nicole Farhi

The Conran Shop
Workers for Freedom,
Collier Campbell
Georgina Von Etzdorf

and
Hermés

While working with Graham Fraiser and Richard Nott, at
Workers for Freedom

Beth opened a shop...

"Two Formosa Street"

Carrying an eclectic range of goods,
one corner was devoted entirely to Printed Matter.

Downstairs in the studio,

Beth created ecologically sound,

bespoke paper products,

to sell in the shop.

Printed Matter London Ltd.

was launched.

Born of a love of travel,
and grounded in the ethos that recycled goods
could be elegant as well as functional,

Printed Matter London Ltd.,

attracted clients from around the world:

Barney's

The Royal Academy of Arts

Fortnum and Mason

Neiman Marcus

Takashimya

Joyce Hong Kong

Bergdorf Goodman

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The Conran Shop/ London / Paris / Tokyo

Barnes and Noble

Pier One,

Borders

Paper Chase,

The Victoria and Albert Museum.

Beth soon was producing bespoke work from the archive of
Liberty of London,

Designed a range of products for
Harrod's International

and was invited by
The Royal Academy of Arts,
to produce paper product for

The Sir Christopher Wren Exhibition.

Awarded Best New Product
by Sir Terence Conran,

Beth designed the press gift for the
Conran Shop Paris opening,

was featured in the book
The Best of Specialist Packaging Design,

and interviewed for the book

Green at Work 1992.

Approached by Chronicle Books,

her "Voyages" line

launched the first ever edition of

Chronicle Books Giftworks.

Over 350,000 copies were sold.

Beth continued to design product for Chronicle Giftworks for the next 14 years.
Licensing Agreements included:

Graphique de France
Barnes and Noble
Borders
and
Pier One

It was during this time

that Beth decided to write a book...

Sketchbook in hand
she left for Spain

"Postcards From The Basque Country...a Journey of Imagination and Enchantment"

published by

Stewart, Tabori, Chang,
was followed by a complementary line of paper products.

along with her most creative project...

a son, born in San Sebastian...

Children's product followed...

Her Alphabet Flash Cards

won a
Parent's Choice Award .

Returning to America

and collaborating with Dauphine Press,

Beth designed a range of paper products using the "offcuts" or waste by-product
of their letterpress business.
What once went into their recycling bin, now was re-purposed into beautiful, hand made, letterpress goods.