papergecko: Web Design & Artists' Books
Papergecko is a small web and print design company, based in Crickhowell, Powys, South Wales and run by artist and designer Stefhan Caddick.
Papergecko specialise in making websites for arts organisations, artists and the voluntary sector, with an emphasis on usability and accessibility. We also design and publish books for artists and arts organisations, ranging from project catalogues to comprehensive retrospectives.
For more on what we do, have a look at the about section or get in touch. Alternatively, you can browse a selection of our recent work.
Recent Work
The Long Boat Home . The Long Boat Home is a project by psychotherapist Martin Pollecoff, which puts ex-services men and women across the UK in touch with psychotherapists and counsellers in their local area. Therapists and counsellers who sign up for the service are encouraged to work with ex-services men and women at a reduced rate. Having built Martin's website for his psychotherapy service in London, Martin approached us to build a site for The Long Boat Home, in a series of incarnations. Initially the site consisted of a handful of elegant, black and white pages designed to encourage the therapeutic commun [...]
Books
Crwydro / Marcheurs des bois is a pocket-sized paperback book which documents an exchange between Wales and Quebec based artists in 2003 and 2005. Texts by Zoë Skoulding and Daniel Poulin.
Crwydro / Marcheurs des bois edited by Simon Whitehead. Paperback: 116 pages. Published by Shoeless. ISBN: 978-0955402029
More about Crwydro / Marcheurs des bois on amazon.co.uk
Lost in Ladywood comprises four walks around the Ladywood area of Birmingham by movement artist Simon Whitehead. Photographs by Phil Martin.
Lost in Ladywood by Simon Whitehead. Paperback: 80 pages. Published by Shoeless. ISBN: 978-0-9554020-1-2
More about Lost in Ladywood on Amazon.co.uk
Dudley: A Critical Path, part of the Making Sense of Places series is a fold-out 'critical path' around Dudley by artist and designer Gerard Mermoz.
Dudley: A Critical Path by Gerard Mermoz. Paperback: 2 pages. Published by MADE. ISBN: 978-0955287916
More about Dudley: A Critical Path on Amazon.co.uk
Market Drayton: A walk in the company of a Horticulturalist, part of the Making Sense of Places series is a 48 page walking guide to Market Drayton by horticulturalist Pamela Smith.
Market Drayton: A walk in the company of a Horticulturalist by Pamela Smith. Paperback: 48 pages. Published by MADE. ISBN: 978-0955287923
More about Market Drayton: A Walk in the company of a Horticulturalist on Amazon.co.uk
Rugby: A walk through the town, looking up, part of the Making Sense of Places series is a fold-out walking guide to Rugby by artist Eric Gaskell. The aim was to rediscover the town, not from a typical historical or tourist perspective, but from an alternative local viewpoint.
Rugby: A walk through the town, looking up by Eric Gaskell. Paperback: 2 pages. Published by MADE. ISBN: 978-0955287930
More about Rugby: A walk through the town, looking up on Amazon.co.uk
Tamworth: A walk in the company of Young People, part of the Making Sense of Places series is a 42 page walking guide to Tamworth by textile artist Claire Wood.
Tamworth: A walk in the company of Young People by Claire Wood. Paperback: 42 pages. Published by MADE. ISBN: 978-0955287947
More about Tamworth: A walk in the company of Young People on Amazon.co.uk
Walking to Work chronicles the recent work of west Wales
based performance artist Simon Whitehead.
Walking to Work by Simon Whitehead. Paperback: 80 pages. Published by Shoeless. ISBN: 978-0955402005
More about Walking to Work on Amazon.co.uk
Latest News
- Book Arts Fayre 2009
- Book Design Course for Ffotogallery
- Secure Contact Form, in Welsh
- Bilingual WordPress for Aromatherapy Wales
- Book Launch at Canolfan Pentre Ifan
Work
- The Long Boat Home
- Psychotherapy W2
- Workshops at Wobage
- Crwydro / Marcheurs des bois: a wales / quebec ambulation
- Ros Tennyson
- Making Sense of Places
- Lost in Ladywood
- Walking to Work
- Handmade & Found
- Merseyside Coalition of Inclusive Living
- Bubble a Byrlymu
- Peter Bodenham
- Walk With Me
- Maria Hayes
- Say a Little Prayer
- Bordering
- Philippa Lawrence
- Disability Arts Cymru
- Voluntary Arts Network
- Cultural Enterprise
- Ointment
