Book design for CentreCentre

Matchbook Book presents a curated collection of ephemera from the Billy Woods collection. Featuring over 250 images of matchbooks collected between the 1970s and late 1990s, the book traces a portrait of Britain through pubs, tandoori houses, travel agents, nightclubs and appliance repair shops. Once every business would compete to have its brand in our pockets, these small artefacts now serve as a record of places long gone, cigarettes smoked and conversations once had. The compact book renders its matchbooks at actual size and is encased in a reference to the format contained within a glossy red sleeve folded and finished with the signature of the matchbook.