“A pair that will last a lifetime.”

-140gsm Simili Japon Paper

-Real leather embossed cover 

-Saddle Stitched binding
 
 -A 28 pg interview publication created after a chat with Jon and John at The Brogue Trader Cardiff. 
- All my photography
- A huge thank you to Jon and John for providing me with their expert knowledge.



“Dwi’n Cymru/ I Am Wales”


- A6, B5 and A5 kettle stitched publications

- With interactive coloured acetate strips 


- an interactive bilingual publication exploring the language identity and bilingualism of Wales
- A6, B5 and A5 publications. Each following the language trend of Wales 
- flip the publications to change between English and Welsh 
- Largest publication reveals survey answers about the identity of Wales. Red reveals the English, Green reveals the Welsh.



Migration Project 

Migration Project displaying my Grampi’s journey from the South Wales valleys to travelling with the army. 

-using Arduino circuits that trigger the corresponding video when the lithographed acrylic touchpads are touched 

- display box built and stained by me



Accompanying Publication

The Publication displays stories told in the interactive exhibition videos with key quotes, imagery and emphera 
-A5, silver wire bound. On 160gsm cup-cycling paper
-Handwritten typeface 
-Riso printed illustrated cover 



Grow Up, Bristol! 

- Zine displaying a Social movement that encourages people to employ radical gardening through seed bombing to promote regenerate self-sustaining plants in urban areas.

- Zine accompanies Seed Bomb packet design to promote a seed bombing event in the future 



- Grow Up, Bristol! was created in response to Flourishing Places RSA brief by Arup 

-Made in collaboration with Sarah Harding and. Ellie Webb  



 Saddle-stitched A5 editorial publication exploring the Japanese craft of Kintsugi 

-Photographs of a bowl I restored using Kintsugi 
-Content in English and Japanese talking about the philosophy behind Kintsugi



“Who helps the nurses?”

-A5 Staple bound interview publication 

- Illustrations by myself 

Interview publication displaying the issues and hardships of being a community psychiatric nurse for the NHS during nursing strikes of 2023. The Zine calls upon the UK Government and asks them what they are doing to tackle these issues. 

A huge thank you to Kathryn for shar her experience with me.  



“Representing the underrepresented”

- A collection of 3 zines depicting the work of the Matrix Feminist Archive.

- Each zine folds out into a large-scale poster on the back with the contents within the zine having cutting lines to create smaller postcard-sized imagery to create a unique exhibit. 



-Collaboration with Eloise and Isobel 

- Content created using the Matrix Feminist Archive  



“The Physical Preservation of the Verbal Folktale of Goram and Vincent”

- Saddle Stitched  Publication displaying the folktale of Goram and Vincent through type. 

- Created to celebrate the history of an area in Bristol. Mine being Henbury. 

-Middle spread displaying a place-specific poster that was displayed in Bristol City Centre by Out of Hand Design.  



-Poster created using limitations of colour and typeface set by Out of Hand. 



Instagram: @bonas.designs

Email: designedbybonas@gmail.com
Grace Bonas 
Bristol and Cardiff based Graphic Designer