Name/TitleBadge: The Empire Café
About this objectSmall round pin badge with white background, bearing the Empire Café symbol in black. The café was based in the Briggait in Glasgow’s Merchant City, running from 24th July - 1st August 2014 in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games.
MakerGraphical House
Maker RoleDesigner
MakerBarber, Jude and Welsh, Louise
Maker RoleCo-founders
Date Made2014
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, card
MeasurementsDia: 25 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsCommonwealth Games
Subject and Association KeywordsTrade, globalism, colonialism
Subject and Association Keywordsfood & drink
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association Keywordsslavery, slave trade
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.collectivearchitecture.com/projects/the-empire-cafe:
The Empire Cafe was founded by co-directors Jude Barber of Collective Architecture and author Louise Welsh. ‘Merchant City Voices’, their collaborative series of sounds works exploring Glasgow’s relationship with the North Atlantic slave trade won a 2013 Scottish Design Award. The Empire Cafe was part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme, a partnership between the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee, Glasgow Life, and Creative Scotland through National Lottery funding. It was also supported by The British Council.
https://www.graphicalhouse.com/work/empire-cafe:
"We designed an identity based upon a bracket symbol, reflecting the marginalisation of the subject matter, while also evoking the lines of merchant clippers. We rolled-out the brand across invitations, prints, signage and a specially commissioned poetry anthology — maintaining an online presence with a bespoke event listing website."
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2015-50-6
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved