Sourced from Alex Stitt's extensive archive, this well used index book provides a fascinating insight into the operations of the designer's graphic design studio in the 1970s. Used as a repository to catalogue client artwork, each contact print was given a hand-written code, evidence of a simple system to manage the process of creating artwork. The book's monochromatic pages speak of a time long past when design was a manual undertaking, a time of hard copies, not hard drives. Dominic Hofstede, 2017Index book containing contact prints relating to businesses and promotional campaigns.graphic design

In 1971, Alex Stitt and Bruce Weatherhead left advertising and opened The Jigsaw Factory - a design studio focussed on educational material for kids. The Richmond premises included a store, play space and craft workshop and produced books, games, posters, toys, and more. 'A Dictionary of Magic' was created by the pair while at the Jigsaw factory.Four games in a book about astrology, chiromancy, wizards and toads and other strange things, including a complete set of 78 fortune-telling 'Tarot' cards.graphic design

More than just a shop, Carolyn Rance, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, January 28, 1986, p31 Photos: Ron Grant - Establishment of Victorian Artists Supplies at the former Kaylocks Gallery Business Card, Diane Bullen, Victorian Artists Suppliesmain road, eltham, property, 715 main road eltham, alex stitt, artists, david moore, diane bullen, hurstbridge art gallery, kaylocks gallery, montsalvat, paul williams, saskia killingbeck, the phantom treehouse (film), victorian artists supplies