Anthony Burrill’s archive site shares his collection of raw, fascinating and unexpected ephemera

Bold lettering, gritty textures and a punchy black, white and yellow palette – we must be talking about a website by Anthony Burrill. Featuring 500 pieces of the graphic artist’s inspirational ephemera, he opted to start his archive as an online and open resource, sharing the material that has caught his eye over multiple decades. In our interview, we discussed the website’s development as well as his present and future goals for the project. PT: You mentioned that you resumed the archive project during lockdown, a time that for many, was introspective. Did exploring your collection evoke the same feeling for you? AB: Yes it did. It gave me an opportunity to look back at work I’ve made and figure out what it all meant. It was an enforced time of reflection that I’m still processing. The momentum of work that I’d been happily working on for many years suddenly became disrupted. Looking back and unearthing the material that initially inspired me helped me to reconnect with my creativity.