ZACHARY BAKER is a Graphic Designer and Craftsperson currently located on the beautiful, historic, West Side of Detroit. His practice is filtered through craft identity, focusing on publication, type, & brand identity systems. Feel free to reach out by email.
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Hipster Beaches and Love Things
I’ve spent many a summer day- itching to leave my stuffy apartment in place of somewhere greener.
Belle Isle is that place.
This publication serves not only to document the hidden “hipster” beaches of Belle Isle but also to tell the stories associated with them: From strange encounters and bodily injury to lovers lost- this collection of imagery and stories also serves a greater purpose; to explore the relationship us Detroiters have with a place that gives us so much to live for on those sweltering summer days.
Belle Isle is that place.
This publication serves not only to document the hidden “hipster” beaches of Belle Isle but also to tell the stories associated with them: From strange encounters and bodily injury to lovers lost- this collection of imagery and stories also serves a greater purpose; to explore the relationship us Detroiters have with a place that gives us so much to live for on those sweltering summer days.
It was raining the day I walked the still-soaked deer trails of Belle Isle. It rained a lot that week, turning the sandy beaches into an ankle-deep pit of mud.
Along the shore, south of the point, in a circle of sand, is a tree, and on it a box; and in it, a notebook filled with the love letters of perfect strangers, addressed to the spirit of Belle Isle herself.
Along the shore, south of the point, in a circle of sand, is a tree, and on it a box; and in it, a notebook filled with the love letters of perfect strangers, addressed to the spirit of Belle Isle herself.
