A site-visit confirmed that the current building was previously Borders' bookshop. Having traded on the site for almost 20 years, the bookshop was synonymous with the building and much-loved by locals. Recognising the obvious relation to dialect, patter and writing I pursued this as a new theme. I investigated Glasgow-associated novelists, poets, playwrights and seminal books; particularly looking for those with interesting titles and book-jackets ( and would also tie in with the green, grey, maroon and yellow palette).
I would want to reproduce these in a trompe l'oiel but simplified, hand-drawn style retaining pencil/pen marks. The pillars and wrought-iron-work in and around GoMA and the Royal Exchange- and the iconic, perpetually-cone-headed statue of the Duke of Wellington- also feature.
These ideas together could be adapted for various walls in the site. The book jackets would work well inside the provided picture frames and the Clyde-Patter would draw the eye round any space. This said Art wall 5 on 1st floor would be my preference: