Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Down a narrow passageway in the heart of Peckham, south-east London, stands a hulking\u00a0warehouse that was once part of the neighbourhood\u2019s industrial landscape. The pockmarked brick exterior, with its patchwork of\u00a0colourful window panes, gives away little of\u00a0what is a multipurpose arts space known as\u00a0the\u00a0Bussey Building. But inside, sculptors and seamstresses mingle with architects and acupuncturists to form a symbiotic creative hub.\u00a0Among its lively community are pop artist Boyarde Messenger and the Grammy-nominated creative director and designer Matt de Jong, residents of the Bussey for around a decade. \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019d stay anywhere this long if you didn\u2019t enjoy it,\u201d says de Jong. \u201cIt\u2019s good fun, rent is affordable and I find it so aspirational seeing companies around me flourish, it makes you want to be part of it.\u201dI am not letting go of this place \u2013 it has looked after me and helped me growThe Bussey Building has been used for creative endeavours since the late 1990s, when herds of artists migrated to the south London suburb in search of cheap or\u00a0abandoned spaces. The 19th-century structure, originally a sporting goods factory that manufactured munitions during the wars, is one of a cluster of historic buildings that make up the six-acre, family-owned Copeland Park estate known as Peckham\u2019s Cultural Quarter. In 2009, the entire site was saved from demolition by a community-based campaign and repurposed to accommodate more than 120 independent enterprises, including galleries, art and fitness studios, faith groups, a rooftop cinema, restaurants and bars.De Jong, 41, worked for Atlantic Records and Beggars Group before co-founding Undercard Studio with Jamie-James Medina, and has designed album art and related promotional material for musicians including Blur, Ed Sheeran and Michael Kiwanuka. He moved into the building in around 2014. Messenger, 43, found a studio space on the same corridor not long after. The two quickly\u00a0became acquainted: \u201cMy longest relationship is\u00a0Boyarde at\u00a0this point,\u201d smiles de Jong.They have remained steadfast occupants and neighbours throughout refurbishments and studio moves. \u201cAt the beginning it was quite makeshift and noisy. The\u00a0studios were slightly open at the top and the bottom, like stables, and I\u2019m sure I drove everyone mad playing the\u00a0Frozen soundtrack on repeat one Christmas,\u201d laughs Messenger. \u201cBut I\u2019ve always loved the vibe here.\u201d\u00a0Save for the odd train that rattles on the nearby railway, the rooms are quiet and bright. The stark white\u00a0walls suit de Jong\u2019s minimalist furnishings: two\u00a0black\u00a0leather chairs, an uncluttered desk and a wall\u00a0of\u00a0shelving filled with records. Jumping up from his\u00a0seat, he\u00a0pulls a Dizzee Rascal record from the shelf. \u201cI\u00a0like the\u00a0variety that comes from the music industry,\u201d he\u00a0says.\u00a0\u201cOne day you\u2019re comping a photograph of a Ferrari driving against a sea of\u00a0sheep for Dizzee\u2019s Don\u2019t Take It\u00a0Personal album, and another you\u2019re creating artwork\u00a0based around concrete poetry (where the letters create shapes and patterns) for Australian rock band\u00a0DMA\u2019s\u00a0How\u00a0Many Dreams cover.\u201d\u00a0A\u00a0few doors down, Messenger\u2019s vivid artworks sit among green pineapple-shaped candles, paper lanterns and stacks of paint containers. The artist is dressed in a silky blazer studded with brooches, with coiffed blonde hair. And while she\u00a0never wears designer items herself, Messenger has carved a niche by adorning such\u00a0pieces with her playful pop art. \u00a0Messenger joined the wearable art movement 13 years\u00a0ago when her schoolfriend, the designer Charlotte Olympia, asked her to handpaint 100 pairs of shoes for Art\u00a0Basel. The artist spotted a business opportunity and transitioned from painting on female bodies to designer handbags. \u201cIt was exhilarating,\u201d she grins. \u201cI was getting requests from around the world. People were putting their\u00a0Louis Vuittons in Jiffy bags and declaring the value as\u00a0\u00a35 to get them through customs.\u201dWhile bags remain in demand, particularly the Herm\u00e8s Birkin, the business is now evolving from wearable\u00a0to lifestyle art. \u201cYou name it, we paint it \u2013 whether it\u2019s a denim jacket, bowling balls or a Lamborghini,\u201d says Messenger, who recently collaborated with Nike and Chelsea Women\u2019s Football to design and paint a pair of\u00a0Jordans for manager Emma Hayes\u2019 final match, as well\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a06ft-tall baby elephant sculpture for The Elephant Family Charity this year. At the end of this month Messenger will\u00a0launch The Boyarde Doodle Bar, a three-week Christmas pop-up at Selfridges where customers can\u00a0have\u00a0items personalised.\u00a0The artist has also been creating her own Most Wanted collection \u2013 which she paints onto luxury paper bags \u2013 and\u00a0Peekaboo series, after a debilitating neuromuscular disease prompted a shift in her priorities. \u201cSometimes I can\u2019t hold a paintbrush or I have double vision, but working towards my first solo show is giving me the fire back as an\u00a0artist,\u201d she says. Her small team of artists helps with business commissions in the studio.Despite Peckham\u2019s gentrification, patrons don\u2019t tend\u00a0to\u00a0pop by the Peckham studio. \u201cI\u2019m often told I\u00a0should\u00a0have\u00a0a studio in central London to match my clientele, but\u00a0I\u00a0am not letting go of this place \u2013 it has looked after\u00a0me\u00a0and\u00a0helped me grow.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0Upstairs is a large airy photo studio, Sunset Studios, the\u00a0same space in which singer Arlo Parks was shot for\u00a0the\u00a0cover of her 2021 album, Collapsed in Sunbeams. \u201cHer\u00a0pose was inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat but the tones are kind of Peckham,\u201d says de Jong, who, more\u00a0recently, used the studio for a shoot with the band\u00a0Honeyglaze, helped by a young mentor as part of\u00a0his\u00a0work\u00a0for the Arts Emergency charity that links creatives\u00a0with under-resourced youths.Out in the courtyard comes a clatter. \u201cThat\u2019s the skate\u00a0school,\u201d explains de Jong, \u201cand next door is a midcentury furniture maker. You don\u2019t get more different than that.\u201d After poking his head into a pottery studio, The\u00a0Kiln Rooms, he points towards a little hut known as\u00a0Oi\u00a0Spaghetti + Tiramis\u00f9. \u201cFrancesco is a talented pasta\u00a0maker who started off with just a table, gas canister\u00a0and grill outside,\u201d says de Jong, who\u2019s a frequent\u00a0customer. \u201cI\u2019m not allowed to eat too much pasta,\u00a0otherwise I would,\u201d says Messenger. Opposite is Copeland\u00a0Gallery where Orlando Weeks, the former frontman of indie band The Maccabees, performed in June.\u00a0De Jong, who has done every album cover with him\u00a0since they met at university 20 years ago, helped him\u00a0with the branding for the show.The large communal courtyard at the centre of Copeland Park is particularly enticing in the summer. \u201cPeckham in the summer is probably the best place in the\u00a0world,\u201d says de Jong. \u201cIt feels really alive and the courtyard becomes packed with people drinking and playing music.\u201d Messenger agrees: \u201cIt\u2019s buzzing. Everyone has their doors open so it\u2019s very sociable.\u201d But no matter\u00a0the season, there\u2019s always a companion to be found\u00a0for kicking around a football or grumbling about the\u00a0internet connection over lunch.\u00a0Such camaraderie and cross-pollination is part of the\u00a0Bussey Building\u2019s allure. \u201cThere can be chaos and disorganisation but there is a raw energy that is part of the soul\u00a0of this place,\u201d says Messenger. \u201cIt\u2019s like it\u2019s got a heartbeat and\u00a0I think that\u2019s why everybody\u2019s drawn to it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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