Here’s a peek at LensCulture‘s photobook of the winners and finalists of the Critics’ Choice 2021, designed and printed last year
Cover image belongs to Ingrid Weyland. All images belong to the photographers (Masumi Shiohara, Steve Dean Mendes, Mehrdad Vahed Yousefabad)
You can check out more spreads in my Behance, or check out these amazing photographers and more at lensculture.com
#photobook #editorialdesign #graphicdesign #photography #editorial
At the end of the story, the main character becomes obsessed with the book and can't let it go, afraid someone might steal it. He becomes like Gollum and his precious ring, so the that kind of chaos was where the design was aimed
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Story excerpt:
"Declinaba el verano, y comprendí que el libro era monstruoso. De nada me sirvió considerar que no menos monstruoso era yo, que lo percibía con ojos y lo palpaba con diez dedos con uñas. Sentí que era un objeto de pesadilla, una cosa obscena que infamaba y corrompía la realidad.
Pensé en el fuego, pero temí que la combustión de un libro infinito fuera parejamente infinita y sofocara de humo al planeta."
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Project recap:
An old project that I'll resurface: "El Libro de Arena" (The Sand Book) by Jorge L. Borges, designed by me for my final project at university. The story is about infinity, impermanence, and obsession. It's a story about a special book, which pages are infinite and ever-changing, and its characters and words are unkown. The challenge was to portray that in an actual physical book.
#typography #type #typematters #typespire #goodtype #typegang #editorial #book #graphicdesign #designinspiration #designinspo #Borges #JLB
Here's the cover again, bacause I just love this photo a lot
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Project recap:
An old project that I'll resurface: "El Libro de Arena" (The Sand Book) by Jorge L. Borges, designed by me for my final project at university. The story is about infinity, impermanence, and obsession. It's a story about a special book, which pages are infinite and ever-changing, and its characters and words are unkown. The challenge was to portray that in an actual physical book.
#typography #type #typematters #typespire #goodtype #typegang #editorial #book #graphicdesign #designinspiration #designinspo #Borges #JLB
This spread was done using tracing paper, a material used a lot in this whole editorial project as it brings out the sensorial aspect of a book, and in this particular book, it helps portray never ending pages.
Project recap:
An old project that I'll resurface: "El Libro de Arena" (The Sand Book) by Jorge L. Borges, designed by me for my final project at university. The story is about infinity, impermanence, and obsession. It's a story about a special book, which pages are infinite and ever-changing, and its characters and words are unkown. The challenge was to portray that in an actual physical book.
#typography #type #typematters #typespire #goodtype #typegang #editorial #book #graphicdesign #designinspiration #designinspo
#Closeup ✨
An old project that I'll resurface: "El Libro de Arena" (The Sand Book) by Jorge L. Borges, designed by me for my final project at university. The story is about infinity, impermanence, and obsession. It's a story about a special book, which pages are infinite and ever-changing, and its characters and words are unkown. The challenge was to portray that in an actual phyAn old project that I'll resurface: "El Libro de Arena" (The Sand Book) by Jorge L. Borges, designed by me for my final project at university. The story is about infinity, impermanence, and obsession. It's a story about a special book, which pages are infinite and ever-changing, and its characters and words are unkown. The challenge was to portray that in an actual phy#designinsposical book.
The cover was done by printing on two tracing papers and a 250gr paper, so it would create a feeling of depth and layers, while maintaining enough rigidity for a cover
#typography #type #typematters #typespire #goodtype #typegang #editorial #book #graphicdesign #designinspiration #designinspo
An old project that I'll resurface: "El Libro de Arena" (The Sand Book) by Jorge L. Borges, designed by me for my final project at university. The story is about infinity, impermanence, and obsession. It's a story about a special book, which pages are infinite and ever-changing, and its characters and words are unkown. The challenge was to portray that in an actual physical book.
The cover was done by printing on two tracing papers and a 250gr paper, so it would create a feeling of depth and layers, while maintaining enough rigidity for a cover
#typography #type #typematters #typespire #goodtype #typegang #editorial #book #graphicdesign #designinspiration #designinspo
