Cockaigne — book design, 2026
With his analogue view camera, @gregorsailer captures large-format images that reveal a colourful world of sci-fi technology, inventive designs, and surreal structures.
24 × 30 cm, 296 pp.
Paper-over-board hardcover with spot varnish
Project management by @ballhausesylvia
Materials by Lecta, @peyercover , and @koehler.group
Published by @kehrerverlag
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed
A couple more photos of the “Kinship & Community” catalog.
Very pleased with how the wrap-around softcover came together — after several rounds of testing, especially to get the cloth printing just right 🙌
Thank you Minjee Cho @aperturefnd for making this production happen!
Copublished by @aperturefnd and Documentary Arts
Texts by @debwillisphoto , Annette Gordon-Reed, Alan Govenar, @nifleetwood , and @wallisbrian .
Photographic essay by @rahimfortune
21 × 27.5 cm, 240 pages, linen-clad softcover with flap
Project Editor: Craig Garrett
Coordinating Editor: @brendanembser
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed
Kinship & Community — book design, 2026
“Kinship & Community” celebrates the rich history of photography made by and for Black communities in Texas.
Copublished by @aperturefnd and Documentary Arts, this volume is drawn from the Texas African American Photography Archive, a visual record of Black culture since the 1870s.
Texts by @debwillisphoto , Annette Gordon-Reed, Alan Govenar, @nifleetwood , and @wallisbrian .
Photographic essay by @rahimfortune
21 × 27.5 cm, 240 pages, linen-clad softcover with flap
Project Editor: Craig Garrett
Coordinating Editor: @brendanembser
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed
étoile — Book Design, 2025
Gotsbert Gottmann’s new book brings together past and present images, exploring memory and perception through a lens both intimate and distant. It is a visual biography shaped by solitude, dreams, and a quiet, magical realism.
With an essay by @celina.lunsford
Published by @verlagkettler 2025
22.5 × 30 cm, 112 pp., three-quarter binding, paper-over-board hardcover
Cover papers by @gmundpaper / @schabert.eu and Sappi
Interior papers by @munkenpaper and Sappi
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed #fotobuch #fotografie #buchgestaltung #fotobuchgestaltung #analogefotografie
étoile — Book Design, 2025
Gotsbert Gottmann’s new book brings together past and present images, exploring memory and perception through a lens both intimate and distant. It is a visual biography shaped by solitude, dreams, and a quiet, magical realism.
With an essay by @celina.lunsford
Published by @verlagkettler 2025
22.5 × 30 cm, 112 pp., three-quarter binding, paper-over-board hardcover
Cover papers by @gmundpaper / @schabert.eu and Sappi
Interior papers by @munkenpaper and Sappi
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed #fotobuch #fotografie #buchgestaltung #fotobuchgestaltung #analogefotografie
A couple of spreads from “How Can It Still Be Home?” — book design, 2025
@ghalebcabbabe worked over five years on this highly intimate, emotional, and multilayered documentary about his native Lebanon. The photographs in this book question the perception and ambivalent notion of home, ties, and belonging.
17 × 24 cm, 120 pages, paper-over-board hardcover with UV sport varnish
Cover Paper by @peyercover
Endpapers by @gmundpaper / @schabert.eu
Interior Paper by @fedrigoni.deutschland
Published by @kehrerverlag 2025
Project Management by @ballhausesylvia
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed #fotobuch #fotografie #buchgestaltung #fotobuchgestaltung #analogefotografie
e218 Victor Balko
Fotobuchgestalter
Um Victor Balko geht es in Episode 218, der Typografie und Fotografie studierte, bei Steidl in Göttingen gearbeitet hat und seit 2018 selbständiger Designer und Fotobuchgestalter ist.
Victor Balko ist Grafikdesigner, spezialisiert auf Buchgestaltung. Nach seinem Studium der Typografie und Fotografie an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach arbeitete er von 2013 bis 2018 als Art Director bei Steidl in Göttingen. Neben Fotobüchern und Kunstkatalogen gestaltete er dort den gesamten visuellen Auftritt des Verlags. Von 2010 bis 2015 war er Mitbegründer, Co-Herausgeber und Designer von »Album«, einem Magazin für zeitgenössische künstlerische Fotografie. 2018 gründete er ein eigenes Studio für Design in Frankfurt am Main. Zu seinen Kunden gehören renommierte Museen, Verlage und Künstler aus dem In- und Ausland.
@studiovictorbalko
“How Can It Still Be Home?” — book design, 2025
@ghalebcabbabe worked over five years on this highly intimate, emotional, and multilayered documentary about his native Lebanon. The photographs in this book question the perception and ambivalent notion of home, ties, and belonging.
17 × 24 cm, paper-over-board hardcover with UV sport varnish
Cover Paper by @peyercover
Endpapers by @gmundpaper / @schabert.eu
Interior Paper by @fedrigoni.deutschland
Published by @kehrerverlag 2025
Project Management by @ballhausesylvia
#photobook #photography #bookdesign #photobookdesign #analoguephotography #printed #fotobuch #fotografie #buchgestaltung #fotobuchgestaltung #analogefotografie
📚✨ Cover Design — “Amrum“ by Hark Bohm Cover design for a novel set on the North Sea island of Amrum in 1945. The story follows young Nanning as he navigates the end of WWII through a child’s eyes while sensing the political tensions dividing the small island community. The idea is to show a stylized lighthouse in its iconic red and white striping. Black type intentionally completes a color palette that evokes the Third Reich’s visual identity – reflecting the omnipresent shadow of Nazi Germany that looms over the young protagonist’s world. #bookdesign #coverart #graphicdesign #bookcover #designprocess #visualstorytelling #germanliterature #minimalistdesign #designinspiration #buchgestaltung #buchdesign #covergestaltung #grafikdesign
📚✨ Cover Design — “Amrum“ by Hark Bohm, published by @buechergilde
Three cover designs for this novel set on the North Sea island of Amrum in 1945. The story follows young Nanning as he navigates the end of WWII through a child’s eyes while sensing the political tensions dividing the small island community.
The idea is to show a stylized lighthouse in its iconic red and white striping. Black type intentionally completes a color palette that evokes the Third Reich’s visual identity – reflecting the omnipresent shadow of Nazi Germany that looms over the young protagonist’s world.
Which one is your favourite?
#bookdesign #coverart #graphicdesign #bookcover #designprocess #visualstorytelling #germanliterature #minimalistdesign #designinspiration #buchgestaltung #buchdesign #covergestaltung #grafikdesign
Shenzhen Art Museum New Venue & Second Library
Brochure design for @kspengel
Texts by @_benjaminpfeifer
#architecture #architektur #berlinarchitecture #brochuredesign #broschürengestaltung #graphicdesign #grafikdesign
