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Book Design: Dream Machines.
An exhibition and book that walks the line between utopia and paranoia, fearlessly exploring the interplay of humans, machines, and the furthest reaches of creativity. Installed in the DESTE slaughterhouse on Hydra, June 20 – October 30, 2023. Printed in 2024.
An exhibition and book that walks the line between utopia and paranoia, fearlessly exploring the interplay of humans, machines, and the furthest reaches of creativity. Installed in the DESTE slaughterhouse on Hydra, June 20 – October 30, 2023. Printed in 2024.
Specs: (242 pages, 242 pages, 7⅜ × 10⅜")
Cover: Vinyl wrap (Printed 1c) + Silver case (Silkscreen White + Black Foil). Typefaces: Monument Grotesk & Monument Grotesk Mono (Dinamo), JJannon & DMT (Lineto).
Cover: Vinyl wrap (Printed 1c) + Silver case (Silkscreen White + Black Foil). Typefaces: Monument Grotesk & Monument Grotesk Mono (Dinamo), JJannon & DMT (Lineto).
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Credits: (Editor) Karen Marta; (Design) Javas Lehn Studio,(Javas Lehn, Joseph Margulies, & Scott Massey); (Writers) Daniel Birnabum, Massmiliano Gioni, Michelle Kuo, Jake Brodsky; (Project coordinator) Regina Alivisatos; (Managing editor) Todd Bradway; (Publisher) DESTE Foundation; (Printer) die Keure [R.I.P.].
Captions: (1) Cover is 1c printed on silver paper with PVC wrap silkscreened white; (2) Gallery with artwork cropped at 100% allows the reader to see the artwork at full detail; (3) Section interstials were printed silver on pink paper to illustrate the interconnectivity between man and machine. Display type references the mark and displacement of industrial type; (4) Type system based on traditional set type blocks with modern obstructions (figs and footnotes); (5) Exhibition walk through allows the reader expierence the artwork as it was intended to be setup in the slaughterhouse. QR code is functional.
(6) Essays, Interviews, and Insights. The type sizing and column widths were designed to create an optimal reading experience for the reader. Allowing flexibility and room to move depending on the speed of reading and focus; (7) Sequences. Since half of the show was projected work we needed a way to display the ideas and craft in a printed format; (8) Encounters. Jake Brodsky provides an expanded index for each work exhibitted, providing cited historic context and anecdotes; (9) ASCII art was invented, because early printers often lacked graphics ability and thus, characters were used in place of graphic marks.
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