Historical Ontology cover

Historical Ontology cover

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002

Description

As a staff designer at Harvard University Press, I had to make a rather complex philosophy book look intriguing. The intended audience is composed of scholars, students and highly motivated lay people. The images on the jacket were inspired by the description of one of Descartes’ dreams inside Historical Ontology. I found photographs that corresponded to the dream and positioned them, along with the type, in such a way as to indicate the quiet yet broad intersection of thought and emotion.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2002
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Design firm
Harvard University Press
Photographers
Eye Ubiquitous (Corbis), Wolfgang Kaehler (Corbis)
Production coordinator
Jerry Kaplan
Trim size
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches
Quantity printed
3,000
Typefaces
Futura Medium, Minion
Paper
Lindenmeyr Opus Gloss White 80 lb.
Jacket designer
Jill Breitbarth
Jacket printer
John P. Pow Company
Author
Ian Hacking
Editor
Lindsay Waters
Publisher
Harvard University Press
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