Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling

Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 2008

Description

MoMA’s exhibition “Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling” covered a wide range of prefabricated architecture and design from the 1830s to present day. The curators gathered a huge amount of varied materials—full-scale constructions, architectural drawings, models, catalogues, advertisements, patent drawings, instructions, toys and packaging. Finding a form that could work with such disparate imagery was difficult. Our solution is based on basic prefab concepts: typography that is utilitarian and familiar, a palette of industrial materials and a layout that feels modular and efficient. 

Juror Notes

Subtle graphic elements, a unique grid and memorable typographic choices enhance the content in a very clean and bold manner. 

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2008
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Design firm
The Museum of Modern Art
Designer
Naomi Mizusaki
Production director
Christina Grillo
Authors
Barry Bergdoll, Peter Christenten
Editor
Ron Broadhurst
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art
Trim size
9.5 x 11
Pages
248
Printer
Tien Wah Press
Papers
Nymölla MultiFine woodfree, 130 gsm
Typefaces
Letter Gothic, Nobel
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