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Design Category
Book design, 2004
Design firm
The Red Box Communication Design (Lugano, Switzerland)
Collection
(2005) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2004

Description

The problem to solve was to produce a catalog for an ethnographical exhibition and to create an exciting journey into the past of those populations. In the cover we wanted to give the feeling of an old piece of animal skin, transparent. The type is printed simply on the white paper inside.

Credits
Art director/creative director: Alberto Bianda
Designer: Paolo Jannuzzi
Jacket designer: Sidi Vanetti
Photographer: Astrid Eckert
Production director: Luca Patocchi
Production coordinator: Franco Rogantini
Authors: Jean-Loup Rousselot, Veronika Grahammar
Publisher: Galleria Gottardo
Trim size: 9 1/2 x 7 inches
Pages: 260
Quantity printed: 2,000
Compositor: Color Lito System, Manno
Typeface: Trade Gothic
Printer: Arti Grafiche Salvioni, Bellinzona
Jacket printer: Arti Grafiche Salvioni, Bellinzona
Paper: ZOffset 170 gm2, white
Binder: Legatoria Mosca, Lugano
Binding method: Softcover