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Design Category
Promotional design and advertising, 2001
Design firm
Rigsby Design (Houston, Texas)
Collection
(2002) AIGA 365: 23
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This book is photographer Terry Vine’s portrait of the central-Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. The intimate images offer a peek at Mexican festivals, holy days and “diversiones” seldom seen by outsiders—from cockfights to quinciñaeras to crucifixions.
“It’s so well crafted—obsessively crafted.”
“It’s a design fetish object, but in a good way. The typography is beautiful. For all the bells and whistles it has, it’s not over the top. There’s innovative material. It’s an elegant reflection of the culture.”