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Design Category
Book design, 2002
Design firm
Integral Lars Müller (New York, New York)
Collection
(2003) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2002

Description

The design of Natural History refers to the tradition of scientific publications: conventional typography, no bleeding pages, classical, tactile hard-bound paper-over-board cover, rounded spine. By breaking some of these traditional rules, the book gets its contemporary character.

Credits
Art director: Lars Müller
Designer: Hendrik Schwantes
Production director: Hendrik Schwantes
Trim size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Pages: 460
Quantity printed: 8,000 (English edition)
Compositors: Integral Lars Müller, Markus Reichenbach
Typefaces: Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk, Berthold Garamond
Printers: Grafiche Duegi, I-Verona
Binding method: Hardcover, 3-piece binding, paper over board and linen
Editor: Philip Ursprung
Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers