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Design Category
Book design, 2002
Design firm
karlssonwilker inc. (New York, New York)
Collection
(2003) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2002

Description

The Curious Boym book was a fun and easy project for all of us. We were never stressed out, because we started soon enough. And Constantin, the industrial designer this book is about, would come by our office every three to four weeks over a period of eight months with cold beer and we would talk. We would look at what we did and explain what we wanted to do. We would discuss our different views on things and in the end we would be drunk. The publisher left us alone. The book was finished when we stopped meeting.

Credits
Creative directors: Hjalti Karlsson, Jan Wilker
Designers: Hjalti Karlsson, Jan Wilker
Illustrators: Hjalti Karlsson, Jan Wilker
Photographer: Ella Smolarz
Production director: Janet Behning
Trim size: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Pages: 224
Quantity printed: 7,000
Typefaces: Akzidenz Grotesk, Monoline Script, Tekton
Printer: Phoenix Color Corp.
Paper: Japanese matte
Binder: Phoenix Color Corp.
Binding method: Hardcover with die cut
Jacket designer: karlssonwilker inc.
Author: Constantin Boym
Editor: Clare Jacobson
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press