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HUNKERING: The Last Gabberjabb Number Eight and IX/IVIths

Design Category
Book design, 2006
Design firm
The Perishable Press Ltd. (Madison, Wisconsin)
Collection
(2007) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006
Description

A book can only be understood by the application of eye, hand, ear, nose and mind’s kinetic sculpture.

Credits
Creative director/art director: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady
Designer: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady
Illustrators: Henrik Drescher, David McLimans, Peter Sis, John Wilde
Photographer: Ruth Evans Brinker, M.D.
Production director: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady
Production coordinator: Patrick JB Flynn
Author: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady (and friends)
Editor: Anna Krohn Hamady
Trim size: 7.125 x 10.25 inches
Pages: 160
Quantity printed: 108
Compositor: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady
Printer: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady
Binder: Scott Kellar
Binding method: Hand-sewn, case-bound by hand
Publisher/client: The Perishable Press Ltd.
Juror Notes

“Mind-blowing, indulgent design. Each and every page worthy of 15 inclusions in top 50 books. Genius.”