NY Motion 1.0

NY Motion 1.0

Ena Cardenal de la Nuez, Madrid, Spain, 2008

Description

This bilingual catalogue was published by the Instituto Cervantes in New York, introducing the work of seven Spanish artists and residents of the city. The idea was not to favor the work of any particular artist, and so a typographic motif was chosen. The cover seeks to convey the classic, eternal spirit of the Big Apple by using an elegant, uppercase, black-and-white Bodoni, in a vertical format. To grant Motion the dynamism it implies, the word was printed on the cover as well as on the sleeve that wraps the book’s bottom half. The word Motion actually moves since the jacket is printed with a slight displacement. Movement is further enhanced by the use of different paper textures. The difference between these different papers is subtle, as is the displacement between jacket and cover—enough to grant the cover the required visual dynamism and the minimal distraction. 

Juror Notes

A poetic and subtle play of materials to express motion without relying on clichés. 

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2008
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Design firm
Ena Cardenal de la Nuez
Jacket designer
Ena Cardenal de la Nuez
Editor
Eduardo Lago
Trim size
5.9 x 8.6
Pages
76
Typeface
Bodoni
Printer
Tf. Artes Gráficas
Quantity printed
1,500
Jacket printer
Tf. Artes Gráficas
Binder
Ramos
Publisher
Instituto Cervantes New York
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