Organs of Emotion

Organs of Emotion

Douglas Fitch, Brooklyn, New York, 2001

Description

Whereas the exhibition “Organs of Emotion” was about ideas for a new anatomy based on human emotions, this book, the catalogue accompanying the exhibition, is about depicting emotions in the language of art. As such, the cover is intended to represent a kind of outer tissue for these invented emotional organs, with the book inside being a bladder of ideas. The holes in the cover are meant to facilitate osmosis of those ideas, and come partially removed to encourage interaction with the book’s absorbee.

What I like is that it looks like a feeling and it feels the way it looks.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2001
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Douglas Fitch
Illustrator
Douglas Fitch
Photographer
Katherine Bordeaux
Production coordinator
David Janik
Trim size
6 x 6 inches
Pages
160
Quantity printed
1,000
Compositor
David Janik
Typeface
Matrix
Printers
David Schulman, Kromar Printing
Paper
Mohawk Flax 70 lb. text
Binding method
Perfect-bound, foam cover, die-cut, with double-stick paper, hand applied to book
Jacket printer
Industrial Plastics
Authors
Douglas Fitch, Richard Eoin Nash
Publisher
Multi-Art International
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