Sculpture Today
Phaidon Press, 2007
Description
Sculpture Today is a richly illustrated and authoritative overview of contemporary sculpture, presenting a variety of artwork accompanied by a substantial text. The book discusses work by more than 300 sculptors from over 50 years. The design challenge was to create a book that celebrated the individuality of each artist’s work while maintaining its own voice and personality.
A bespoke paper alphabet was devised by cutting and folding up a flat sheet of paper, thereby making typography three-dimensional. First drawn by hand and then “sculpted” into a mini paper sculpture, each letter was allowed to change shape, playfully varying in width and height, giving each composition a handmade, non-uniform quality.
Juror Notes
We loved the three-dimensionality of the hand-sculptured paper title. Perfect!
Credits
- Design firm
- Phaidon Press
- Creative director
- Sonya Dyakova
- Art director
- Sonya Dyakova
- Jacket designer
- Sonya Dyakova
- Photographer
- Edward Park
- Author
- Judith Collins
- Editor
- Julia Rolf
- Trim size
- 11.4 x 9.8 inches
- Pages
- 484
- Typefaces
- Paper alphabet, bespoke typeface created for the book
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press