Il Carattere del Carattere
«The basic material is not the word but the letter»
This sentence, seen in the University of Edinburgh Library few years ago, inspired my bachelor thesis. It talks about how typography is the basis of any graphic content and how it influences the design, revolutionizing the result.
Edinburgh University Library - Scotland
The Content
The content is developed in four parts:
1. Knowing (the raw material)
2. Designing (divided into “Body” and “Soul”)
3. Communicating (Cause and effect)
4. Interacting (the virtual body)
Layout and Typography
170 mm x 240 mm _ 108 pages _ asymmetrical layout
Composed by Avenir (titles and subtitles) Simoncini Garamond (text)
Binding
Thread binding, hard cardboard cover with opening on the edge
Create your cover
The cover has a magnetized layer that allows the reader to change the typography of the title at convenience. Inside the book, a magnetized pocket can store eight families of different characters, for a total of sixteen rectangular magnets.
Discover more
watching the video below
