Recap - project 3

Here's the third project, text type:

Walter Benjamin body text

I changed the preface and folio (from Gill Sans to Bembo small caps) to make it fit more with the minimalist classical look.




Closeup:




Playing around with different chapter headings to look more "mechanical"

Mechanical reproduction cover

I'm getting close to a cover for Walter Benjamin.



A reverse chronological progression:

book layout, take 1

Here's what I worked on last weekend:








This is the start of a longish essay about the effects of photography, written late-nineteenth century. The design is still pretty preliminary. I'm going for a clean, inviting (not too dense) look, with humanist touches. The cover still needs to be fancified quite a bit.