I am clearly suspect and not believable
A book based around the Moon landing conspiracy using a letter written by Neil Armstrong and a memo by William Safire.
This projects’ objective was to use expressive typography to show our point of view on the content of our chosen letter.
The idea of a book on the Moon landing conspiracy came purely through my love and admiration for space and space exploration. I’ve always been incredibly fascinated with the Moon and believed that using this fascination would enhance the quality of the book and the process overall.
The packaging was inspired by “astronaut food” and the idea of this book being brought into space as an “essential” item for any space exploration. I included several printed newspaper reports from the day of the Moon landing to fill up the space inside the packaging, as well as a photograph of the Moon taken by me.
The book is made of thin cardboard and bound using a singular prong fastener to have a classified feel to it with each page being printed on flimsy, thin, recycled paper.
I explored a lot with physical type manipulation using a scanner as well as digital manipulation to push that classified document theme I wanted to have throughout the book.
Both the cover and back cover text were put on using a blender marker tool to give that worn off look to it. The back cover is the text that was on the plaque left behind on the Moon before all three astronauts returned to Earth.
