+essera | design + direction
graphic design and typesetting of the book
Book about different emanations of depression and trauma in literature.
Concept for the cover was derived from the book Black Sun. Depression and Melancholia by Julia Kristeva.
Simple book about pretty complicated stuff.
client: Wydawnictwo Warstwy
year: 2017
scope: cover and layout design, typesetting
typefaces: Lyon Text, Graphik, Pepi
scope: cover and layout design, typesetting
typefaces: Lyon Text, Graphik, Pepi
printed on: Munken Premium White, Kreativkarton Shale
cover die-cut (both front and wing)
photos of the book: basia budniak
photos of the book: basia budniak
The collection has been thoroughly thought out, from intellectual content, to the graphic design of the book, which draws attention to itself. The hole in the cover, filled with black on the pre-title page, invites you to enter the darkness of the title. A small black circle provokes, to touch, to get to know, to examine. The dark side of the world tempts with its secrets, encourages to get to know and persuades to break bans, like a tree of good and bad news. The "heart of darkness" or "black hole" engage in dialogue.
Jarosław Petrowicz, Twórczość 2018, no. 4
