- Designed by
- Dirk Hiscock
- Category
- Best Designed Fully-Illustrated Book under $50, Designers' Choice Book of the Year
- Year
- 2019
- Publisher
- National Gallery of Victoria
- Design Rationale
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In the early design stages it became clear that the house motif was integral to nendo’s vision for the exhibition space. From a design perspective I wanted to highlight the pairing of Escher and nendo – as nendo created a home for Escher within the gallery, so does the slip case for the publication. Escher’s works are known to transform from one thing to another which I chose to mirror for the cover treatment, when placed side by side the full house motif and Escher work are revealed. This transformative nature influenced the layout, utilising the colour palette from the
- Details
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- Dimensions
- 300 x 240 mm
- No. pages
- 300
- Credits
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- Internal Design
- Dirk Hiscock
- Photography
- Nendo Studio
- Typesetting
- Dirk Hiscock
- Printing
- 1010 Printing
- Author
- Catherine Leahy with Maria Cristina Didero, Dunja Hak, Dr Adam Nash, Ewan McEoin and Alberto Pérez-Gómez
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