Music of Sight
Coffee Table Book Design
Book Design | Layout | Typography | Design Elements
Summary
Create a 30+ page editorial tribute to a graphic design icon that incorporates your style with that of the artist being honored, in a coffee table book format.
Approach
Bradbury Thompson was known for experimental typography & unconventional editorial spreads. In homage to his editorial career, many of the featured spreads are placed in the center of the book to replicate the experience of flipping through his work as originally intended.
Fore-edge color detail, celebrates Thompson's innovative use of CMYK print plates; Here I’ve blended them with the modern digital equivalent RGB, which is the foundation of all colors within the digital realm.
Bradbury Thompson developed a design technique experimenting with overlapping print plates of different colors to create abstract compositions vs. using them in alignment to create photo realistic images.
To mimic this process and add an interactive element, my book includes colored gel sheet inserts that allow the reader to experience color mixing similarly to Bradbury Thompson.