Design Beyond Aesthetics

Typographic Book Design

Spring 2025

About

A physical book pairing two texts on design philosophy — Bruno Munari’s Design as Art and Paul Rand’s Thoughts on Design — built entirely from typography rather than photography or illustration, to explore design as something beyond aesthetics: designers as problem-solvers, not just makers of “beautiful things.” The result is an 8×8-inch, 52+ page coffee-table object — bold, colorful typographic spreads that treat two design philosophies as one continuous, page-turning conversation.

Scope

  • Editorial Design
  • Typographic Composition
  • Book Design
  • Binding

Take a look at the process book

Design Beyond Aesthetics — full project, page 1
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