Category Archives: Book Design

ONE FOR EACH

Friday, 02 November, artist Paolo Salvagione will unveil his sensory Wunderkammer, entitled ONE FOR EACH. The edition and exhibition preview is from 6–8pm at San Francisco Center for the Book.

Extracurricular Press

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Boon Design is proud to announce a new publishing imprint, named Extracurricular. We plan to publish work by artists and makers we admire and collaborate with. The name comes from our creative activities that exist outside of our design practice.

LX(RMX) Lisbon Remixed

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LX(RMX) is a new project commissioned by disquiet and a sonic companion to Jorge Colombo’s 2009 exhibition entitled Lisbon Revisited. LX(RMX) offers the sounds of the city reconstructed by 8 (or 16?) musicians inspired by Álvaro de Campos, a heteronym of Fernando Pessoa. Boon created a 16-page digital booklet for the compilation, including images from the exhibit that inspired this project—available for free download from archive.org. The cover is in fact a remix of Colombo’s photography.

INSTAGR/AM/BIENT

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Instagram has become one of my daily rituals, a way of sharing moments with friends and documenting my obsessions: typography, food, architecture. The immediacy and restrictions are part of Instagram’s inherent charm. I was thrilled when Marc Weidenbaum of disquiet.com, a frequent collaborator of mine (see Another Time, Another Way) invited me to create a visual accompaniment to his recently commissioned compilation entitled INSTAGR/AM/BIENT.

1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath

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In May of 2011, Richard Misrach hired Boon to create two custom ledger books to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the East Bay hills firestorm of October 20, 1991. In conjunction with exhibitions at the Oakland Museum of California and the Berkeley Art Museum, two volumes, one for each museum, function as an interactive component of these and all future exhibits of the photographs. Visitors are encouraged to share their recollections, tributes and insights.

Farm Together Now

FARM TOGETHER NOW

Michael Pollan has selected Farm Together Now as his favorite book of 2010. Written by Amy Franceschini (futurefarmers) & Daniel Tucker, with photographs by Anne Hamersky and illustrations by Corinne Matesich, the book explores the current state of grassroots farming in the U.S.

ЯEMEMBER

REMEMBER

Artist and master engineer Paolo Salvagione asked Boon to design the typography for his piece, REMEMBER. The piece is made during a conversation, with the participant, about remembering and memory.

New Site

New Site