Chronicling the story of contemporary art

Client:
Phaidon Press

‘Defining Contemporary Art’ is a 500 page anthology for Phaidon, the world’s leading arts publisher. The book chronicles the evolution of art over a 25 year period through 200 pivotal works by artists including Gerhard Richter, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. It was written and compiled by a collective who include Hans Ulrich Obrist, Bob Nickas, Bice Curiger and Daniel Birnbaum. Our visual theme for the publication is driven a pin-point typeface, used playfully on the cover to articulate reference points in time and meaning, and throughout on dividers to indicate chapter breaks.

Scope:
Book design, Page layout, Production specification

‘The most beautifully produced of all the recent contemporary art surveys.’

Book review: Waterstones