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World of the Book
design Letterbox | curators Anna Welsh and Eve Sainsbury | producer Nickk Hertzog
A major exhibition of the State Library of Victoria’s extraordinary collections.
Encompassing everything from Egyptology to Frankenstein, Alice in Wonderland to ancient scripts, World of the Book required a strong and systematic typographic identity system. The design is based on 45 page-like elements which work as a navigational system throughout the five parts of the exhibition. The silhouette of the design powerfully echoes the circular dome galleries in which the exhibition is held.
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Books and Imagination. Photograph: Christian Capurro
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Egyptology Room.
Photograph: Christian Capurro
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Three dimensional signage.
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Shadowography Section.
Photograph: Christian Capurro
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