coordenação, organização e projeto gráfico do livro “arquiteturas contemporâneas no paraguai”.
*2020 Prêmio Jabuti projeto gráfico
*2019 Selected by AIGA in the competition for the 50 best-designed books and book covers of 2019
The graphic design of the book Arquitecturas Contemporáneas en Paraguay was carried out by the own book’s organizers, the collective Goma Oficina, which made a greater integration between the design concept and the critical research presented.
The Paraguayan works selected in the book stands out for experimenting with ordinary materials, resulting in extremely contemporary, heterogeneous and purposeful interventions.
We made the constructive elements of the book (paper, fold and sewing) apparent, revealing its structure as much as possible, and referring to the tactile sensation that the own Paraguayan architecture provokes. The materials chosen were the most common and available on the market, used without finishing and major refinements.
The choice of using a fifth special color, neon orange, appears as the representation of clay – an important element of the Guarani constructive repertoire. On the other hand, the graphic paper was diagrammed in its original size, (96 x 66 cm) in order to explore the incidence of folds in the graphic composition of the images and chapter titles. The typographies used (with or without serif) reveal the contrast between new and old, and are supports for the bilingual content.
graphic design
Maria Cau Levy and André Stefanini
assistants
Christian Salmeron
Ana David
goma oficina (org.)
André Stefanini
Ana David
Eduardo Verri
Guilherme Tanaka
Lauro Rocha
Lena Império
Maria Cau Levy
Pedro Beresin
Vitor Pena
