ASTERISM
2017
THE BOOK ↓
'Asterism' calls attention to facts about space — an exploration of our universe and the objects within it.
Asterism is a handmade book accompanied by a fold-out zine that explores the facts and visuals of space through hand-drawn illustrations and paintings on a variety of different papers and folding pages.
Created as a personal project in response to an open brief, the intention for this project was to explore, educate and emphasise space in a contrasting way to which it is usually presented. Rather than dark, black and technical, this open, clean & minimal presentation states facts relating to the different areas of space — from the planets, to moons, stars, the Milky Way galaxy and the rest of the observable universe.
Drawings: Graphite pencil, white gel pen & fineliner on Stonehenge paper Paintings: Gouache on Arches Watercolour Paper Stars: Pin pricks on Japanese ‘Khadi Banana’ paper with vellum overlay
Typeset in
Stellar by Mathieu Desjardins & TT Moons by Type Type
'Asterism' calls attention to facts about space — an exploration of our universe and the objects within it.
noun
- ASTRONOMY: a prominent pattern or group of stars that is smaller than a constellation.
- a group of three asterisks (⁂) drawing attention to a piece of text.
Asterism is a handmade book accompanied by a fold-out zine that explores the facts and visuals of space through hand-drawn illustrations and paintings on a variety of different papers and folding pages.
Created as a personal project in response to an open brief, the intention for this project was to explore, educate and emphasise space in a contrasting way to which it is usually presented. Rather than dark, black and technical, this open, clean & minimal presentation states facts relating to the different areas of space — from the planets, to moons, stars, the Milky Way galaxy and the rest of the observable universe.
Drawings: Graphite pencil, white gel pen & fineliner on Stonehenge paper Paintings: Gouache on Arches Watercolour Paper Stars: Pin pricks on Japanese ‘Khadi Banana’ paper with vellum overlay
Typeset in
Stellar by Mathieu Desjardins & TT Moons by Type Type
PRINT DESIGN
BOOK-BINDING
ILLUSTRATION
TYPESETTING
SELF-DIRECTED STUDENT WORK
BOOK-BINDING
ILLUSTRATION
TYPESETTING
SELF-DIRECTED STUDENT WORK
THE ZINE ↓
Creating the book ‘Asterism’ was the main part to the project, but as an additional pieces to introduce the book, I created a zine which I handed out for free at the small exhibition we held at the end of the semester.
The zine is a collection of selected facts across all of the topics covered in the final book, with a poster of one of the graphite drawings on the reverse. It is folded in a non-traditional way so that a small card was fitted inside of it, acting as an envelope, explaining what the book was about.
The zine is a collection of selected facts across all of the topics covered in the final book, with a poster of one of the graphite drawings on the reverse. It is folded in a non-traditional way so that a small card was fitted inside of it, acting as an envelope, explaining what the book was about.
Edition of 40
hand-folded
Printed as a doublesided photocopy
on Butcher’s paper
hand-folded
Printed as a doublesided photocopy
on Butcher’s paper
