Cover of booklet

Bold Chairs

What I did

Design

Detail

Completed in 2019

for independent study with Prof. Eugene Park

Bold Chairs contain Beatrice Warde's Crystal Goblet, Max Bill's essay, and Jan Tschicold's essay—-all relating to typography. The essays are not presented one after another; rather, the book presents these essays as if these individuals are having a conversation. One designer is given some time to talk, then another designer bumps in if what they say is related. The folding and binding of the book represent the expansion and inclusion of ideas as the pages literally open up to reveal more information. Although the essays are broken up, the pieces are ordered as they were written.

Sleeve of booklet Pulling booklet out of sleeve Booklet without sleeve Spread of booklet Opening a folded spread Fully unfolded spread Half-folded spread Closeup of continuing page number between half-folding spreads Closeup of discontinued page number Closeup of final page number Chair folded from sleeve cutout Sleeve, booklet, and folded chair View of open booklet from above, at a 45 degree angle, showing a continuous shape of chair Table with all the prototype booklets Table with all the prototype booklets Handful of folded booklet mini prototypes Handful of sleeve prototypes Closeup of prototypes of folded chairs Closeup of prototype testing for chair shape seen from above Table with all the prototype booklets