PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Our studio, as part of Getty’s region-wide initiative PST ART: Art and Science Collide, collaborated with the Hammer on the publication Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, organized by co-curators Glenn Kaino and Mika Yoshitake. The exhibition and coinciding catalogue consider environmental art practices that address the climate crisis, anthropogenic disasters, and their inescapable intersection with issues of equity and social justice. Breath(e) was conceived during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic and America’s racial reckoning in 2020. This led to a greater focus on the environmental impact of global markets, resources, shipping, and carbon emissions. Instead of plastic shrink wrap, The cover of the book is wrapped in IBO ONE, a Forest Stewardship Certified paper. The publication was printed in Belgium with a printer using 97% renewable energy and 3% natural gas power mix with 40% of power generated on site.

The overall design of the book was generated in reference to a lineage of artists, designers, and activists contending with climate change: Victor Papanek, Buckminster Fuller, George Washington Carver, William Morris, Ken Garland, Carolyn Finney, Julia Watson, Bruce Mau, and Anne Lund. We chose Monument Grotesk and Romie as contrasting typographic forces on a grid that mashed up histories of modernist avant-garde with arts and crafts revivalist classicism. The cover image was taken from one of the show's artworks, focusing on the abstract idea of breathing, but also the environmental concern with bees and colony death.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 8 x 10in

Number of Pages: 253

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Paper: printed on Magno satin FSC, IBO One FSC, and Maxioffset FSC

Typefaces: ABC Monument Grotesk by Dinamo and Romie by Margot Lévêque

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Brian Johnson and Silas Munro

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Book Designer: Brian Johnson, Silas Munro, Ásta Thrastardottir

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Photographer: Charles White - JW Photo

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