Aino-Maija Metsola, Daniel de Roulet

UPO 4: Reading the Sky

Herausgeber:
Elodie Boyer
Verlag:
Editions Non Standard, Le Havre
Kategorie
Honorary Appreciation

Begründung der Jury


France /// Frankreich

The very name of the small but excellent French publishing house “Éditions Non Standard” expresses its guiding principle: non-standard. The same could be said for its “UPO” series, the acronym standing for “Unidentified Paper Object”.

UPO 4 features watercolour images by the Finnish artist Aino-Maija Metsola that are inspired by the sky above. The verses of Daniel de Roulet’s poems dance in the clouds in between. It manifests as an unusual folded object in which the boundaries between image, text and conventional bookbinding are blurred. Printed in superb quality, the rich colours exert a magnetic attraction, while the black-and-white sections of graphic clouds and
text stand in stark contrast to the glorious watercolours, resulting in a balanced and intriguing work.

The team behind the publication also invented a playful font composed of clouds that guides you through the multifaceted pages. Ideally, you too will be inspired to read the sky in your own way. A wonderful detail in how the headline font is used is the shifting of letters. It feels as if – like clouds in the sky – they have already decided to move on.

Alongside the artist, the poet and the designer, the paper itself also acts as an author, creating new insights and perspectives courtesy of its transparency.

Unfold the sky and look UP(O)!

Format
46 × 32,5 cm
Umfang
106 Seiten
Auflage
1000
Preis
45,00 Euro
ISBN
9791096939060
design
Rejane Dal Bello
druck/print
Zwaan Lenoir, Wormerveer
übersetzer/translator
Pierre Rusch
book binder
AGIA Special Bookbinding, Amsterdam