Thesis Design Artifact
This book is a visualization of a 140-page research document on the recontextualization of the atlas as a designer container. "Meta-Phorical Graphic Atlas" is directly influenced by research of Herbert Bayer's "World Geo-Graphic Atlas."
The written document compares the historical use of the atlas between the Netherlands and the United States. In the book design the text on the left-side pages is shown in the Dutch language (thanks to Google Translate, definitely not precise), and the right side pages are in English.
The written document compares the historical use of the atlas between the Netherlands and the United States. In the book design the text on the left-side pages is shown in the Dutch language (thanks to Google Translate, definitely not precise), and the right side pages are in English.
The atlas utilized in a newspaper format in a continued recontextualization of the written data and information.
