Week 2 [09.18.09] The Book is an Architectural Body

Introduction to the monograph/exhibition catalog and the anatomy of the book and understanding the book as an architectural body. A look at samples from architects, graphic designers, and artists.

Selection and presentation of monograph content. First half of class to bring in printed matter that describes all of the work you would like to include in your book. Select projects large and small, don’t shy away from process material, throwaways and projects that are not architecturally biased. In addition, you should be thinking about the things that inspired your work, collateral you collected in the process of making or exterior references that drove some of your ideas.

You don’t have to bring in everything you have on this work but enough to give us a sensibility of your work as a collection. Have this material hung on the wall BEFORE class begins. Title your work with 5 descriptive adjectives and a working title for your collection.

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