Drawing the Line — A Collection of Reflections Between Art and Design
Marta Cabral
Final project for the year-long Project course — an editorial project on a free theme in which the student takes on the roles of both editor and designer, developing an editorial object from ideation and conception through to print production.
This project seeks to understand design as a field of reflection and inquiry, not merely as a style, a discipline or a problem in search of a solution.
The publication gathers a selection of texts that reflect on the relationship between art and design. Rather than trying to draw a definitive line between the two, it presents different positions, arguments and perspectives built up over time.
It is printed with the four colors normally used to compose an image – cyan, magenta, yellow and black – each progressively revealed across the book’s sections, mixing with the others until all four overlap.
The color bars in the book’s margins make this system visible, letting the reader follow the gradual construction of the image. The printing process thus becomes an integral part of the project, reinforcing the idea of a continuous process, permanently under construction throughout the publication.
Imprint / Technical Rider:
Year: 2026
Dimensions: 210 × 297 × 15 mm; 176 pages
Materials: Nautilus Recycled 100 g.
Production and finishing: Hand-made Swiss binding finished with fabric tape.
Resources and credits: Neue Haas Grotesk — Christian Schwartz, Monotype
Linux Libertine — Philipp H. Poll
Adobe InDesign CC 2026
Curricular Unit:
Project (1st year)
Supervising Professor:
Eduardo Aires
Keywords: Editorial Design, Art and Design, CMYK
See this project in the Material Archive interactive archive →