Fractals / Fractais
Cláudia Martina, Bruna Chichavel, João Sousa and Luís Lopes
“Fractals / Fractais” is a bilingual publication divided into three volumes. The project was developed as a group in response to a brief proposed by another group in the Project curricular unit (made up of Maria Luísa Pinto, Roberta Miranda and Victoria Borges Brites), which called for a coffee-table book exploring fractal forms in relation to nature and human beings.
The publication’s identity and visual aesthetic were inspired by these infinite, self-similar geometric forms found in nature, carrying these motifs into the design and layout: a geometric, monospaced typeface for titles and subheadings, and a selection of vibrant, saturated colors that interact with one another, creating infinite pairs. To clearly mark the publication’s bilingual nature, two different typefaces were used, one for each language: a serif typeface for Portuguese and a sans serif for English.
The three volumes are brought together in an outer slipcase that combines the three main colors in one of the best-known fractal examples: the Mandelbrot set.
Imprint / Technical Rider:
Year: 2024/2025
Dimensions: 180 × 240 mm; 300 pages
Materials: Munken Pure 120 g/m².
Production and finishing: Digital printing; hand-bound with French sewing.
Resources and credits: Typefaces: Sentient (Indian Type Foundry), Uncut Sans (Kasper Nordkvist) and Goozette (Alexandra Lambert and Madeleine Barbaroux).
Curricular Unit:
Project (1st year)
Supervising Professor:
Cristina Ferreira
Keywords: Editorial Design, Book Design, Multivolume