01 · The challenge
What the piece had to solve.
The study brings dense archive material and vivid new work into one publication. The challenge is to give each body of content a clear pace while allowing image-heavy spreads to open comfortably.
Editorial production study · 2025
Index No. 07
An editorial study combining case binding, section-sewn pages, risograph colour and a removable folded print.
224Pages, section sewn
3Internal papers
14Signatures folded and gathered
1Removable riso foldout
02 · The response
How production answered the brief.
A paper dummy established bulk and section rhythm before the artwork was final. Stock changes distinguish archive material from new work, section sewing supports the opening behaviour, and the folded riso print serves as both jacket and edition.
03 · The outcome
What the finished piece achieved.
The publication moves clearly between documentation and saturated new work. Each change in stock, colour or construction corresponds to a change in the content.
Black casebound Index No. 07 book with pages fanned open and cobalt sprayed edges
The build
Colour, material and finish.
Sprayed edgesCobalt, three sides
Section sewnOpens flat across the gutter
Blind embossCover only, index number
- 01Dummy
Blank paper dummy bulked and bound before artwork was final.
- 02Separation
Archive and new work split onto different stocks.
- 03Press
Litho text block, risograph foldout on its own run.
- 04Bind
Sewn, cased, trimmed, then edges sprayed.
Production notes
- Cloth-covered case binding
- Section-sewn text block
- Three internal papers
- Two-colour risograph foldout
Services used
- Editorial production
- Paper engineering
- Bookbinding
Discipline
- Editorial
- 2025
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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