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Futura — An Editorial Study

An editorial book on the history and cultural reach of the Futura typeface, designed for a university project.

Cover of an editorial book about the Futura typeface

Overview

“One typeface, a century of borrowed authority.”

A university editorial-design project tracing Futura's story, from Paul Renner's original design through its adoption by Kubrick, NASA, Volkswagen, Nike and Absolut.

Approach

Built the publication as a sequence of landscape spreads, combining typographic scale, archival references and a limited visual system to connect Futura's history with its cultural uses.

Role and deliverables

The responsibilities and final material delivered for this project.

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Editorial book

Selected work