Book of Insults | Philipp Mentrup, Germany
Insults are constantly present in everyday life. They are partially open and partially and very subtle and not immediately recognizable as such. They can be hurtful, but also charming and funny. The context plays an important role. That’s what interested me in this project.
The result is two books (asshole and victim) and ten postcards. As it always depends on the offensive view of the viewer you can read the books either individually as a turning book or unfolded as one book. There is one part of the perpetrator and one part about the victims. Every book is readable individually, but you will only get one viewing point. After the unfolding you get the whole story.
When it comes to insults each situation has always two perspectives. Not every asshole is an asshole all the time and not every victim is a victim all the time. Therefore, the contents in the magazines are not always clear to one side. The boundaries are blurring.
I spoke too soon. This is yet again how my layout looked before I stopped working on it to start over on a separate document, the reason being it was too long, i had pictured it as a small publication, with nothing else around it. however in the context of the unit this would be for a magazine, and no one would give me 7 spreads to present an interview. However I would have liked it to have this length rather than 3 spreads, as theres much more space for me to set the type and experiment. even if i drop the text size again it will be very tight. Ideally in my head the final should have been this after i developed it more
some cool designers from chicago made a newspaper about everything design is. Amongst their midsts was the hard to find Buddy Boor. Whose forehead and fingers are featured prominently in this post. See more of the zine-thing here
Mick Jagger onstage during The Rolling Stones 1969 American Tour (x)
