IJsbeer in een ijsklontje van glas by Sem Deeleman
Description of the project by designer Patrick Jakhari Sanders (translated from the Dutch with DeepL):
IJsbeer in een ijsklontje van glas (“Polar Bear in an Ice Cube of Glass”) is a work by writer and activist Sem Deeleman. Her stories and poems often balance between fiction and reality. This book explores the world of steel, grinding tools, police and lawsuits, but focuses mainly on the romance of activism.
The goal of this project was to design a book that not only presents Deeleman’s story legibly, but also visually reinforces her activist message. The book had to have the look and feel of an activist manifesto.
The design is strongly rooted in activist aesthetics. The overlapping large texts recall a street full of banners, while the use of kraft material refers to cardboard signs during demonstrations. The shape and typography of the interior are inspired by activist zines. The dust jacket also functions as a poster, with a sentence from the book on the back that can be read as a powerful slogan. There are five different dust jackets, giving the book five unique covers.
IJsbeer in een ijsklontje van glas features a book concept and design by Patrick Jakhari Sanders. The publication is printed on Papyrus RecyStar Rainbow Intens Red paper, with printing and binding handled by Dogan Arnhem. The body text is set in Superclarendon by Typodermic, and the dust jacket in PP Right Grotesk by Alex Slobzheninov and Pangram Pangram Foundry.
