The Best Designed German Books 2012
Schichten einer Region was selected as one of the best designed German books of 2012.
The Stiftung Buchkunst awarded five books in five categories for being the best designed German books of the year 2012. The JOVIS title Schichten einer Region – Kartenstücke zur räumlichen Struktur des Ruhrgebiets, designed by labor b, was selected in the category „academic books“. The book visualises individual thematic layers of one of the largest European heavy industrial conurbations in maps, graphics and writing. In so-doing it goes beyond familiar depictions to reveal unexpected structures and current processes of transformation in settlement geography, economy, landscape and ecology as well as in regard to the social and built environments. The combination of the maps at the end of the book provides a basis for discussion on the future configuration of the region.
The 25 best designed books are outstanding examples in design, concept, and production quality.
Schichten einer Region was selected as one of the best designed German books of 2012.
The Stiftung Buchkunst awarded five books in five categories for being the best designed German books of the year 2012. The JOVIS title Schichten einer Region – Kartenstücke zur räumlichen Struktur des Ruhrgebiets, designed by labor b, was selected in the category „academic books“. The book visualises individual thematic layers of one of the largest European heavy industrial conurbations in maps, graphics and writing. In so-doing it goes beyond familiar depictions to reveal unexpected structures and current processes of transformation in settlement geography, economy, landscape and ecology as well as in regard to the social and built environments. The combination of the maps at the end of the book provides a basis for discussion on the future configuration of the region.
The 25 best designed books are outstanding examples in design, concept, and production quality.