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The Death of the Moth: Book


Publication Design

The Death of the Moth: Book

Down and Out in Paris and London


Idioms: Harvard Sentences

Sparrow: Book

Olivia’s O’s

History Will Judge Them

The Cat, the Clock and the Rock

Ontario Bouldering Guide Dustjackets


Animation/Video Design

The Death of the Moth: Reflection

The Heaviest Weight

Sparrow: Animation


Poster Design

Ontario Bouldering Index

Vignettes Poster


Miscellaneous

Who Are You Wearing?

Marie Antoinette Triptych

GradEx 111

Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s essay, The Death of the Moth, this book presents the text in a publication inspired by the moth. The fuzzy natural paper of the cover and end pages emulates the hairy wings of moths. Even the inside pages seem to have specks of fluff embedded in their fibres. 

I also took inspiration from the Adhemarius ypsilon moth, which gets its name from its “Y” shaped wings and body. Note the formation of the Japanese binding technique, and the y’s of the text highlighted by moth-made...or hand-made...cutouts.