Karlín book illustrations
My favorite way to design books is to blend photos and illustrations closely with the flow of the story and the content in text. With Karlín it was obvious there will be a lot of photos for the 40 locations it portrays and adding more images for the architecture and artworks would flood the book with very incoherent content. The illustrated representations complement the book perfectly without diversifying the visuals too much. Illustrations also work better in ofset print if the image size is smaller, they mainting clarity far beyond a photo.
Karlín book →
Endpaper motives expressing the transition of Karlín from bricks to concrete.
Architecture
St. Cyril and Metoděj church.
Main Point Karlín.
J&T bank.
Hilton hotel, Negrelli viaduct, Štvanice footbridge.
River Diamond.
Cornlofts.
Palác Karlín.
Keystone.
Amazon Court.
Forum Karlín.
AFI Butterfly.
Danube house.
Machine house.
River Gardens.
Nile house.
Rustonka.
Corso Karlín.
Fragment.
Sculptures & artworks
Tower and caterpillar.
Sport mosaic.
Lilith.
08.23.1993
River.
Hen slide.
Project info
Graphics
Client
Yinestudio + J&T bank
Concept
Michaela Hečková & Yinestudio
Research & interviews
Jan Schmid/Perfect Crowd, Michaela Hečková, Denisa Lešková
Written by
Michaela Hečková
Graphic design, illustration, typesetting, pre-press
Matej Chabera
Photographs in the book
Jan Langer
CPC Ostrava & Finidr
Units
2500
Photography
Chabera studio
Year
2023