Square leporello comprising eight isometric projections of a sphere constructed from identical cubic cells and printed in eight distinct three-color combinations. Portfolio design by Baer Cornet GVN; graphics by the Cubic Constructions Centre (CCC), the celebrated Dutch design laboratory founded by Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma. The reverse colophon identifies the publication as the ninth in Rosbeek's series of experimental printing projects. 7.75” x 7.75”. Published in the Netherlands in 1972 by Cubic Construction Centre/Drukkerij Rosbeek.
A striking synthesis of Op Art, sytems art, visionary architecture, and early computer-era graphic thinking. The spherical form—generated entirely from modular cubic units—belongs to the broader program of cubic investigations that occupied Slothouber and Graatsma from the 1960s onward through furniture, architecture, exhibitions, prints, and the activities of the CCC. The Rijksmuseum attributes Cubic Cosmic City directly to Slothouber and Graatsma and notes the use of successive primary and secondary color permutations across the eight projections. The work emerged from the same body of research that led to the duo's representation of the Netherlands at the 1970 Venice Biennale and their influential explorations of modular cubic systems.
An especially desirable provenance copy, retaining a loose typed mailing slip addressed to Massimo Vignelli at his Riverdale, New York residence, and obtained directly from his estate. The presence of the original address label places the publication within the international network of designers, architects, and visual theorists who exchanged experimental graphic material during the early 1970s. An uncommon and visually arresting Radical Dutch design object linking Slothouber and Graatsma's celebrated cubic constructions with the library of one of the twentieth century's most influential graphic designers.
Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, with light chipping to spine.
Square leporello comprising eight isometric projections of a sphere constructed from identical cubic cells and printed in eight distinct three-color combinations. Portfolio design by Baer Cornet GVN; graphics by the Cubic Constructions Centre (CCC), the celebrated Dutch design laboratory founded by Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma. The reverse colophon identifies the publication as the ninth in Rosbeek's series of experimental printing projects. 7.75” x 7.75”. Published in the Netherlands in 1972 by Cubic Construction Centre/Drukkerij Rosbeek.
A striking synthesis of Op Art, sytems art, visionary architecture, and early computer-era graphic thinking. The spherical form—generated entirely from modular cubic units—belongs to the broader program of cubic investigations that occupied Slothouber and Graatsma from the 1960s onward through furniture, architecture, exhibitions, prints, and the activities of the CCC. The Rijksmuseum attributes Cubic Cosmic City directly to Slothouber and Graatsma and notes the use of successive primary and secondary color permutations across the eight projections. The work emerged from the same body of research that led to the duo's representation of the Netherlands at the 1970 Venice Biennale and their influential explorations of modular cubic systems.
An especially desirable provenance copy, retaining a loose typed mailing slip addressed to Massimo Vignelli at his Riverdale, New York residence, and obtained directly from his estate. The presence of the original address label places the publication within the international network of designers, architects, and visual theorists who exchanged experimental graphic material during the early 1970s. An uncommon and visually arresting Radical Dutch design object linking Slothouber and Graatsma's celebrated cubic constructions with the library of one of the twentieth century's most influential graphic designers.
Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, with light chipping to spine.
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