Sol. Mitos, historia y sociedades (“Sun. Myths, History and Societies”) is a book by Emma Carenini that explains how the sun has never been something trivial in civilizations and how its conquest has been pursued for centuries by man.

The goal of the cover design of this Spanish edition for Punta de Vista editores was to reference the sun in the least obvious way possible. There is basically no circular shapes or colors linked to the sun. We use black as the main color. “Sol” is such a recognizable word that just reading it connotes images and sensations. The primary typeface is Megabase (with some modifications done by me), supported by small text set in another typeface from David Jonathan Ross’ Font of the Month Club: Job Clarendon.

Juan Pedro Rastellino’s La Carneada narrates the story of a group of friends raising a pig during one year in order to produce sausages of the finest quality. With special features such as pages you have to rip open with a knife, the book design by Ezequiel Cafaro perfectly matches the story.

The pink cloth cover, printed with the title in Tenez, brings forward its quirky, expressive letter R, matched with inkless relief on grey cardboard that lends quite a bit of poise to the cover.

It’s really nice to see the lightest range of weights in Tenez used inside the book as well. The design is exquisite and I particularly enjoyed seeing the pink pages covered in display size type.