Llibre Verd València
Llibre Verd València is the commemorative publication of Valencia European Green Capital 2024, a reference for citizens, professionals, and public authorities that sets out the city’s urban strategy for the coming decades in terms of sustainability and climate action.
This book needed to be functional and embody sustainability, while also serving as a limited-edition gift. The aim was to create a singular object that connects with both the theme and the territory through an organic material made from orange peels that embraces the publication. A unique material that reflects the creative potential of biomaterials and the transformation of waste. Resource efficiency defines the design of the content as well as the choice of format, paper, and inks.
Typography is one of the defining elements of the publication. Since this is a trilingual book and the goal was to minimize the total number of pages, a different typeface was chosen for each language: Guyot (serif) for Catalan/Valencian; Acumin (sans) for Spanish; and Ionic Modern (which, although not strictly a slab serif, is close enough) for English. In addition to providing the necessary differentiation without having to specify the language of each text, this approach also helped balance the overall text lengths. To complete this typographic set, Forma DJR Mono (monospaced) was selected for navigation and other common elements.
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To clarify our note on the “slab”: the initial choice for the English text was Caslon Ionic, but its tonal weight proved too dark in comparison with the other two languages. This led to the selection of Ionic Modern, maintaining the concept of assigning not only a different typeface but also a distinct typographic category to each function.