A publication conceived to accompany an exhibition of kinetic sculptures by Jean Tinguely, and designed to channel the artist’s anarchic wit and mechanical exuberance. The design draws on the visual language of movement and malfunction. Typographic elements stagger, jut and collide across the page, invoking Tinguely’s self-destructive machines and his fascination with instability. The layout resists symmetry in favour of engineered imbalance – capturing the theatrical energy of the work without resorting to pastiche.

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Material decisions were grounded in this same spirit of controlled disorder. The catalogue is three-quarter bound with exposed, uncoated book boards – a tactile, utilitarian gesture that evokes the workshop as much as the gallery. The raw edge of the cover is left deliberately unfinished, designed to fray over time, introducing a slow, material entropy into the object itself. Internally, content is printed on a refined uncoated stock that lends the book tactility without sacrificing precision – balancing rawness with restraint. The overall structure is clean but resistant to polish. Space is used assertively, allowing works to feel both monumental and contingent. In form and tone, the catalogue extends Tinguely’s provocations into the editorial realm – a book that moves, quietly, in the same direction as the machines it records.

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Artist: Jean Tinguely

Gallery: Nahmad Projects

Design & Art Direction: Billie Temple