An anniversary piece for the 200th anniversary or Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly’s Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus using the concept of Monstrosity, both literal and metaphorical.

 

This project dominated my existence mirroring, ironically, Shelly’s precautionary tale. I was intrigued by the idea of a pop up book and explored many options for form based on that idea. Using Bodoni, a type face released posthumously in the same year as the publication of the book I explored the possibilities of expressive typography with random and transitional type systems.

 

Laser cut tendrils extend from the treated and hand stitched pages of this poor, vile, wretched thing. The cover was printed with black toner on black textured paper, creating the illusion of a spot varnish.

 

Rhode Island School of Design
Graphic Design Certificate Program, Division of Continuing Education
Dina Vincent, Instructor + Program Advisor