Tara Donovan: Hyperobjects
Publication Design
2024
SIZE: 11 x 8 ½ in.
BINDING: Perfect
This artist monograph centers on the work of Tara Donovan, whose large-scale sculptures are composed of everyday, often disposable materials such as Styrofoam cups, plastic straws, paper plates. Her practice transforms these objects into vast, intricate forms that challenge perception and scale. From a distance, her installations appear organic, architectural, or even geological. Only up close does the material origin become clear.
The design of the monograph responds directly to this conceptual transformation. The book's proportions are based on an 8 ½ × 11 inch sheet of printer paper—a format so familiar that it becomes almost invisible. The text is set entirely in Arial, one of the most widely used typefaces in the world. These choices emphasize the mundane and ubiquitous, echoing Donovan’s materials while reinforcing the idea that extraordinary meaning can emerge from ordinary things.