Reflecting on Waiting for Godot’s absurdist themes, I broke the traditionally linear typesetting of plays and arranged the characters’ lines at random on each page. Because of the inherent complexity of a play’s many different parts, I created a typographic system that assigned a different typeface, color, and angle to each of the character’s lines.
A colored line acts as a visual guide for chronlogy throughout the play and also connects each page to the next, emphasizing the continuity of the play. The book can be both read traditionally (spread-by-spread) and unfolded into one long, continuous strip.
A colored line acts as a visual guide for chronlogy throughout the play and also connects each page to the next, emphasizing the continuity of the play. The book can be both read traditionally (spread-by-spread) and unfolded into one long, continuous strip.
Waiting for Godot
Book Design
Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two men wait for the titular Godot, who never arrives. The play is known for its various discussions among the characters and absurdist themes.
Book Design
Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two men wait for the titular Godot, who never arrives. The play is known for its various discussions among the characters and absurdist themes.
