Hidden Cities: A Photobook
Introducing "Hidden Cities: A Photobook," a book editorial design that draws inspiration from Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities." Created as an assignment for Editorial Design (IID3002) at Yonsei University during the Spring Semester of 2023, this photobook combines curated photographs and evocative texts to offer a unique perspective on urban landscapes. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this project serves as a catalyst for social awareness, encouraging readers to explore the hidden layers of cities and cherish the rare and underrated moments that unfold within them. By capturing these fleeting glimpses, the photobook invites viewers to reevaluate their surroundings and foster a deeper appreciation for the cities they inhabit or pass by.
Introducing "Hidden Cities: A Photobook," a book editorial design that draws inspiration from Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities." Created as an assignment for Editorial Design (IID3002) at Yonsei University during the Spring Semester of 2023, this photobook combines curated photographs and evocative texts to offer a unique perspective on urban landscapes. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this project serves as a catalyst for social awareness, encouraging readers to explore the hidden layers of cities and cherish the rare and underrated moments that unfold within them. By capturing these fleeting glimpses, the photobook invites viewers to reevaluate their surroundings and foster a deeper appreciation for the cities they inhabit or pass by.
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HIDDEN CITIES
Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he
describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars
does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity
than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his.” So begins Italo Calvino’s
compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla,
which “has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise
vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors
should be,” the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be
that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating fine
details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting
some of the myriad possible forms a city might take.
© WIKIPEDIA
ITALO CALVINO (1923–1985) was an
Italian journalist and writer of short stories
and novels. His best known works include
the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959),
the Cosmicomics collection of short
stories (1965), and the novels Invisible
Cities (1972) and If on a winter’s night a
traveler (1979). Lionized in Britain and
America, he was, at the time of his death,
the mosttranslated contemporary Italian
writer.
FELTRINELLI
PRIZE FOR
LITERATURE
-ITALO CALVINO
“If they are forms, they are also like signals condensing in themselves power that
awaits its translation into form. And Calvino’s book is like no other know.”
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
“It’s hard to imagine a more authentic travelogue than Calvino’s work of fiction.”
-LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS
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Jacket Illustration by Pho Vu
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
PUBLISHING COMPANY
an acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003.
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© 1974 by Harcourt Brace & Company
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