Mercuria identity
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Mercuria is a periodical blending art and science. We developed an identity for the project, commissioning JacobWise to adapt his Monarch typeface into a custom logotype. We have subsequently designed each installment of Vol.1, which explores Mercury as a theme and consists of various independently released chapters.
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Chapter 1, A Fragmented History of Mercury, is an exploration of the Volume’s namesake undertaken across diverse fields of inquiry, including mythology, alchemy, and astrology.
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Chapter 2, Prima Mythica, includes work by RoxanaAzar, MarionBelanger, MarianneBjørnmyr, TonyChirinos, AntoneDolezal, BrendanGeorgeKo, ChristopherRodriguez, DavidSteinberg, AthenaTorri, AndréViking, KatherineWolkoff, and TerezaZelenkov.
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Bringing a mercurial approach to our design, each chapter shifts in format, material, and typographic details.
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Chapter 3, On Medicine and Madness, explores the complicated history of mercury and the human body with an essay by LizSales and photographs by SophieGabrielle.
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We worked with EmilieVizcano to create custom lettering for the chapter’s introduction and excerpts from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, which overlay Gabrielle’s macabre images.
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Additional installments of Mercuria are forthcoming. Upon completion of Vol.1, a limited edition portfolio designed to house all chapters of the volume will be released.
Publisher: Conveyor Studio
Editor: Christina Labey
Mercuria lettering: Jacob Wise
Chapter 3 lettering: Emilie Vizcano
Junior designer: Élise Rigollet