Taxonomy Book Documentation

Windy winter rain

My silly big umbrella

Tries walking backward

In the haiku there is a conflict between the umbrella (man) and wind (nature). Hence the title of the taxonomy book. The book was divided and binded based on this concept. The paper has a somewhat natural color and the rivets provide the idea of man. The haiku also has a child like quality to it so the placement of marks was carried out in a fashion that created a kind of narrative. The marks are not simply placed in the center of the pages for display. They move around the pages and bleed off the pages and some interact with each other. The type face was chosen to resemble the type used in children's books. When doing my Reach Out and Read poster for Typography 1, I needed to acquire some children's books to cut my analog letters out of. Almost every book I looked at used a serif typeface. Finally, a little combination of mine and McKenzie's motifs was added to the front to display the child like quality of the the haiku and the conflict between man and nature.