Art in Embassies  /  Tijuana, Mexico

This bilingual catalogue documents the art collection on display in the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, Mexico.

  • Front cover features Arturo Almeida’s art inspired by papel picado against a brown rectangle on the back cover.
  • Detail of the title showing the word “mexico” in a stylized curvilinear typeface printed in a clear gloss UV coating.
  • Title page with cover flap open to the left.
  • The text in a dual language essay creates a visual “border” with English text printing in black just “north” of the Spanish text printing in copper metallic.
  • Opening catalogue spread features the word “artists” reflecting the cover typography over a brown background.
  • Spread with Doug Hall’s large format photograph, “Plaza Monumental, Tijuana, Mexico” that shows a bullfight.
  • Pedro Reyes and his students' sculpture reproduces the inner ear and is meant to convey the need to “hear” across borders.
  • Object descriptions in English and Spanish.

Other projects completed for Art in Embassies include:

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The cover shows an image of a magnet attracting and scattering iron filings is an abstract representation of the most holy site in Islam, the Ka’aba. This bilingual catalogue, in Arabic and English, was designed for Art in Embassies.

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