AS NAUS

AS NAUS is a book editing project for a novel that reconstructs the historical view of land-sea navigation and condenses the dramatic historical rise and fall of the Portuguese maritime empire. The concept is based on the novel's literary goal of "variable history," and it experiments with an ever-changing grid system for graphic and typographic design, which includes a typeface inspired by the designs of famous Portuguese warships, a layout inspired by the movement of the sea and the famous colonial ships, a typography inspired by the movement of the sea, and a layout inspired by the movement of the sea and the famous colonial ships. The project includes typography inspired by the design of a famous Portuguese battleship, as well as a layout inspired by the movement of the sea and famous colonial images.

Editorial Design, 2023

           
Reconstructing Maritime Historical Perspectives Between Land and Sea

As Naus, a masterpiece of Portuguese literature, reconstructs the historical view of navigation between land and sea and condenses the dramatic historical rise and fall of the Portuguese maritime empire.

Changing criteria for evaluating history


It is a multi-perspective novel divided into 18 chapters, each of which follows the eyes of one of the most famous figures in the history of Portuguese navigation, such as Da Gama, the "discoverer" of India. The narrative is intertwined with the eyes of famous figures from the history of navigation.

Designing ever-changing fonts to reflect

Based on the ever-changing literary perspective of this novel, I chose to follow this characterization to present the novel with the same application of visual effects to create a changing worldview and textual effects. Through color, typography, paragraphing, and graphic visual language, I was able to give the novel a new design meaning.

Colors

I extracted four main colors related to nautical as the dominant color palette for my design based on historical images and research, which correspond to colonization, the ocean, islands, and nautical charts. Based on these four colors, I created and applied them to the final design.



Different standards for ship design for grid system

Book Inside Display

Outside Display