Rafael Pardo
Nuevo brutalismo / New Brutalism
Publication
2020
128 pp.
18 x 24 cm
Published by Arquine
In collaboration with Diego Hernández Beauroyre
Book design for Rafael Pardo, a Mexican architect celebrated for pushing the properties of concrete to their limits in pursuit of greater formal expressiveness. The materiality of the cover sets the tone for the entire publication, using gray cardboard to evoke the omnipresence of concrete in his work. The page composition and layout draw inspiration from Pardo’s architectural style, characterized by spaciousness and geometric precision. The typographic choice of Rational for titles and larger texts reinforces the sense of weight and solidity inherent to his material of choice.