The Life of the Royal Garden
2024
Designed for the exhibition “The Life of the Royal Garden”, this publication for the Royal Łazienki Museum combines contemporary editorial design with historical typographic references. Bound in mass-dyed paper with a silkscreen-printed cover, the album presents reproductions of paintings, drawings, architectural sketches, and exhibition objects, creating a refined dialogue between heritage and modern visual language.
The Royal Baths Museum
2024
Filip Tofil
Urszula Tofil
Scientific editors:
Małgorzata Maria Grąbczewska
Izabela Kopania
Authors:
Kamil Frejlich
Małgorzata Maria Grąbczewska
Izabela Kopania
Magdalena Lewna
Seweryn Malawski
Piotr Skowroński
Jolanta Żubrowska
Leading editor:
Łukasz Zawada
Tomek Albin
We translated a specific typographic brief into a coherent visual language for the publication. The decorative, distressed typeface with worn letterforms and swashes became a defining element, balanced by more restrained typography for longer texts and captions. The layout was developed as a flexible system able to accommodate numerous object reproductions and texts of different lengths and character. Image scale, typography, sequencing and white space were carefully adjusted to create a consistent rhythm across the publication.
The main challenge was balancing the expressive, distressed typeface with the publication’s diverse content. The layout needed to remain clear and legible while avoiding a rigid, overly structured feel. We developed a flexible editorial system in which paragraphs and text blocks subtly shift across the page, creating an organic rhythm and allowing the content to breathe. The layout grew organically: the client-selected typeface provided the roots, the content formed the structure, and each element was allowed to branch out and find its natural place.
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