The Royal Castle

The process focused on crafting the publication as a physical object rather than a book intended primarily for reading—an object to be handled, explored and admired, reflecting the experience of contemplating the palace interiors presented in its pages. Throughout the project, we worked closely with the Museum’s team to ensure that both the finishing details and editorial layout were appropriate to the character of the subject. Every element was considered in terms of touch, texture and material presence. The limited-edition album is housed in a rigid bookbinding-board box wrapped in linen, with gold hot stamping applied to both the box and dust jacket. A royal palette of gold, red and blue is used throughout the packaging, cover and interior, reinforcing the publication’s visual and material connection to the character of the Royal Castle.

The key challenge was to create a visual language that would reflect the historical and ceremonial character of the Royal Castle without making the publication feel nostalgic, decorative or dated. We found the right balance through Romie by Margot Lévêque, whose extensive repertoire of ligatures and stylistic sets allowed us to create a typographic language that evokes historic documents, inscriptions and carved marble lettering while remaining contemporary in its application. Rather than reproducing historical styles literally, we used these references selectively, combining them with a restrained layout, contemporary typography and a carefully controlled colour palette. This allowed the publication to establish a dialogue with the architecture and objects of the Royal Apartments while maintaining a distinctly current visual expression.