Forget Me Not

Book coverForget Me Not
Book coverForget Me Not
Book coverForget Me Not
Book coverForget Me Not

Two colors, two layers, two perspectives – intertwining, competing, and mingling. The first layer forms the foundation of the story: a series of black-and-white photographs that bring the scenery to life. Viewed individually, they become a visual atlas, guiding us through both the book and its landscape. At the same time, this layer serves as a canvas for the second – an overlay that hangs from the top of the pages like strips of fabric from Swiss drying towers.

The second layer, printed entirely in red, subtly references the Turkish red dye once emblematic of Switzerland’s textile industry. This visual gesture makes the artistic research stand out, inviting viewers to explore it independently. Yet, through rasterization, the red images remain transparent, like projections that interact dynamically with the base. Both storylines contextualize and complete one another.

This duality carries through into the typographic concept: clear, grounded fonts ensure readability, while calligraphic flourishes and handwritten notes add a personal, intimate quality. The varied combination of photographs, documents, notes, sketches, textures and layered materials turns Forget Me Not into a richly constructed world – one where new paths and perspectives continually emerge.

 

Edition: 2024
Date of publication: August 2024
Author: Stéphanie Baechler
Language: English, German
Translator: Helga Marx, Sadie Plant, Nigel Cave
Final editor: Harriet Foyster
Photographer: Ladina Bischof
Artist: Stéphanie Baechler
Publisher: Building Fictions, Amsterdam
Graphic designer: Rudy Guedj (Amsterdam)
Lithographer: Marco Kokkelkoren (robstolk), Amsterdam
Printer: robstolk, Amsterdam
Binder: Van Hees - Patist, Zaltbommel
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 220 x 440 x 30
Number of pages: 404
Print run: 900
Price: € 60
ISBN: 978-90-833756-2-5
Font and foundry: ABC Monument Grotesk (Dinamo), Garamond Micro (Adobe Fonts), Shelley sript LT (Linotype)
Binding style: Otastar
Paper for interior (grammage): Emotion Touch 1.5 Natural White 100g/m², Terraprint Gloss 80g/m², Holmen Trend Vintage 70g/m²
Material cover (grammage): Emotion Touch 1.5 Natural White 240g/m²
Material dust jacket (grammage): Gmund Les Naturals Tourmaline 330g/m²
Special features: The binding is Otastar but instead of having the flaps on the outside jacket we included them on the inside cover which can be seen as unusual. The book is printed in offest, in two colours (black and red) for its main part. To obtain the desired result, the red rastered images have been knocked out of the black printing plates to avoid overprinting and maximise the depth difference between the two layers of the book.