The plot of the novel is Drogo's lifelong wait for a great war in which his life and the existence of the fort can prove its usefulness. Drogo spends his career waiting for the barbarian horde rumored to live beyond the desert. Without noticing, Drogo finds that in his watch over the fort he has let years and decades pass and that, he has come away with nothing except solidarity with his fellow soldiers in their long, patient vigil.
The design concept of the book is that we analyzed the plot of the book itself, the characters, the ambience. All lead to that the novel itself has an unclear path, in which the characters themselves end up spending years wasting their lives away for nothing.
We picked up keywords to help us to understand which path to take towards a new design concept for the book. We understood that the book has a monoton atmosphere, expecting the unexpected, lack of characterization, very dry, very emotionless, dramatic and mysterious, and most important key word for us is the lack of clarity.
With the technique of visual writing, we were able to visually tell the story of The Tartar Steppe through its unreadable texts.
Based on the key word (lack of clarity), we managed to come up with a consistent design concept, from its cover, to its inner pages.
How it works?
Mentored by Luca Pitoni and Giacomo Traldi
Designed by Seljan Gurbanova and Farah El Hayek
Photographed by Seljan Gurbanova
Photographed by Seljan Gurbanova
Scuola di Politecnica, SPD
Milan, Italy
2016