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David Barath's striking, Bauhaus-esque designs for new Fedrigoni book

Graphic designer and art director David Barath was one of eight creatives recently tasked with creating designs for a book from the Italian paper producer, Fedrigoni.

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Open book displaying two of David Barath's abstract geometric designs in bright blue, pink, teal and yellow on pale blue pages, with pink spine visible

Each designer was given 15 pages of a specific paper to work with, using six Pantone colours. Barath's paper was Fedrigoni Stucco Sirio Calce 130g, a thick stock with a silky smooth surface.

"This being an art project and me being specialised in branding, I decided to use these pages for my personal branding," Barath explains. Each of his graphic, bold pieces takes the form of a typographic poster artwork from the 15 letters of his website address.

His designs are incredibly simple, but also incredibly striking; with Bauhaus-like forms in bright blue, pink, teal and yellow. The book itself was designed by Thomas Manss & Company.

Open pages of Fedrigoni book showing David Barath's Bauhaus-style graphic design featuring geometric shapes in blue, pink, yellow and black on white paper
Open book showing David Barath's geometric poster design with coloured triangular and circular shapes in pink, blue, yellow and teal on a blue-grey page
Open book displaying two pages of David Barath's geometric poster designs with colourful shapes in blue, pink, teal, yellow and black on a light blue background
Open book spread showing two of David Barath's geometric poster designs in bright blue, pink, yellow, teal and black on grey paper
Open spread of Fedrigoni book showing David Barath's geometric designs in teal, blue, pink and yellow, featuring bold typographic poster artworks with Bauhaus-like forms
Open Fedrigoni book showing two pages with David Barath's geometric typographic designs in bold blue, pink, teal, yellow and black shapes on light blue paper
Open Fedrigoni book displaying two pages with bold geometric compositions in blue, pink, teal and yellow by David Barath
Open book showing David Barath's colourful geometric poster designs featuring bold shapes in blue, pink, teal and yellow on light blue pages, with pink spine visible
Stacked notebooks with olive-green covers on top and magenta and grey pages visible on the sides, showcasing Fedrigoni paper stock
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