Paul Dersidan Design & Direction

Isidore Isou: Hyper Graphic Novels 1950 – 1984

Cover and book design for Isidore Isou’s Hyper Graphic Novels.Client: Romanian Cultural Institute
Agency: Blau
Production: HS Grafiska
Softcover, 136 pages, 20 x 24 cm — 7.9 x 9.5 in, OffsetBook Design

Blue title lettering reading Isidore Isou Hyper Graphic Novels 1950–1984 with red handwritten marks
White Isidore Isou exhibition book lying on a sunlit surface
Book cover and back cover with blue title lettering and red-and-blue text blocks
Open book spread with a black-and-white portrait and dense biographical textRed chapter divider page with a small vintage book cover and black angular frame
Open book spread with three vintage illustrated pages and red editorial textOpen book spread with a hand drawing, red text and black-and-white illustration
Blue chapter divider page with a small vintage book cover and black angular frameOpen book spread with vintage comic-like drawings and blue editorial text
Open book spread with blue text, archival pages and red line drawings of figuresOpen book spread with dense black essay text and a narrow black graphic divider
Red chapter cover reading The Gods’ Diaries 1950 around a small vintage book coverBlue chapter cover reading Initiation to High Voluptuousness 1960 around a small vintage book cover
Hands holding an open book with text and a red-and-black line drawing of two figures
Close-up of a handwritten manuscript page with red, green and blue drawn marksClose-up of a black-and-white handwritten text field with a reclining line-drawn figure
Dark-walled gallery room with framed works displayed in a long horizontal row
Gallery view with a large hanging text-and-figure artwork and framed works on white wallsBright gallery room with framed graphic works and a large beige wall installationGallery room with framed works, a green wall poster and glass display plinthLong white gallery wall covered with a large black-and-white text artwork