Domus 917 – Cover

September 2008 - design by onlab
Creative Direction and Concept: Nicolas Bourquin & Sven Ehmann; Graphic Design: Nicolas Bourquin
Publisher: Editoriale Domus, Milan, Italy

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Cover with wrapping, issue 917, september 2008
Design of the wrapping: onlab, Nicolas Bourquin, Thibaud Tissot

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Cover, issue 917, september 2008
Photography: Tess Hurrell

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This image of a construction's frailness and transience, be it built by animals or humans, would seem to fit in well with the central theme of Venice's 11th International Architecture Exhibition, which aspires to go "Beyond Building". It suits this concept like a nest modelled on the body of its creator. ...

Cover story, issue 917: Fernanda Dix

In the animal kingdom, if we disregard social insects which construct sophisticated networks of interconnected underground passages and chambers, it's the birds that are the expert nest builders, using them for laying and hatching their eggs. (...)