The Rise of a Nation, 30 years in Pictures

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CAPTURING THE JOURNEY OF THE UAE IN MORE THAN 1,900 PICTURES

3 years in the making, ‘The Rise of a Nation’ – a coffee table book that tells the fascinating story of UAE, through a curated collection of more than 1,900 pictures taken by the staff photographers of Gulf News, who have been recording life in the UAE for more than 30 years.

The 400 page book is organised by year, and within each year, into themes, including major political and national events, social occasions, the business life of the UAE, and sporting events. Each of these four threads in the UAE’s life is followed all the way from 1978 up to 2011.

The title and page dividers feature clean readable typography over a metallic Pantone color, giving an accent of elegance and prestige. Following this idea, and taking in consideration that this book could be used constantly for historical reference, a dust jacket was designed and every picture on the book was varnished independently from the page to protect them from the continuous handling.

Winner of The Best Emirati Book Award at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2011.

Spot Colors: Pantone 8003 C & Pantone 1595 + OMV.

Fonts: Big Caslon FB, Relay FB, Poynter OS Text One L & Poynter Agate One.

Paper: Hanno Art paper, 150GSM matt. Sheet size: 64 cm X 90 cm.

Dust Jacket, Box & Bag: Gloss paper 170GSM with mate lamination

Book Size: : 26.5 cm x 32.5 cm. + Bleeding

Weight of Book: 2.6 kg

Hard Cover: Pantone 8003. Metallic Silver foil in debossing on Rives Design Conqueror (paper).

SKETCHING & PRODUCTION

Color proof, looking for the right Pantone color and varnish. (Pantone 8002c, 8003c and varnish gloss/mate).

Prototype v3.0, 16 April 2010. (Proof book)

New content and corrections

SAMPLE OF PHOTOS SELECTED. Gulf News property.

From the Trade Centre, looking south along the Abu Dhabi Road (now Shaikh Zayed Road) in 1981

One of the six gigantic steel cross-pieces arriving at the site of the new hotel. Burj Al Arab during construction.

Andre Agassi of the US and Roger Federer of Switzerland playing tennis on the helipad of Dubai's Burj Al Arab. They played on a specially prepared tennis court for 20 minutes on the helipad which stands 211 metres high.

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