Beyond the borders
I am pleased to present you this poetic collection, on which I worked as a designer and illustrator. It is not often possible to work from the idea to the very end.
The idea of this book was to show the problem of borders between russian and latvian people.
The red line was born from the line of one poem: “... there are only dots between us ...”. At the same time, it is the border, the barbed wire, and the thread connecting the entire collection into a whole. Moreover, it consists of punctuation marks — small borders of any text.
Very pleased with what happened. And thanks to everyone who participated in the project…
Very pleased with what happened. And thanks to everyone who participated in the project…
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/58c89298486413.5edd7b4926220.jpg)
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/6e433298486413.5edd7b4925acb.jpg)
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/f586b598486413.5edd7b4928bdf.jpg)
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Portraits of the authors are drawn by the red border line and represent a continuous line running through the entire book.
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/24510598486413.5edd7b49252c4.jpg)
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Poems and texts are presented in two languages — Russian and Latvian, the author’s name, page title and book title form a border on each page
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/cc719698486413.5edd7b492692a.jpg)
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/255c5498486413.5edd7b4927775.jpg)
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/decf4098486413.5edd7b4927da5.jpg)
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/a68c3698486413.5edd7b4927067.jpg)
![Bookdesign border Poetry punctuation red](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/048b0e98486413.5edd7b49284be.jpg)
Thank you for watching and let there be no borders between us!