Steve 2: Farrell

Designer / artist behind one of my favorite books in my personal library, Vas: An Opera in Flatland, Stephen manages to blend typography, unconventional layout, photographs and illustrations in ways that shouldn't work but are ultimately tremendously successful (IMO). Strangely devoid of much of an Internet presence, the best I could find on his background is his faculty page at the AI Chicago.

I feel like I must have written about this book before, but if not, here's a smattering of spreads worth checking out. Honestly though, it's an object best experienced in person, in hardcover.

It looks like the hardcover print run has been extinguished and current options for purchase are limited to a suspect paperback reprint or a $498 hardcover leftover from an independent seller. Mine? You'll need more than $500 to pry this guy from my ink stained hands.