Jonathan Safran Foer: Tree of Codes

This book was a designer’s hit when it came out…2010? Because Foer made it into an art object by having words cut out of pages and the reader interacting with the sculptural build up of the holes as well as the actual content. Designers on the project are Sara De Bondt and Jonathan Gray. Foer, like Dave Eggers before him, is an example of a writer deeply concerned with typography and design. These guys are interdisciplinary

An article about the making of the book is here:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662680/inside-jonathan-safran-foers-unmakeable-interactive-book

 

“The book is actually a kind of interactive paper-sculpture: Foer and his collaborators at Die Keure in Belgium took the pages of another book, Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles, and literally carved a brand new story out of them using a die-cut technique.”