Autumn 2019
Art and ambiguity
The identity for Venice Biennale Arte 2019, designed by Melanie Mues, distorts type across a colourful three-dimensional grid
Last year, Melanie Mues was approached by curator Ralph Rugoff to design the identity for the Venice Biennale Arte 2019. This was the biggest commission she had taken on since founding her studio in 2001. Her practice Mues Design is a one-person shop, in a former fish bar in East London. The German-born designer is known for her work with publishers (Archive of Modern Conflict, Rizzoli, Phaidon), galleries (Tate, V&A) and photographers such as Tim Walker (see page 81) and Stephen Gill (see Eye 77).
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Top. Identity design by Melanie Mues for the Venice Biennale Arte 2019 shown on the two-volume catalogue against the city’s blue vistas. Main photograph by Jacopo Salvi.
John L. Walters, editor of Eye, London
Read the full version in Eye no. 99 vol. 25, 2019
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