The Screw That
Changed the World
book cover
[Client: House of Anansi]
Taking the Whitworth standard screw as its starting point, this book reveals how standardization is the backbone of our modern life and we don’t even know it. Everything that we’ve built is based on a standards that were selected either naturally or artificially. The cover uses the idea of a blueprint drawing to communicate order, planning and measurement.This printed on a smooth uncoated paper stock to mimic actual blueprint drawings Type and illustrations were hit with a spot gloss lamination for contrast and emphasis.