"This is a book that is much damaged, as though used a great deal by children who have treasured it. The scratched and rubbed crimson leather covers, once inlaid with a figurative gold design, are now so worn that the pattern is ambiguous and a fit subject for much speculation. It contains those marvels that travelers talk of and are not believed. 'Men whose heads stood in their breasts,' bearded women, a rain of frogs, cities of purple ice, singing camels, Siamese twins', 'mountaineers dew-lapped like bulls'. It is full of illustrations and has little text."
When faced with the challenge of creating a book of traveler's tales I decided to approach it, as I stated in my last blog, like a map from the glovebox. The multitude of folds lead to uncovering of treasure, hidden wonder, and exploration of the land.
To the left, you can see the concept in typical book form, but the idea was that this book would unfold to create a series of endless destinations and unfolding mysteries/tales/etc as you unfolded the creases of its pages.Below, you can see the continuous unfolding that would happen upon the journey that begins upon opening the book. I am thinking that another more modern map might accompany the other side and that when it is folded by a person who is "new" to the book they will fold it differently than the last reader. Thus leaving a whole new adventure for the next in line!
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