The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon by Timea Andorka

The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon by Timea Andorka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award na Bakal in Disenyo ng Nakalimbag at Nailathalang Medya Competition Category.

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The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon

by Timea Andorka

Client: Timea Andorka

A' Design Award na Bakal Winner in Limbag Category

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The Design

About The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon

Ang mundo ng grapiko ng katalogo ng eksibisyon ay inspirado ng magkaugnay na buhay ng mag-asawang pintor (Valeria Denes at Sandor Galimberti) na yumaong maaga noong 1915. Ang paggamit ng mga indibidwal na ligature sa tipograpiya ay banayad na naglalarawan ng matibay na ugnayan ng tao na ginawang pinagsamang likha ang gawain ng malungkot na mag-asawang ito. Ang aklat ay inilathala sa dalawang hiwalay na tomo, sa Ingles at Hungarian. Ang mga pabalat na balot sa tela ay protektado ng dust jacket na maaaring buksan upang maging poster, kung saan ang edisyong Hungarian ay nagtatampok ng pagpipinta ni Valeria Denes, at ang edisyong Ingles naman ni Sandor Galimberti.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Bakal

Ang The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bakal, isang prestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga mahuhusay na disenyong tumutugon sa mga propesyonal at pang-industriyang kinakailangang inaasahan sa mga mahusay na pagkakadisenyong likha. Ang mga nagwagi ng Bakal ay nagpapakita ng dakilang husay, mataas na espesyalisasyon, dalubhasang pag-unawa at kakayahang malikhain ng kanilang mga lumikha. Inaasahang ang The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon ay isang lubos na pinahahalagahan, hinahangaan at minamahal na likhang praktikal at makabago. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bakal ay nagsasama ng pinakamahuhusay na kasanayan ng industriya at may mahuhusay na katangiang teknikal na may kasamang kaalaman at talento. Ang The Galimberti Katalogo ng Eksibisyon ay iginagalang dahil sa kaingatan nito at idinisenyo upang maghatid ng mga pagpapabuti sa kalidad ng buhay na tumutulong gawing mas mabuting lugar ang mundo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The graphic world of the catalogue was inspired by the closely intertwined lives of the painting couple (Valéria Dénes & Sándor Galimberti) who died young in 1915. The use of individual ligatures in the typography subtly illustrates the strong human connection that made the work of this tragic couple a shared oeuvre.
The oeuvre is largely lost, which is why no such comprehensive catalogue has been produced until now. The graphic challenge was to present this fragmentary oeuvre in a dignified and monumental way.
Dimensions & Packaging: 230 × 290mm, 372 pages, hardcover book, cloth covered, gold foil stamped, with dust jacket
Tags: book, catalogue, exhibition, editorial design, paintings, blue, gold, fine art,
Production Technology: The book was published in two separate volumes, in English and Hungarian. We chose a linen binding because both painters preferred this type of canvas, which has a finer weave. The cloth-bound covers are protected by a dust jacket that can be opened into a poster, the Hungarian edition featuring a painting by Dénes Valéria, the English edition by Sándor Galimberti. Only the name is stamped on the blue canvas with gold foil, so that this simplicity highlights the colourful and exciting details of the paintings on the dust jacket.
Design Challenge: To express the close relationship between the two painters, we searched for months for the perfect serif font, which has enough ligature. We couldn't find one, so I created our own set of ligatures for the catalogue, based on the Modelista font.
Research: Often, even contemporaries could not tell which of the two painters painted which painting. Today's scientific research, led by curator Gergely Barki, has sought to unravel the differences and to place the two painters in the Hungarian and international canon in the context of a lifetime exhibition. The result of this research is the catalogue, which presents even richer research material than the exhibition in the Hungarian National Gallery.
Inspiration: “These two people were like two tall, slender trees, growing up straight side by side, without bowing to each other, without depriving each other of sunlight.” (Jolán Simon)
Project Duration: THE GALIMBERTI. The Lives and Works of Sándor Galimberti (1883–1915) and Valéria Dénes (1877–1915) exhibition
10 October 2024 – 23 February 2025, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Operation Flow: We wanted to please visitors with a removable poster of the book. So that they could take home reproductions of the most important paintings at a larger scale than the book, in almost original aspect ratio.
Patents: graphic design © Timea Andorka, 2024
text © Gergely Barki, 2024
© Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, 2024
Team Members: graphic design: Timea Andorka