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Quarto dei Mille

A large steel plate mounted on the rocky shore of Quarto to honour the 1,089 men who contributed to the process of National Unification in 1860. The real protagonist of the project is the typography: the choice of typeface, the thickness of the characters
and the play of solid and empty space create a double level of reading, both macro (the date, 1860) and micro (the 1,089 names).

A large steel plate mounted on the rocky shore of Quarto
to honour the 1,089 men who contributed to the process
of National Unification in 1860. The real protagonist
of the project is the typography: the choice of typeface,
the thickness of the characters and the play of solid
and empty space create a double level of reading,
both macro (the date, 1860) and micro
(the 1,089 names).

A large steel plate mounted on the rocky shore
of Quarto to honour the 1,089 men
who contributed to the process of National Unification in 1860. The real protagonist
of the project is the typography: the choice
of typeface, the thickness of the characters
and the play of solid and empty space create
a double level of reading, both macro
(the date, 1860) and micro (the 1,089 names).

A large steel plate mounted on the rocky shore of Quarto to honour the 1,089 men who contributed to the process of National Unification in 1860.
The real protagonist of the project is the typography: the choice of typeface, the thickness of the characters and the play of solid and empty space
create a double level of reading, both macro (the date, 1860)
and micro (the 1,089 names).

A large steel plate mounted on the rocky shore of Quarto to honour the 1,089 men who contributed to the process of National Unification in 1860. The real protagonist
of the project is the typography: the choice of typeface, the thickness of the characters and the play of solid and empty space
create a double level of reading, both
macro (the date, 1860) and micro
(the 1,089 names).

Art Direction: Paola Manfroni, Assunta Squitieri
Typesetting and Design: Giampiero Quaini as Head of Design at Marimo,
Stefanie Laib, Fabrizio Guadagnoli
Agency: marimo
Year: 2011
Project type: Environmental

Art Direction: Paola Manfroni, Assunta Squitieri
Typesetting and Design: Giampiero Quaini as Head
of Design at Marimo, Stefanie Laib, Fabrizio Guadagnoli
Agency: marimo
Year: 2011
Project type: Environmental