J.K. ROWLING BRAILLE BOOK
J.K. Rowling Braille Artist’s Book
Limited edition handmade archival book incorporating braille
This commission, to turn J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech - The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination - into a gift for the President of Harvard University Drew Faust, J.K. Rowling and others, came from a Dean of Harvard University. Randolph incorporated braille as the graphic element to visually expand Rowling’s themes of failure and imagination. Initially conceived as a group of 6, the limited edition has been expanded to 15 (final books still in production).
Click to link to the book’s Note on the Design.
Click to link to the odd coincidences that assisted this project.
A vellum overlay provides the key to reading the braille in the right margin of each double-page spread throughout the book.
A single braille word appears in each right margin. Archival paper hand sewn with linen thread.
Hand-bound book and book box, blind embossed linen cover, leather label with braille and gold-leaf, handmade marbled paper. Braille initially appears as a design element then becomes words.
