Andrew Edelman

  • Byrne Seminar catalog covers
  • Spreads from the Spring 2009  Byrne Seminar catalog
  • Cover and spreads from the 2009–2010 catalog
  • Cover and Spreads from the Spring 2010 catalog. The theme was autism awareness with the horse named Autism Awareness the mascot.
  • Detail of the Spring 2010 catalog. Behind the page numbers puzzle pieces accumulate through the course of the book.

Course catalogs through the years

Rutgers offers scores of awesome classes for first-year students where professors get to teach on their own research. Each year, I create a new course catalog for the Byrne First-Year Seminar program. Although the content is always similar (course listing), each years' design explores a new theme and style. The challenge it to make the listings as interesting as the courses themselves.

Each catalog is designed and printed with two colors, black for the body text, and another color for highights and graphical flourishes. In the beginning of each catalog, an introductory typographic "poetic" expounds on the theme of the semester.