“As people who examine the destiny and moral character of a nation, economists are modern-day prophets, and the charts and diagrams they produce are their prophecies”
I was commissioned by YYZ Books to design The Prophets, a book dedicated to a single artwork, also entitled The Prophets, by Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens. The Prophets (2013–2015), is a delicate handmade collection of 412 small, whimsical sculptures made from everyday materials that renders economic graphs into makeshift models. The structure of the book reflects the different iterations of the work through visual sections dedicated to specific exhibitions.
