Port of San Diego Art Books
Art Installations. Forever Memorialized.
Client
Port of San Diego
Project Scope
Multi-page layout
Editorial
Typography
Photo curation
The Port of San Diego's Waterfront Arts & Activation department commissions artists to create works that beautify our coastal lands and parks. Two projects include the Working Waterfront Mural by DAAS and a temporary exhibit, Sweet Contents + Under Wraps by Randy Walker.
To forever memorialize the works of art, we partnered to create two printed books for each separate project that will live on even after the artworks are finished. The books use shapes and visual cues from the artworks themselves to display the works in their glory.
Working Waterfront Mural
The Working Waterfront Mural was painted on the east side of a Pasha Group National Distribution Center building at the National City Marine Terminal. The mural celebrates the employees who work in the waterfront. The art book features a minimal design with pops of colors and shapes from the mural to both let the original artwork shine and highlight some of the murals unique qualities.
Photos: Courtesy of the Port of San Diego
Sweet Contents + Under Wraps
Sweet contents was a temporary exhibit that adorned the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal for a span of one year. The artist used natrual fibers strung in a vertical pattern to add color and life to the otherwise grey storage tanks.
Under wraps used the same natural fibers to
