Every Eight Minutes Gallery Book
In October 2024, the Columbus College of Art & Design’s Fine Arts Department hosted a gallery exhibition in collaboration with Legacies of War, a non-profit dedicated to addressing the long term impacts that the United States’ wars have had on Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Approached with creating a comprehensive book on the nearly semester long project, this catalogue is the cumulation of 15 artists’ works as they hung in the October gallery. It is currently used by Legacies of War for mission outreach, and by CCAD for admission recruitment.
Going through five rounds of revisions, I was solely responsible for the layout and cover design, under the direction of representatives from Legacies of War, CCAD’s Careers & Collaboration Department, & the Fine Arts department.
Working with photographer Andrew Collins, one of the greater challenges I faced during this project was managing photo assets of featured artwork, and the best way to crop, frame, and allow each individual piece to shine.
The way I approached and solved this initial difficulty was to show each artwork in a full bleed page, with artist statements and detail shots framing out the spread.
This format allowed for more interesting layout possibilities and differences in a book where a rigid template would suffocate the unique mediums and sizing of the participating artwork.
Documentation & Concept
A short collection of in-progress documentation of the gallery book, including the wireframe that was presented as the initial proof of concept, alternate cover designs, and photography of the gallery opening.
Credits & Collaborators
Legacies of War Collaborators • Sera Koulabdara, Danae Hendrickson, Anna Phommachanthone, Mike Burton, Chris Phommasahit, Kevin Pohmer, Bay Koulabdara, and Bounthanh Phommasahit
Secondary Photographers • Graison Ray, Corinne Henslee, and Nawrine Islam
Primary Photographer • Andrew Collins
CCAD Creative Careers & Collaboration Coordinators • Brittany Brown and Nicole Monahan
CCAD Faculty Advisors • Julie Abijanac, Ramya Ravisankar, and Kelly Malec-Kosak