Antioch Historical Society
The Antioch Historical Society is an organization which operates the Antioch Historical Museum and celebrates the history of the City of Antioch, California. During the Sesquicentennial, they
comissioned many project from the Print Club, with the largest project of all being the Sesquicentennial Historical Almanac.
The Sesquicentennial Historical Almanac celebrates Antioch's 150th anniversary by featuring numerous locations, people, foods, and events that have historical importance to the city. The 64 page book is filled
with all kinds of trivia and Antioch related content.
My involvement in the project was as a visual translator, taking the vision of the Historical Society and translating it into a functional book format. All images and layouts were provided by the Historical Society,
which then had to be formatted into a print-ready format from the web-based format that they were created in. Over the course of 3 months the book was successfully translated into the print-ready format. During this project,
the main focus was on communication between the two parties, Print Club and the Historical Society, with daily pages, updates, corrections, and suggestions. I would like to give a big thanks to Laura Jacques who
I functioned as the mediator between the Historical Society and Print Club, with them letting me turn their vision into this book.
Below are several pages from the book. If you would like a copy please visit the Antioch Historical Society in Antioch, California - please know they were a limited run and may not be available.
Along with the Almanac, we also made a posterboard for advertising it, once again translating the Historical Society's vision into a printable format.
The significance of this project lies in the production and process of how the book was designed and made. The constant communication and collaboration with the Historical Society was essential for the project's completion.
Due to the Historical Society's preferences and style, the Almanac feels very scrap-booky, and its creation was very much outside of my comfort zone - which is a good thing. Working with different clients and following their
vision can lead to a better understanding of styles and visuals that you might not be accustomed to.
