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The Bookmann        |      Richard Bolai         |     All Rights Reserved 2004-5
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Graphic Design Projects
Richard Bolai / OCA Ontario College of Art(1994)
Adele Todd /Pratt Institute(1991)

COLUMBUS DIARY (1997)

One of the earliest projects that RABT (Richard Bolai and Adele Todd) was asked to write as well as design the Commemorated the quincentenial voyage of Columbus to Caribbean island Trinidad.

This controversial book featured tributes to the early Tiano peoples as well as the impact of the discovery of The Caribbean and the Americas on the world.  Hard bound in dark blue paper with a gold seal.

The book is wrapped in a case of gold. (Two colours) the pages are printed corn yellow and   the illustratve  images  are sepia toned. Limited Edition:
8x11ins 400pages published 1998
MILLENNIUM DIARY (1999) The second project for the client who requested the Columbus Diary. The vision was to create a book commemorating the Millennium � science, art, sport, music, politics and all the major issues of the centuries.

The cover is silver with a holographic image of a mobius strip. The pages are printed a continuous tone blue and the paper is turned from month to month to show palest to darkest blue.

Every month also featured a fold out two-sided silver printed image of particular historical importance.  Limited Edition:
11x8ins 400 pages published 1999
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STOLLMEYER CRICKET DIARY

Initially this project was supposed to be a book cover alone. But when We saw what the ghost writer suggested for the pages of the book, a basic, non-designed interior, we decided to take the project over.

The results were a very grateful grand-daughter of the cricketer, extremely proud to bursting about how the product turned out. Features:

Hard cover with dust jacket:
Soft cover Duotone images.
6.5x9ins 220pages published 2004

JOHN STOLLMEYER ART CATALOGUE
An entire committee worked on this book. Alex Smails (photographer).

The project took a year to happen.
Special features: English/Spanish translation.
9x12ins published 2004
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