John Morgan’s ‘Usylessly’ celebrates the aesthetic of James Joyce’s pioneering novel

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John Morgan studio has consistently pushed at the boundaries of typographical invention, working closely with creative clients to give visual life to a huge range of design projects.\nJohn Morgan and his team have designed wayfinding for Tate Britain, redesigned the Book of Common Prayer for the Church of England...

UlyssesWith the book’s centenary approaching, the designer has shaped this volume to celebrate the physical form of the book – in particular the blue, specifically requested by Joyce, and the way in which this particular shape has become so closely associated with the writing. exactly matches the specification of the Shakespeare and Company’s 1922 edition, so there are 736 pages in total. However, it contains just 64 pages of content; the rest of the book is left tantalisingly blank.

‘Please be aware that the binding is delicate and the blue imperfect with some banding in the spirit of the 1922 edition,’ the book’s website notes. ‘The paper will crease and dent at the spine and elsewhere and show signs of use and deteriorate over time as a large paperback book will… some minor damage may still occur in shipping and handling, this is to be expected.’ It concludes: ‘Please note that the book is mostly blank, and does not contain the text of James Joyce’s Ulysses.

 

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