“This project is a gallery guide for an exhibition of artists' books in the Doheny Memorial Library on the University of Southern California campus. My goal was to express the duality of artists' books as both informational and works of art,” said designer David Mellen. “The form of the 3 x 5 catalog card is a reference to the tradition of the book, while the perforated and punched-out letters hint at the nontraditional physical forms, tactile qualities and conceptual processes of the artworks on exhibit. The white areas of the card shape are embossed on the cover.”