BSK
BSK is a Swedish architectural office. Probably the most Swedish architectural office of all. Now they celebrate fifty years. In this anniversary booklet, the employees themselves recall the decades under the Royal Swedish Building Agency, the brutalist 1970’s projects, but also the 90’s crisis with its sudden demands on spectacular brand architecture.
Instead of a gold-plated foil, the starting point has been a simple file folder. In the folder, texts and images have been collected. The design is deliberately unorganized. Images overlap, text flows over images, contrasting paper qualities are mixed.
But the structure soon becomes clear to the reader. The project descriptions are sandwiched between extended interviews with the office’s seniors and juniors; a colourful column presenting all employees runs throughout the product as a backbone; facts and figures on sales, number of employees and the companies organizational structure are presented in graphs and diagrams. A highly minimalist design motto has resulted in a maximalistic expression.
BSK 50 has been nominated by AIGA as one of last year’s 50 best-designed books.
Awards
American Institute of Graphic Arts, NY, AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2016.
Red Dot Design Award, Winner 2017, Germany.