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# Novum
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/novum-c97d945a-88ba-4c7b-a225-15e0d5947997/
- Published: 2011-11-28T09:41:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:03:11.000Z
- Description: For its November ‘Arts and Crafts’ issue, graphic design magazine Novum commissioned Hamburg-based design studio Paperlux to create this deformable cover.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15, #author-change-2025-05-28

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For its November ‘Arts and Crafts’ issue, graphic design magazine [Novum](http://www.novumnet.de/?ref=protein.xyz) commissioned Hamburg-based design studio [Paperlux](http://www.paperlux.com/?ref=protein.xyz) to create this deformable cover. Inspired by theorist, designer and inventor Buckminster Fuller and his geodesic dome, 15,000 covers were intricately die-cut, allowing them to bend in any direction. The magazine was released in six different colours by a team who chose to ignore budget restraints and craft something unique and beautiful, purely out of passion. The result is this tactile, playful and engaging piece of art that totally breaks print industry conventions.

In our digitalised world, it’s compelling to see traditional media push creative boundaries to encourage people to appreciate the real and tangible. We’ve seen it in the music industry and now with the likes of Wallpaper Magazine’s limited edition covers and this, we’re seeing it in print.

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