Through seas never sailed before:
Os Lusíadas at 450
Harvard Houghton Library exhibition identity
Design Client and Collaborator Open Rehearsal, Mary Yang
for Harvard University Houghton Library.
Exhibit Duration August 8th, 2022 through December 9th, 2022.
Curation Caio Cesar Estevez de Souza, Doctoral Candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University. All items in this exhibition were from the Count of Santa Eulalia Collection, given to Harvard in 1926 by John B. Stetson, Jr.
for Harvard University Houghton Library.
Exhibit Duration August 8th, 2022 through December 9th, 2022.
Curation Caio Cesar Estevez de Souza, Doctoral Candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University. All items in this exhibition were from the Count of Santa Eulalia Collection, given to Harvard in 1926 by John B. Stetson, Jr.
Four hundred and fifty years ago, Luís Vaz de Camões published what would become the greatest epic poem ever written in Portuguese. Os Lusíadas recounts Vasco da Gama’s first voyage to India across the Atlantic Ocean, inaugurating a new stage of the European Maritime Expansion.
Harvard University Houghton Library holds one of the largest collections of Os Lusíadas rare editions outside of Portugal. In this exhibition, items displayed demonstrate the historical relevance of this poem, as well as an opportunity to reassess the impact of European imperialism on world history.
My role in this project was to design the brand identity (logo, typography and type design, illustrations, poster, labels, etc.) and marketing assets (socials, post cards, landing page banner) for the exhibition and the rare artifact display in colaboration with and for Open Rehearsal.
Harvard University Houghton Library holds one of the largest collections of Os Lusíadas rare editions outside of Portugal. In this exhibition, items displayed demonstrate the historical relevance of this poem, as well as an opportunity to reassess the impact of European imperialism on world history.
My role in this project was to design the brand identity (logo, typography and type design, illustrations, poster, labels, etc.) and marketing assets (socials, post cards, landing page banner) for the exhibition and the rare artifact display in colaboration with and for Open Rehearsal.