Studying movie title cards
Collecting CDs
Raising a Puppy
Fruit Stickers
santiagonoblin@gmail.com
909.634.6725
Studying movie title cards
Collecting CDs
Raising a Puppy
Fruit Stickers
santiagonoblin@gmail.com
909.634.6725
A Hole History
The Odd Rise of the Bagel
A doughy adventure through time
A Hole History covered the spread of the Bagels history across cultures, cuisines, and controversies. This book blends historical research, playful interactive design, and clever copy to give this beloved bread it’s spotlight.
The bagels eclectic history inspired a style guide that mixed medias and used variable typography to create a fun and expressive story to follow.
Over time, bagels have taken on countless forms and flavors, each one adding a layer to their cultural story. Since this piece focused on uncovering the bagel’s hidden history, a page-turning design element—symbolizing the act of peeling back those layers.
Behind the Scenes
Laying out the hole book and chapter topics after in-depth research.
Saint Viateur Bagels in Montreal, CA.
Bagel dunks were the highlight.
How many circles is too many?
Thinking with layers in mind.
Printing on translucent film (took a couple of tries).
There we go.
Adding googly eyes was the cherry on top.
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