This 136-page catalog focuses on a single masterpiece by Russian expressionist Wassily Kandinsky, Painting with White Border. The painting was part of an exhibition at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The collection’s vision is to give voice to the powerful artistic expressions of diverse people, with empathy and inclusion, and to connect with the relevant ideas of our time.

The white border of the painting illustrates an important aesthetic shift for Kandinsky, lifting the composition into a three-dimensional swirling vortex of color and space. Our cover design echoes and calls attention to the painter’s techniques, playing on the idea of expanding into space. The image below the cover peeks through clear letters within a semi-opaque book jacket. Like Kandinsky’s painting, our design pushes borders, spilling over the boundaries of the page.