Joan Alcover

Editorial Design

Photography

Palma, 2025

Hand holding a phone displaying a questionnaire about Joan Alcover and the "Escola Mallorquina".

Close-up photo of six covers of the "Dolor que es fa vers" book, a didactic guide for teachers. The cover consists of an image of a plant printed in blue.

This project was born from a collaboration with Moiré, with the support of Obra Cultural Balear and the Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics. The educational guide comes in two versions, one for students and one for teachers, focusing on the poetry of Joan Alcover, a key figure of the Mallorcan literary movement.

Extract from the Joan Alcover book, where two blue pages with white letters moving and floating like waves can be seen.

The voice of a poet

The typographic composition transforms his poems into fluid graphic structures. Verses unfold on the page like a landscape, expanding and contracting according to the natural rhythm of the text. The result is a reading experience that is both poetic and spatial, where every movement traces the pulse of the poetry.

Mountain in the Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca covered by sparse vegetation at the bottom and by clouds at the top.

Extract from the Joan Alcover book. On the left page it appears the title of the poem "La Serra" on top of a flower printed in blue, spcifying that it's a poem fragment. On the right side, the poem fragment previously mentioned.

Close-up of a fragment extracted from the Joan Alcover book, presenting wavy white text on top of a blue background.

Texture as a concept

Rocks and vegetation that make up the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, capturing the textures of the mountain.

Close-up of a rock found in the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, highlighting the sharpness of the rock and how the light creates shadows on it.

Mountain in the Serra the Tramuntana mountain range with the Moon in the waning crescent phase in the sky.

Textures from the Mallorcan landscape turned into book pages.

The design is rooted in the Mallorcan landscapes that inspired the verses. Photographs taken in the Serra de Tramuntana become visual textures throughout the publication, capturing the filtered light, rough bark, and gentle wind through the trees. These details form the quiet visual voice of the guide, a subtle ecosystem where poetry and landscape converse without hurry.

Extract of the Joan Alcover book. On the right page, a photo of the mountains, highlighting the textures that create the rocks and plants. On the left side, a text about the Escola Mallorquina cultural movement.

Extract of the Joan Alcover book. On the right page, a photo of a mountain in the Serra the Tramuntana mountain range with the Moon in the waning crescent phase on top of it. On the right, a questionnaire about the "Desolació" poem.

Set of four covers of the "Dolor que es fa vers" didactic guide stacked on top of each other.

Authors of the "Dolor que es fa vers" didactic guide, posing with the book. On the left side, a middle-aged woman in a white blouse. In the middle, a middle-aged man in a blue shirt. On the right, a middle-aged man with glasses in a heavy brown suit jacket.

Extract of the Joan Alcover book. On the right page, a cut photo of the mountains, highlighting the textures that create the rocks and plants. On the left side, a text about the Escola Mallorquina cultural movement.