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This book was produced as a response to a visit to the Musee de l’Orangerie in Paris, France, where Claude Monet’s Nymphéas cycle is displayed. The series, representing a peaceful scene of the famous impressionist’s lily gardens, attracts multitudes, and elicits a wide range of responses ­— from rhapsodic observation to heavily choreographed photo shoots. While the drawings illustrate the initial impulse of cynacism, the text indicates a secondary extension of empathy towards the impulses and humanity of our fellow museum-goers. ____ This book was produced during the designer’s residency at Citè Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. This study is a part of a series of exercises in which the designer explores visual, conceptual, formal or procedural ways of working by executing a project in a single day. This is project 6 of 30. Documentation and writings surrounding this series can be found at nicolefoxdesign.com.

Illustrations and writing by Nicole Fox. Typeset in Minion Pro. Digitally printed in France on a borrowed inkjet printer. © Nicole Fox, 2018