Cups in the Cupboard

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All art, layout, and text in this book was created by Robert Samec.

Robert is an undergraduate architecture student at Yale University.

He has designed for publications, events, and academic research.

This book and all the content within was created during the summer of 2020.

More work can be found at www.robertsamec.com.

Typeset in Objektiv Mk3 & Termina

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Thanks to my mom for buying these cups.

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Contents The Cups The Morphs The Sequence The Space Between The Cutouts

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Some Words For as long as I can remember, these cups have been in the cupboard. They are an essential household item.

Though my mom claims she purchased them with no real attention to design, everything about them is perfect: the shape, the color, the texture, the material. After years of drinking from them, I created this book to examine their limitless qualities.

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The Blue Cup 8

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The Red Cup 9

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The Yellow Cup 10

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The White Cup 11

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Back and Forth 14

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Swung 15

Above:

Terraced w/ Yellow Highlight Below:

Terraced w/ Red Highlight Right:

Terraced w/ Blue Highlight

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Above:

Rotated w/ Red Highlight Below:

Rotated w/ Blue Highlight Left:

Rotated w/ Yellow Highlight

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Cluster #1

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Cluster #2

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Cluster #3

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Cluster #4

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Cluster #5

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Cluster #6

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Cluster #7 32

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Cluster #8 33

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Collage #1 38

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Collage #2 39

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Collage #3 40

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