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Civita
Publication Layout, Type
2025

A booklet that begins with selected writing by Lefebvre on the notion of the right to the city—the desire to reshape urban areas according to citizens’ needs independent of market forces and the fragmentary division of tasks. 

The latter half proceeds to contemporary writing on the digital right to the city: how does modern technology affect the way we perceive urban space?

Hand Stitched
4in x 8.5in
30 pg. count

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Starting Points:

 Henri Lefebvre


Henri Lefebvre’s writings on cities and the production of space served as the foundation of the text.


Selected text was lifted directly from his 1968 work Le Droit à la Ville, exploring a background and analysis of urban methods and thought.


His work went on to be widely influential, influencing events like May 68 or writings by the Situationist International.
Digital Mapping


Technology has a history of changing the way we perceive space. How did data, tech, and surveillance change the pursuit of the right to the city?


Early digital cartography programs like SYMAP informed small micrographics throughout the booklet.


Civita contains screenshots from Google 360 Streetview, highlighting the international nature of technology’s reach across urban terrain and paths.


Type Selection


Haas Unica was chosen for its modernity and clean atrributes, working well in both large and small applications. 

Unica’s backstory—a font caught in the middle of the analog and digital transition of technology—echoes the themes of technological progression and a shift from technologies rendered obsolete like SYMAP.

Haas Unica
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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 Courier New was selected for its associations with data logs and system readouts, reflecting the archival nature of the Google 360 photos and Civita’s focus on the datafication of maps and urban space. 

Courier’s updated version serves as type for reference tables on images as well as footnotes and additional text.

Courier New
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
”+/()?!% 



Grid System

A modular grid system of seven columns and fourteen rows is employed to create tight boxes of text and image on the page, reminiscent of stark city blocks and concrete. 

Although these strict columns suggest a brutal and adherant city, enough room is left for the play and experimentation mentioned in the text.