It is a tradition within the Finnish academics to celebrate a professor’s 60th birthday with a festschrift book. Times, Things & Places celebrates Jussi-Pekka Taavitsainen, professor of archaeology in Turku University. This heavy volume consists of 36 academic essays from Mr. Taavitsainen’s friends and colleagues.

As the book deals with archaeology it felt natural to make design choices that will stand the test of time. Materials and binding were given special attention. The book is case bound, cloth-like paper is used on the cover and the title is foil blocked with matt silver. The inner pages are printed on velvety uncoated paper stock. A strict grid and a two-color palette tie the variety of subjects together.

We also designed a custom-made box to hold the copy that was given to Mr. Taavitsainen at the birthday reception. The box was made by the talented bookbinder Juha Markula.