by Julian Barnes, Julian Rothenstein
First published 2023
The Redstone Diary 2024 transforms the standard planner into a cryptic narrative landscape. Each month reveals meticulously designed pages that blur the lines between personal documentation and artistic intervention. Designer Julian Rothenstein curates visual fragments, found photographs, and oblique textual annotations that challenge how we perceive time, memory, and personal recording. The diary becomes a dynamic canvas where private moments intersect with unexpected graphic interventions, turning daily tracking into a form of visual storytelling. Readers will find themselves navigating a labyrinth of visual clues, personal marginalia, and provocative design that makes every page a potential revelation. More than a calendar, this is an experimental document that reimagines how we document our lived experience.
Genres: art, non-fiction, 21st-century, design, diary
Vibes: experimental, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unconventional-structure, visual-narrative
Period: 2024
160 pages · Spiral-bound · Redstone Press