Collapse by Nikki Thompson

Collapse is a book about architecture and love gone bad. I wrote five poems that describe failed relationships using metaphors from engineering and construction. Each poem is an individual book sewn to an accordion structure that allows the book to open dramatically. Like the title, the book "collapses" into itself when closing. I letterpress printed the book on Arches, using hand set type and pressure printing, with a little bit of silkscreen for flair. The sumptuous wine red Shindanshi paper and dark red book cloth create a brooding mood of heartbreak.