The Book of Imaginary Beings

This Anglo-Argentine project is inspired by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges and his Book of Imaginary Beings (in Spanish, El libro de los seres imaginarios). The book contains brief descriptions of 120 beasts from mythology and folklore, including creatures that may be quite familiar to us (like unicorns and hippogriffs) and others that may not be (like the monkey of the inkpot and the tigers of Annam).

In March 2021, art and design students from Cambridge School of Art and Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, teamed up to create collages of the imaginary beings constructed from public domain images. We hope to extend this project in 2021/22 towards a book and exhibitions in both territories.

︎ Read the design brief here /
Lea el propósito del proyecto aquí

Visit the project website here