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A Line Which Forms A Volume 9 (2026)

A Line Which Forms A Volume is a publication and symposium exploring how editorial design operates as both a reading experience and a spatial, participatory system, published annually since 2017. The design of Issue 9 explores time as a material and structural condition within publishing and research. Rather than a fixed beginning, the book introduces multiple entry points and a continuous typographic flow through the use of interchangeable covers and a single-column, never-ending layout system.

A bookworm-snake glyph, derived from the title typeface – Edition Asymmetrical, moves through the publication and mirrors the coil-binding system of the series – linking concept, typography and production.

The design positions research and time as cyclical and interconnected rather than linear. The project extended into a public symposium, where the publication functioned as both printed artefact and spatial device.[Read Design Notes]


A scrolling text format extending the publication beyond the bound book.
A publication structured as a continuous sequence rather than fixed pages.
Multiple covers create flexible entry and exit points to the publication.
Single-column layout system maintaining continuity across all content – a continuous typographic flow with no defined beginning or end.
The publication extends into a symposium, becoming a spatial and participatory device. Reading becomes collective and non-linear.
Identity and system adapted across print, spatial and digital formats.






CreditsDesign & Production Lead: Svenja Tong
Editorial & Symposium Lead: Abigail Tan
Project Manager: Ainhoa del Barco

Design Team: Nikhil Narayanan P
Editorial Team: Yağmur Uygun, Madhumita Ramasamy
Production Team: Eunhee Jeon, Lingbo Luo
Symposium Team: Abhiram Phadnis, Nayan Sharma
Website Team: Eunhee Jeon, Eton Chau

Advisors: Carlos Romo-Melgar, Amy Henry, Jaime del Corro
Symposium Speakers: James Langdon, Alex Balgiu & Press Create Act, Abigail Tan, Svenja Tong, Ainhoa del Barco, Yusi Chen, Lingbo Luo
Symposium Photographers: Taqdees Anjum, Hao Zhang
InfoISSN 2515-9801

Coil bound with lime green coils
2-colour pages printed with Heidelberg SM74-4
2-colour covers printed with Heidelberg GTO
Covers printed on Fedrigoni Materica Rust 270gsm

Symposium held at Staffordshire Street Gallery, February 2026
CategoriesEditorial Concept & Design
Visual Identity
Event Print Collaterals
Motion Graphics
Social Media Assets
Production Management

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