NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon:
A Visual Archive

Dust jacket of »NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon«
Dust jacket of »NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon«
The back cover of the documentation. The dust jacket shows the iconic first steps of Neil Armstron on the moon on July 20, 1968
The back cover of the documentation. The dust jacket shows the iconic first steps of Neil Armstron on the moon on July 20, 1968

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong set his left foot on the surface of the moon for the first time in human history. The fascination with the Earth’s satellite continues unabated. NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon is about the astronauts’ journey to the moon. It documents the visual results that the three crew members brought back.

Half-title of the book. The first and last pert of the book was printed with PANTONE Silver on black paper
Half-title of the book. The first and last pert of the book was printed with PANTONE Silver on black paper
Introductory foreword written by Steffen Knöll
Introductory foreword written by Steffen Knöll

They were equipped with a Hasselblad 500EL DATA Camera, with reseauplates and a Zeiss Biogon 60mm ƒ/5.6 lens to take pictures before and during the mission. The resulting footage was a documentation in NASA’s web archive. NASA Apollo 11 – Man on the Moon shows it in its completeness for the first time.

Documentary images of the training and preparation course of the astronauts are included in the second part
Documentary images of the training and preparation course of the astronauts are included in the second part
We started the second part of the documentation with the launch of the Apollo 11 missile
We started the second part of the documentation with the launch of the Apollo 11 missile
Images show the crew on the Apollo 11 mission
Images show the crew on the Apollo 11 mission

“NASA APOLLO 11 Man on the Moon: The Visual Archive” appears in the second year of the Discovered series. It is part of a collaboration between the Hamburg University of Fine Arts, HGB Leipzig, and the Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts. Discovered awards selected student projects with a publication by Spector Books. The winning books will subsequently be mentored, produced and published under the supervision of professors Markus Dressen, Uli Cluss, Ingo Offermanns and the publishers of Spector Books.

Client:

 Self-initiated

Partners:

 Studio Tillack Knöll (Steffen Knöll, Sven Tillack, Vincent Herbet, Niklas Berlec & Marius Rother), Copy editing: Hanne Mächler & Mike Pilewski, Translation: Sara Hoss

Size:

 220 × 330

Technique:

 Five-color offset print

ISBN:

 987-3-95905-316-7

URL:

 https://spectorbooks.com/de/nasa-apollo-11-man-on-the-moon

Studio Tillack Knöll is a multicreative design practice that concerns itself with the visual and spatial aspects of communication. We design exhibitions, wayfinding systems, books, visual identities and digital experiences for a variety of clients involved in architecture, art, science and commerce to cultural institutions and NGOs.