Spicy Bitter — Riccardo Carrara

Graphic Design

London,

Spicy Bitter [2025]
Book Design
Client: Anna-Sophia John
Agency: Freelance

Role
Graphic Designer

Spicy Bitter, a self-published book by London–based photographer Anna- Sophia John and graphic designer Riccardo Carrara, delves into the vibrant world of radicchio through a series of striking still life images. The project transforms this simple vegetable into a captivating visual study. It is an obsessive investigation, a prolonged engagement with something as seemingly mundane as a radicchio until it transcends its own identity. The repetition of angles, close-ups, and distortions resists resolution, transforming the vegetable into something alien and unfamiliar. The book’s layout enhances this theme, with varying page sizes and unexpected juxtapositions that reflect the natural, unpredictable flow of the vegetable. These design choices not only emphasise the visual impact of the images but also create a sense of surprise and discovery throughout the book. Spicy Bitter becomes more than just a collection of photographs; it is a dialogue between form, colour, and texture, inviting viewers to engage with both the subject and the creative process in new and meaningful ways.

Publisher: Anna-Sophia John, Riccardo Carrara
Format: 24 × 30 cm
Volume: 60 pages
Language: English
Printing: G.F. Smith Paper
Workmanship: Softback
ISBN: 978-1-0369-1039-6

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