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Coffee table books about automotive history usually settle for glossy photography and surface-level storytelling. TYPE7 Artifacts takes a different approach entirely, diving into the actual materials that shaped Porsche's racing legacy rather than just celebrating the end results.
This 550-page collection pulls together over 250 individual items sourced directly from Porsche Motorsport, the Porsche Museum, and the corporate archive itself. The physical object matches the ambition of its contents. An embossed red vinyl cover references 1960s Porsche archival ledgers, while a motorsport-inspired belt buckle holds everything together. Custom fonts nod to vintage Porsche design language and the matrix-dot printing techniques from 1980s telemetry machines, grounding the typography in actual racing history rather than retrofitting nostalgia.
At 7.7kg with a custom box designed by Andy Cruz of House Industries, this feels like the kind of object that demands a dedicated shelf. It's for the person who appreciates how design decisions tell stories, who notices when typography connects to its era, and who'd rather own one substantial thing than a dozen forgettable ones. This is archival material presented as art.
