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The exhibition catalogue as an editorial design object

In the field of communication design, editorial design is one of the most relevant areas and, in this context, exhibition catalogues are prominent publications. Generally, these are medium or large format books, intended to perpetuate the information present in the (ephemeral) exhibitions to which they relate. So, they require great care in the design and graphic production process. In this article, we consider exhibition catalogues, aiming to identify their main characteristics and understand how they evolved over time. To achieve this, we base our study on bibliographic research, on the analysis of catalogues from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – a reference institution in the Portuguese cultural panorama – and on interviews with experts in the field.