This book is a compilation of illustrations made from over 300 images taken from catalog archives and compendiums of architectural elements. Produced between the 1850s and 1960s, these catalogs compiled objects and architectural components found in homes, public and private buildings. Catalogued products ranged from terra cotta bricks to steel prison cells. 

My obsession with these catalogs stems from the precision and detail in the illustrations of the objects sold by the companies. It was because of the graphic craftsmanship behind these designs that I decided to make 25 intricate illustrations using my home printer and graph paper. This is the same paper used by graphic designers and draftsmen to make these precise drawings and catalogs. In this way, The Novum Compendium becomes a collage of archives and a method of interpreting the abundance of images produced by man in the past.