Trading Zones

(2026)

Exploring the history and present of the offshore financial system, and it’s close integration into the traditional onshore system.

21×29 cm, 2 volumes, 700 pages total, hardback case binding
Unpublished maquette
Designed by Lewis Bush
No ISBN

Design notes:

Two volumes covering five thematic areas. The first volume focuses on the development of the offshore system by chance and design, from 1066 to 2000. The second volume and latter three sections deal with different aspects of the offshore financial system as it exists today. Design references for the book were largely drawn from finance industry documents and publications dating from the 1980s ‘golden age’ of offshore practices, with diagrams of financial structures, schemes, and practices appearing every ten pages throughout the book as a thematic spine even as the other elements change dramatically.

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