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AZAMAT ABDUGALIEV · BERGOTT / SPECUS · 2026

Works
on paper.

Graphic works by Azamat Abdugaliev.

01Au Pont Rouge

Le Temps retrouvé

Marcel Proust / Time Regained

Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is, among other things, a novel about our connection to memories of places we have visited and places we have yet to visit. About things that suddenly bring vivid memories back. To me, it is the most design-minded book that is not about design.

I released my French Art Nouveau typeface in Ho Chi Minh City. I named it Au Pont Rouge after the building at the Red Bridge in Saint Petersburg. And the first word I set in this typeface was “Proust”.

I added a graphic drawing of the estate at Tansonville, a reference to Swann’s Way, the first volume of the novel. This is where the immersion in memories begins.

02SPECUS

Le Petit Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / The Little Prince

For The Little Prince, I developed a typeface from the lettering I had designed for the dial of my SPECUS SA-01 pilot watch.

The composition includes elements of a watch dial: a scale, circles and large numerals. The book’s title runs diagonally; the author’s name is set in smaller letters.

White and graphite fields meet yellow-green details: a triangular marker and concentric circles.

03SPECUS

SPECUS / Numerals

Numerals

A separate sheet showing the numerals of the SPECUS typeface, designed for the dial of the SA-01 pilot watch.

A triangular marker sits above two rows of numerals: 1 to 5 and 6 to 0. A circular scale appears below.

At this size, the rounded strokes and breaks in the contours are clearly visible. White signs sit on a graphite ground, with yellow-green reserved for small markers.

Digital originals shown here. The paper’s sheen is visible on the prints.

Paper

Paper for the prints.

Hahnemühle
Photo Rag® Metallic

Cotton paper with a silvery high-gloss coating, selected for all three works.

Weight
340 gsm
Base
100% cotton
Coating
Metallic

Natural white. No optical brighteners.

Paper specifications

Artist

Azamat Abdugaliev.

Designer of the Au Pont Rouge and SPECUS typefaces, the SPECUS SA-01 watch and Bergott graphics.

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