What Makes a Lake? (US + Canada)
Sequencing, Editorial Design. Edited in collaboration with Abbey Meaker and Estefania Puerta. Book that brings together the work of more than 80 artists to create a portrait of Earth’ lakes, rivers, and oceans. This collection of images and text offers an intimate experience of places that we hope create a new connection to and commitment for caring for our most vulnerable ecosystems. Supported by the Burlington City Arts Community Fund Grant. Published by Another Earth.

Frequency (Canada)
Photography, Book Design and Sequencing. Supported by the Edward Burtynsky Grant from the Scotiabank CONTACT Festival, awarded in 2021. Book in collections that include the National Gallery of Canada, Library & Archives Collection (Canada); AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives Collection (Canada); and San Telmo Museum, Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (Spain).

Trick Not Telos (Canada)
Box, Books Design and Editing. Box set with 5 books and essays written by Katherine McKittrick, Canadian professor and academic, writer, and editor. Katherine is a professor in Gender studies at Queen's University. Design Direction by Cristian Ordóñez. Curated by Liz Ikiriko.

Trick Not Telos, Cristian Ordonez, Liz Ikiriko and Katherine McKittrick

Signals (US + Canada)
Book Sequencing and Design. Edited in collaboration with Abbey Meaker. Book that presents the images and words of 30 artists and writers as messages received from a beautiful and strained planet. Organized into elemental chapters – earth, fire, water, wind – the works coalesce around weather events from the devastating to the mundane, offering a collective portrait of reciprocity and communication between self, earth, and environment. Published by Another Earth.

Multinacionales y Comunidades (Chile)
Book Design, Sequencing and Photography. Publication created in response to ongoing research that began in early 2022, including a visit to the Huasco Valley in Atacama, Chile in October of the same year. This book was specially produced in a limited edition to deliver the preliminary quantitative results to the community of Huasco, namely actors from the civil society, the public sector, indigenous peoples, business people and ordinary citizens who participated in this process. Funded by Athabasca University and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of the Government of Canada, in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Santiago de Chile. Created and edited by photographer, Cristian Ordóñez and Eduardo Ordonez-Ponce, PhD, Athabasca University.

Diamond Schmitt Architects (Canada)
Book Design and Sequencing. Limited edition book for Diamond Schmitt Architects, a Canadian architectural firm founded in 1975. With text by Paddy Harrington. In collaboration with Frontier.

Land Chapters (US)
Publication Design and Sequencing. This book of writing and photographs is part of the exhibition of the same title in Vermont, for which artists made land-based installations, essays, and field recordings and compositions in response to their surroundings. Land Chapters brought together 16 artists and writers to respond to natural environments through land-based installation, text, photography, and sound. Curated by Abbey Meaker and Estefania Puerta. Published by Another Earth.

La montaigne qui hurle (Canada + France)
Book Design, Editing and Sequencing. Photographic Book by French photographer Betty Bogaert. Book Design and Editing in collaboration with the artist.

Frequency b-sides (Canada)
Book Design, Photography and Concept. 3 unique publications. Design Direction and Photography. Print production courtesy of Flash Reproductions.

The Deepest Lake (Argentina + US)
Book Design and Edition. Book by Brian W. Ferry. Published by Paripé Books.

Notes (Canada)
Books Design, Photograpghy and Concept. 3 publications. Sequencing, Edition, Photography, Design. Books included in the collection San Telmo Museum, Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (Spain).

Cristian Ordóñez, Notes (On Trial) Books

Nothing Special (Canada + Italy)
Conceptual and Documentary Photography for Book and Videography. Photography for large format book, and Videography as part of the branding campaign for NS. Commissioned by Italian furniture brand Nothing Special. Book Edited by Marlo Onilla. Book Designed by Biography. Videography created by Cristian Ordóñez with music composed by artist Justin Pape.

Displace, for Project 107 Gallery (Canada)
Photography, Edition and Book Design. Part of the exhibition 'Displace' at Project 107 is an art gallery located in Toronto, Canada, embracing impermanence in a building waiting to be demolished. Book production courtesy of Gas Company, published by Another Earth. Text by architecture critic, Stefan Novakovic. Print production courtesy of The Gas Company.

Farm Book (Canada)
Book Sequencing and Design in collaboration with the artist. Photography by Andrew Blake McGill.

New Aging (US)
Creative Direction and Book Design. Book by Matthias Hollwich (HWKN Architects) and Bruce Mau Design, with editor Jennifer Krichels. In collaboration with Bruce Mau Design, with designers Elvira Barriga and Kaila Jacques. Illustrations by Robert Samuel Hanson. Published by Penguin Books US. (Additional multilingual book covers show the evolution of the book into other languages and publishers).

Other Voices (Canada)
Photography, Book Design and Sequencing. Book in collections that include the AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives Collection (Canada); and San Telmo Museum, Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (Spain).

Cristian Ordóñez, Other Voices Screenprint

How to understand a rock (US + Canada)
Sequencing and Design by Cristian Ordóñez and Kate Schneider. Photo-Book by Kate Schneider. Risograph Printing by Kate Schneider. Screenprint by Jo Yetter. Kate Schneider's book is supported by The Penumbra Foundation, Eureka! and John Hartman Award from the MacLaren Art Centre.

Try (Canada)
Edited and Designed conceptual publication.

S*x, P*rn & Feminism (Chile + Germany)
Edited and Designed for Metalibro Publisher. Part of 'Colección L del Metalibro'. S*x, P*rn & Feminism, by Mónica Muñoz and Pol Rodríguez. Selection of photographs from backstage p*rn feminist film 'Hologang', documentary photographs, stills and 6 interviews of activists, educators, performance and authors. Edited by Javiera Novoa and Cristian Ordóñez. Curatorial text written by Mónica Salinero Rates, with translation by Mighel Mariño.

Terrain Notes (Canada)
Concept, Edition and Design Direction. Created with collaborations from Alana Paterson (CAD), Christos Simos (GRC), Mark Byk (CAD), Sarah Meurle (SWE), Sebastián Rodríguez (CHL), Seth Fluker (CAD) and Will Jivcoff (CAD). Cover Screenprint & Type Artwork by Mark Byk. Cover Photography by Sarah Meurle.

Spring Tide (Canada)
Book Sequencing and Design in collaboration with the artist. Photography by Andrew Querner. Text by artist Brent Comber.

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What Makes a Lake? (US + Canada)

Sequencing, Editorial Design. Edited in collaboration with Abbey Meaker and Estefania Puerta. Book that brings together the work of more than 80 artists to create a portrait of Earth’ lakes, rivers, and oceans. This collection of images and text offers an intimate experience of places that we hope create a new connection to and commitment for caring for our most vulnerable ecosystems. Supported by the Burlington City Arts Community Fund Grant. Published by Another Earth.

Frequency (Canada)

Photography, Book Design and Sequencing. Supported by the Edward Burtynsky Grant from the Scotiabank CONTACT Festival, awarded in 2021. Book in collections that include the National Gallery of Canada, Library & Archives Collection (Canada); AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives Collection (Canada); and San Telmo Museum, Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (Spain).

Trick Not Telos (Canada)

Box, Books Design and Editing. Box set with 5 books and essays written by Katherine McKittrick, Canadian professor and academic, writer, and editor. Katherine is a professor in Gender studies at Queen's University. Design Direction by Cristian Ordóñez. Curated by Liz Ikiriko.

Signals (US + Canada)

Book Sequencing and Design. Edited in collaboration with Abbey Meaker. Book that presents the images and words of 30 artists and writers as messages received from a beautiful and strained planet. Organized into elemental chapters – earth, fire, water, wind – the works coalesce around weather events from the devastating to the mundane, offering a collective portrait of reciprocity and communication between self, earth, and environment. Published by Another Earth.

Multinacionales y Comunidades (Chile)

Book Design, Sequencing and Photography. Publication created in response to ongoing research that began in early 2022, including a visit to the Huasco Valley in Atacama, Chile in October of the same year. This book was specially produced in a limited edition to deliver the preliminary quantitative results to the community of Huasco, namely actors from the civil society, the public sector, indigenous peoples, business people and ordinary citizens who participated in this process. Funded by Athabasca University and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of the Government of Canada, in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Santiago de Chile. Created and edited by photographer, Cristian Ordóñez and Eduardo Ordonez-Ponce, PhD, Athabasca University.

Diamond Schmitt Architects (Canada)

Book Design and Sequencing. Limited edition book for Diamond Schmitt Architects, a Canadian architectural firm founded in 1975. With text by Paddy Harrington. In collaboration with Frontier.

Land Chapters (US)

Publication Design and Sequencing. This book of writing and photographs is part of the exhibition of the same title in Vermont, for which artists made land-based installations, essays, and field recordings and compositions in response to their surroundings. Land Chapters brought together 16 artists and writers to respond to natural environments through land-based installation, text, photography, and sound. Curated by Abbey Meaker and Estefania Puerta. Published by Another Earth.

La montaigne qui hurle (Canada + France)

Book Design, Editing and Sequencing. Photographic Book by French photographer Betty Bogaert. Book Design and Editing in collaboration with the artist.

Frequency b-sides (Canada)

Book Design, Photography and Concept. 3 unique publications. Design Direction and Photography. Production courtesy of Flash Reproductions.

The Deepest Lake (Argentina + US)

Book Design and Edition. Book by Brian W. Ferry. Published by Paripé Books.

Notes (Canada)

Books Design, Photograpghy and Concept. 3 publications. Sequencing, Edition, Photography, Design. Books included in the collection San Telmo Museum, Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (Spain).

Nothing Special (Canada + Italy)

Conceptual and Documentary Photography for Book and Videography. Photography for large format book, and Videography as part of the branding campaign for NS. Commissioned by Italian furniture brand Nothing Special. Book Edited by Marlo Onilla. Book Designed by Biography. Videography created by Cristian Ordóñez with music composed by artist Justin Pape.