Roy Arenella’s As Seeing is in the tradition of street photographers like Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank and Lee Friedlander—and like Evans, there’s a clear love for letters and words. See more of this book we set in Cyrus Highsmith’s Ibis types here.
On my last day as president of the The Society of Printers, Boston, a stamp by the only SP president to provide an illustration for one (a stamp, that is): George Trenholm.
Q: Proudest moment of the last twelve hours?
A: Winning Allan Haley’s Pop Type Quiz at last night’s AIGA event.
In case you’re not able to get to the Venice Biennale between May 9 and November 22, see the short film in which we make an appearance here: https://vimeo.com/79401941 (No joke. It really is in the Venice Biennale. Also, for the record: We would not usually request a plastic bag for such a small purchase, but doing so was in the script.)
A Report from the Field: “Congratulations. You’ve been ripped off.” We’ve never been more flattered. See the original here.
This label from the family department store was the first example of graphic design of which we were ever aware—more so the name than the crest in the upper left. That we don’t recognize at all.
A Checklist of the 100-Cent Postage Stamps Designed by Jan van Krimpen: It’s got war, oppression, rejection, and redemption, Jan van Krimpen, and a note on Rocky Stinehour. What more could one hope for? Update: This book is now out of print but available for reading here.
Stop what you’re doing and get yourself a copy of Love or Nothing: Tennis Matches We Would Like To See. It’s 48 pages by the Roger Federer of wordplay. And someday when you learn who that is, you’re going to be glad you spent five bucks on this one. This is a book that rare book dealers will be begging you to sell them. No joke. Set in Sentinel types, the ball will totally be in your court.
We’re pleased to do almost anything for David R. Godine, Publisher, but we were especially pleased to work on their 2015 New Year’s greeting. An impressive thirty-four books + one Nobel prize made for a pretty good 2014, so why not make an 11.5 × 18.5 list suitable for framing?
We’re so honored that William Addison Dwiggins sent this selfie while reading the new edition of Towards a Reform of the Paper Currency. Order your own copy and send a selfie with your copy. We’ll send you a prize!
Towards a Reform of the Paper Currency particularly in point of its design by W.A. Dwiggins (with a new introduction by Bruce Kennett) is shipping today! Order one now and potentially use it as a conversation-starter during Thanksgiving dinner.
