Archive for the ‘TYPOGRAPHY’ Category
NEW ALPHABETS A TO Z
NEW ALPHABETS A TO Z
HERBERT SPENCER AND COLIN FORBES
This disregarded book sat in the children’s section. Nobody noticed that it had the coolest collection of type.
BOOK OF WAR, MORTIFICATION AND LOVE
BOOK OF WAR, MORTIFICATION AND LOVE
RUUD LINSSEN
A book printed in the authors blood. If you don’t believe me then look at Underware.nl the design collective who published this book. I heard them talking about this book maybe for more than 2 years. I waited in anticipation, as a designer I became more curious about what it would look like then if I would actually like to read the book. Finally when the book was launched it was perfect and as expected the author sat very pale faced signing books with his own brown blood.
HOE MEN HET ABC BEGEERDE EN LEERDE
HOE MEN HET ABC BEGEERDE EN LEERDE
E.TIERIE-HOGERZEIL
When you find a book with type and peculiar illustrations, its just unavoidable that as a designer you will just have to have it.
DES ENFANTS SAGES
DES ENFANTS SAGES
If you enjoy going to second hand markets, then the one in Lille is worth a visit, its once a year during the first week of September. I found this book sandwiched between some moldy National Geographics. I have never seen a wooden book before. Its poor condition was even more of a reason to rescue it.
MONDAY
BOLD MONDAY TYPE SPECIMEN NO. 1
PAUL VAN DER LAAN & PIETER VAN ROSMALEN
Recently I was asked to design a page for the Bold Monday type specimen by Pieter and Paul. Although I had to design a page I ended up writing. It was a nice surprise when I received a copy that they had used most of my text to test drive their typefaces.
AFRICAN SIGNS
AFRICAN SIGNS
ROB FLOOR, GERT VAN ZANTEN
I think almost every designer I know falls in love with hand painted signs. They travel abroad and come back with a few shots of their girlfriend or boyfriend on the beach and 1000 shots of local street signs, or basically anything that has not been designed but alludes to it. So when you find a book like this you are doing yourself a favour.
THE ELEMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE
THE ELEMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE
ROBERT BRINGHURST
I reread this book because we were going to interview Robert Bringhurst for Typeradio. I should read it every year. After meeting him in person I was in awe, and he has a beautiful voice – think Johnny Cash ‘The man comes round’.
