The 25th edition of American Wood and Paper Company Champion's promotional publication, Imagination, that was used to show off its products and highlight printing possibilities. This boxed set contains four envelopes, each enclosing either a booklet or loose-leaf papers. It retains its original belly band, along with additional loose-leaf acknowledgments and introductory pages. A variety of printing techniques create an array of visual and tactile effects, showcasing the imaginative uses and the versatility of Champion papers. Each booklet is dedicated to a specific printing technique: Book One explores four-color process.....
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Scarce first edition artists' book, number 77 from an edition of 100 copies, inscribed with a personal note and original ink drawing on the front flyleaf. Likening cartoons to erotica through their shared explorations of fantasy and desire, Aaron Elvis Jupin juxtaposes the two, layering innuendo with innocence to challenge conservative and traditional notions of propriety. Images of Bambi appear alongside erotic magazine covers altered with drawn clothing and obscuring imagery, merging the playful with the provocative in a series of whimsical compositions. Out of print.

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A two-part publication issued in a limited edition of 1,000 copies in a slipcase, offering an in-depth survey of the influential design firm Pentagram, spanning 50 years from its founding in 1972 to 2022. Book one, The Directory, examines the group, its achievements, design philosophies, and distinctive business model. It traces broader developments in graphic design, from the handmade aesthetics of the 1970s to the sharp digital visual culture of the 2020s, while honoring the more than 50 past and present partners who have shaped Pentagram’s evolution. The.....
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A retrospective survey of the work of London-based design studio 8vo, written by two of its three founders, Mark Holt and Hamish Muir. Presented in a chunky-format volume, fold-out inserts, time lines, essays by the founders, and a rich selection of projects and ephemera guides readers through a history of 8vo’s boundary-pushing designs. In addition to the firms projects the cult design journal Octavo, published by 8vo in eight issues between 1986 and 1992, is reproduced and examined in depth. Its heavy structural and typographic aesthetic fused modernist principles.....
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Rand's signature in pen on the upper left of the verso of the title page. Paul Rand, a pioneering American graphic designer best known for his iconic corporate logos, contributions to advertising design, and role in shaping the American Modernist style, discusses early 1990s graphic design practices. Rand uses examples of his own work, as well as the work of designers who inspired him, to explore topics such as intuition’s relationship to design, the use of computers in design production, typography, principles of book design, and more. Out of print.....
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The third and final issue of the legendary Portfolio magazine, which ran from 1950 to 1951. Created with the aim of publishing a magazine devoted entirely to art and design, Portfolio is notable for its broad range of content, inventive layout, and its blending of boundaries between the celebrated work of established artists and the everyday aesthetics of American vernacular culture. This issue features articles on stereoscopy—complete with the original 3-D glasses—as well as features on Ben Shahn, Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs of Asia, Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, and more.....
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The first U.S. 1982 edition of Goines' exquisite and finely printed geometric analysis of Greek, Roman and Arabic letterforms and numerals. Letterpress printed and bound by The Stinehour Press of Lunenburg, Vermont on Mohawk Letterpress acid-free paper. The book is renowned and sought after among graphic designers, and won the American Book Award for typography in 1983. A stunning typographic masterwork. David Lance Goines was born in 1945 in Grants Pass, Oregon to a civil engineer father and an artist and calligrapher mother. He attended UC Berkeley, and in 1968.....
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A rare Lloyd Reynolds booklet and teaching plates from the early days of the innovative calligraphy program at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. A 20-page booklet explains the focus on Roman and italic alphabets and includes "Notes on the Plates" which describe techniques and historical information about the various lettering. Plate titles include "Structural Capitals in Width Groups, Lining Figures, with Pen Directions," "Structural Lower Case, Old Style Figures" and "Black Letter Initials and Square Text," among others. The Graphic Arts Workshop was founded by Reynolds when he joined Reed.....
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