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Sample book from the D. Stempel company featuring the Palatino font, designed by Herman Zapf in the late 1940s and modeled after the humanist types of the Italian Renaissance. Specimens include regular, italic, semi bold, small caps, etc.
Condition: Near Fine in a custom-made mylar cover, faint soft creasing to top right corner.
Item #761
Issue 8 of Shoplifters focuses on 110 new, in progress, or unreleased typefaces by 60 designers plus an interview with designer Berton Hasebe, an excerpt of a research project and book on the Facit Corporation by Our Polite Society, and a section on real and speculative type design tools by Dinamo. Introduction by Kris Sowersby of Klim Type Foundry. With the type/font samples imploying a basketball theme instead of the standard A-Z example/format. Shoplifters is a bi-annual publication featuring the work of contemporary artists, photographers, designers and illustrators and it’s.....
Item #1239
The Dutch designer and polymath Jurriaan Schrofer (1926–1990) was one of the defining figures in European graphic design in the 1950s–70s. Working across all genres, from public relations brochures to interior design, and from magazines to advertising and alphabets, Schrofer is regarded as a pioneer in the field of photobooks and experimental typography. Hundreds of color images of the graphic and advertising work, typography design and experiments, and archival photos from throughout his career. Great!
Condition: New.
Item #1174
One of the great books of graphic design, now in its fourth revised and expanded edition. Karel Martens' work is both personal and experimental. A prolific book designer, has also contributed to a wide range of design commissions including stamps, coins, and signs. His artistic practice is intimately connected to his design work - from geometric and kinetic constructions, to works on paper and monoprints. Covering almost 60 years of practice, this book explores the staggering output of this of this designer and artist, and is presented in the experimental.....
Item #1175
Typographica, founded and edited by Herbert Spencer, was published in two series, each containing 16 issues - the "old series" (from 1949-1959) and the "new series" (from 1960-1967). The issues in both series were numbered 1-16 (for a total of 32 issues). This is issue No. 11 is from the "old series," and appeared in 1955. Included are features on Swissair's branding, H.N. Werkman (with a tipped-in color plate of his work), an essay on international publishing, an essay "Tower of Babel" by Alan Dodson, a small section on books, plus.....
Item #438
The original and scarce 1999 edition of Issue Six of the amazing Crap Hound magazine by the brilliant designer Sean Tejaratchi. This issue's focus is images of death, telephones and scissors. Crap Hound was a monumental feat of compilation. Also includes typography sample pages for Astro, Regicide, Lumberboy and Huffman. And the fake television listings at the back are very funny.
Condition: Fine, like new with very slight foxing to the back cover.
Item #44
