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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
Part artist's book, part exhibition catalog, this book chronicles the syntheses of abstraction, science, graphic design and typography in Auerbach’s work. Encapsulating Auerbach’s longstanding consideration of symmetry, texture and logic, the title S v Z offers a framework for this volume’s typeface, design and structure. With a total of 485 illustrations including images of more than 130 paintings, drawings, sculptures and artist’s books created between 2004 and 2020, plus a comprehensive selection of related reference images. Essays by Joseph Becker, Jenny Gheith and Linda Dalrymple Henderson provide further context for.....
Item #1171
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
Please note: more copies of this title are arriving on April 29 and any orders will ship after that date.
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.....
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
