Get Impressed
The Revival of Letterpress and Handmade Type
Seiten
2021
Hoaki (Verlag)
978-84-17656-37-9 (ISBN)
Hoaki (Verlag)
978-84-17656-37-9 (ISBN)
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An in-depth overview on the world of letterpress: history, examples, designers and everything there is to know about the renewed interest in movable types.
Today letterpress is in revival and widely used in books, posters, bespoke stationery like invitations, name cards, letterheads and so on. Letterpress designers like Alan Kitching or Jesús Morentin crave out their names in the computer-generated design world with beautiful-composed types. This book introduces the history and the process of letterpress printing and includes a list of classic movable types arranged in style order. The volume also includes letterpress designers, artists, type foundries, institutions, or even museums from all over the world, each with an elaborated biography and exclusive interviews with the most relevant professionals in this area. It will prove to be a handbook for type designers, letterpress designers, type lovers, design students and ordinary readers who enjoy crafts and prints.
Today letterpress is in revival and widely used in books, posters, bespoke stationery like invitations, name cards, letterheads and so on. Letterpress designers like Alan Kitching or Jesús Morentin crave out their names in the computer-generated design world with beautiful-composed types. This book introduces the history and the process of letterpress printing and includes a list of classic movable types arranged in style order. The volume also includes letterpress designers, artists, type foundries, institutions, or even museums from all over the world, each with an elaborated biography and exclusive interviews with the most relevant professionals in this area. It will prove to be a handbook for type designers, letterpress designers, type lovers, design students and ordinary readers who enjoy crafts and prints.
Wang Shaoqiang is a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China) and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Arts and Humanities of the Macau University of Science and Technology. He is a prolific editor whose titles focus on design, art and lifestyle. He is also the editor of Design 360° magazine and Asia-Pacific Design yearbook. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organizations, and he has been a jury member for China’s most prestigious design and illustration awards
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.07.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 400 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Barcelona |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 190 x 250 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten | |
| Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Desktop Publishing / Typographie | |
| ISBN-10 | 84-17656-37-5 / 8417656375 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-84-17656-37-9 / 9788417656379 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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