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An extensive collection of “bare bone” symbols and images, drawn and explained by this celebrated calligrapher, teacher, and typographer. It provides a historic graphic repertoire for designers to build upon. When creatively embellished or used with decorative flourishing, these graphic images give artists and calligraphers myriad opportunities to solve design ideas for today’s taste and style, without diminishing the meaning and integrity of the “bone.” Today’s icons have stripped the embellishments of centuries to the “bare bones” of a symbol’s original image. A wonderful comfort for any artist.
With so many international travelers, we must live in a world filled with icons. The necessity of immediate communication is imperative. Images give the directions.
This practical and profusely illustrated bible of authoritative articles is a comprehensive collection by members of the distinguished Society of Scribes and Illuminators, England. All the contributors are professional craftspeople with extensive experience in their areas of expertise. A must-have book for anyone interested in pursuing a knowledge of calligraphy, or seriously interested in practicing scribal skills and their applications. Expansive and thoroughly illustrated chapters on calligraphy, the making of fine writing instruments, and book-page design.
The milieu of Chautauqua is creatively presented as a grand stage production, crafting live theater and lively handwork. DaBoll’s talent for observation is an impressive performance, managed with the great skill of an accomplished calligrapher and appreciative observer of the theatrical whirling-about to give free rein for lively drawings.
Besides the theatrics, our interest is in the work of this master penman beautifully calligraphing the entire book. DaBoll’s mastery of the broad nib pen and his knowledgeable comments on calligraphy make this volume theatrics for graphic artists as well. Embellished with marginal sketches drawn with the same verve and broad nib pen it becomes an inspiration and challenge for all scribes. The volume contains 39 pages of notes on calligraphy and handwritten letters from other handwriting enthusiasts.
A catalogue of work Spemann accomplished during his student days in the Munich Arts & Crafts School and later. All his fellow students had great respect for his industriousness and ability to concentrate. His many interests and wide education (he was the second son of a famous Naturalist and Nobel Prize winner) presented various possibilities for a career direction. He became dissatisfied with pencil and pointed pen drawing and decided to develop his calligraphic studies, in which he was unusually gifted and created with passion. Teaching positions in Stuttgart and Munich occupied his years before World War II broke out. In 1945 he became a prisoner of the Russians in Czechoslovakia. While a prisoner he wrote the most wonderful small pages by candlelight, sitting on boxes. On June 11, 1947 (two years after the war had ended), he died of a heart attack at age 42. He was buried by his comrades in a prison camp in the Ukraine.
Over 1,000 pieces of his work are at the Klingspor Museum. His lettering art was full of spirit. He was a humanist, with full expression of the spiritual—a genuine great master.
A wonderful collection that everyone should have, because we all need numbers.
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Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design edited by Ian Lynam
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design
Edited by Ian Lynam
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Published: March 2019
Total Armageddon is about design. And culture. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, PowerPoint, burkas, Big Tech, full-contact sports, and other thorny topics. The book celebrates 15 years of independent publishing and brings together a who’s who of authors and essays from 32 issues of Slanted Magazine.
A Field Guide to Color by Lisa Solomon
A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
By Lisa Solomon
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: August 2019
In this creative workbook you’ll discover fresh ways to connect with color in your art and life. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other water-based medium, explore color theory while playing with paint through a balanced blend of color experiments and loose color meditations. This inspiring workbook will change the way you relate to color
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
“From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor’s tattooed arms where the numbers just don’t add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry.” — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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