By Carolina de Bartolo and Erik Spiekermann
‘Explorations in Typography: Mastering the Art of Fine Typesetting (A Visual Textbook for Intermediate to Advanced Typography) is a vast collection of beautiful typesetting examples. Page after page, a brief article by Erik Spiekermann has been set in hundreds of ways in hundreds of typefaces, creating an extended visual taxonomy of typesetting that allows you to learn by looking. Beautifully printed and bound, with complete type specifications on every page and examples set in hundreds of faces (many from the FontFont library), the book is a valuable and extensive resource of typesetting ideas. Explorations in Typography along with its companion website and iPad/iPhone app is sure to be instructive and inspirational to students and professionals alike.’
Unit Editions launches Fred Troller Design on Volume – the first comprehensive survey of the work of a pioneering designer who brought Swiss modernism to America in the 1960s, via influential projects for clients including IBM, American Airlines and Geigy.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
A 1936 article on Ludwig Hohlwein, originally in German, published in Graphische Nachrichten, Vol 13, 11, November 1934
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Regional Histories, Studios & Collectives
When Fritz Gottschalk and Stuart Ash joined forces in Montreal, it was a partnership ideally suited to the city's hybrid environment. Gottschalk's training in graphic design in Switzerland, Paris and London was rigid, his background European; Ash, Canadian born and educated, was trained in the North American fashion, though he was influenced by his work with European designers
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