Content includes:
Hans Baumeister – Picture Books
Alexandre Alexandre – On the Situation of the Children\’s Book in France
Lanny Sommese – Child and Book: Attempt at a Position Finding
Reality
Fiction
Criticismo of the Human Environment, Pre-School
Wolfgang Maier – Multiple-Language Books for Children!
The Documentary Picture Book
Iconography: Animals in the picture book
Karl E. Fuchs – Novum Education
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
The stamps for the 1970 editions were designed by Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma in collaboration with the Centre for Cubic Constructions (CCC) in Heerlen. Every stamp displays a different corner point of the same block, highlighting eight distinct corner points, with four chosen for their unique identities.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Juan Carlos Distéfano is an Argentinian artist, designer and teacher. He designed a range of posters, programmes brochures and book covers alongside Juan Andralis, Humberto Rivas and Roberto Alvarado for the Instituto di Tella, Buenos Aires.
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I have long been a fan of Counter-Print, as a student, I would order their newsprint publications, peruse their Flickr albums and now, over a decade later I still buy their latest releases and their site provides our staff with great giftse throughout the year. I interviewed one of the founders, Jon Dowling to find out more about setting up Counter-Print, their favourite books and which publishers inspire them.
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