Adventures in letterpress
Tactile, retro, and idiosyncratic, hand-printed objects have an undeniable appeal, especially in a digital age. In recent years, the nearly obsolete craft of letterpress has been resurrected by artists and designers who have rescued cast-iron presses from basements and scrap yards. Adventures in Let...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London [U.K.]
Laurence King Pub.
2014
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Tactile, retro, and idiosyncratic, hand-printed objects have an undeniable appeal, especially in a digital age. In recent years, the nearly obsolete craft of letterpress has been resurrected by artists and designers who have rescued cast-iron presses from basements and scrap yards. Adventures in Letterpress features over 200 examples of the resulting work: elegant cards, edgy broadsheets, and everything in between. Beautiful, humorous and sometimes just plain weird, the projects featured in the book perfectly illustrate the vibrant future of this once-endangered medium |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781780674926 1780674252 9781780674254 |