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Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History⁣ Available at www.draw-down.com⁣ ⁣ Authored by designer Robin Kinross, this volume offers a tour through the history of Western typography, from the time when it can be said to have become “modern” to the present moment.⁣ ⁣ It highlights different cultures at different times, tracing the developments and shifts in modern typography while giving attention to ideas, social contexts, and techniques, thereby also bypassing the tired tropes of stylistic analysis.⁣ ⁣ Included are concise accounts of modernist typography in Central Europe between the wars, and in Switzerland in the 1950s and ’60s. Traditional typography in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Low Countries is also discussed sympathetically.⁣ ⁣ Kinross examines the social, technical and material contexts in which typographers operate, the argument also considers principles and explanations of practice. This volume is a classic text in many ways, providing a lively and critical narrative of historical development, a springboard for further investigation, and reproductions of not-often-seen items.⁣ ⁣ #RobinKinross #ModernTypography #Typography https://www.instagram.com/p/B8d9jBlnHdJ/?igshid=dckraok71ady

SAVE 10% on everything! Use code “NEEDTHIS” at checkout / A Book from deValence / Available at draw-down.myshopify.com / The first publication about the work of the French graphic design studio deValence, this book examines their most recent works since 2012, as well as their long-term collaborations with artists such as Raphaël Zarka, Saâdane Afif, Mathieu Abonnenc, and Pierre Huyghe. Led today by Alexandre Dimos and Ghislain Triboulet, the studio’s work is notable in its intention to seemingly disappear in a process where form logically follows from content. By way of a thorough analysis of several of their designs, overlapping elements of both avant-garde functional aesthetics and an austere classicism emerge in their work. With a text (“Defying the image: deValence, Socrates and the question of design”) by Victor Guégan; an exhaustive visual overview of their design work, with photographs by Paul Lepreux; and an interview. deValence is both a design studio and a publisher, supporting research and reflections about the role and history of graphic design. Among their activities: the forum F7, an umbrella for bringing designers from across Europe to Paris; the magazine Marie Louise, whose first issue was made live during an exhibition of the studio in 2006, later evolving into the French design periodical Back Cover; and the founding of publishing project “Éditions B42.” Includes a foreward by Robin Kinross. Published by Éditions B42 #graphicdesign #typography #French #RobinKinross #B42 #deValence https://www.instagram.com/p/BuTkc9qnYCh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fxq88u7hkk9t

Jost Hochuli: Printed matter, Mainly Books / Available at www.draw-down.com/ Known for his innovative book design and typographic style, #JostHochuli stands out as one of the most admired mid-20th-century #Swiss graphic designers. Working since 1959, Hochuli has created an impressive archive of aggressive book designs and experimental graphic work using wood and linoleum cut typography. The book aims to be the ultimate synthesis of Hochuli’s work. Structured in three thematic blocks—“Commercial Graphic Design”, “Typefaces Cut in Wood and Linoleum” and “Books”—each section is accompanied by theoretical texts alongside copious examples drawn from Hochuli’s archive. Includes writings by Hochuli, as well as theoretical essays by #RobinKinross and #HansPeterWilberg #graphicdesign #typography https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLD6TVASc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uf08bi7g3gym

TODAY! 10% OFF EVERYTHING, use code “NOIR17” at DRAW DOWN / www.draw-down.com / A Book from deValence: The first publication about the work of the French graphic design studio deValence, this book examines their most recent works since 2012, as well as their long-term collaborations with artists such as Raphaël Zarka, Saâdane Afif, Mathieu Abonnenc, and Pierre Huyghe. Led today by Alexandre Dimos and Ghislain Triboulet, the studio’s work is notable in its intention to seemingly disappear in a process where form logically follows from content. By way of a thorough analysis of several of their designs, overlapping elements of both avant-garde functional aesthetics and an austere classicism emerge in their work. With a text (“Defying the image: deValence, Socrates and the question of design”) by Victor Guégan; an exhaustive visual overview of their design work, with photographs by Paul Lepreux; and an interview. deValence is both a design studio and a publisher, supporting research and reflections about the role and history of graphic design. Among their activities: the forum F7, an umbrella for bringing designers from across Europe to Paris; the magazine Marie Louise, whose first issue was made live during an exhibition of the studio in 2006, later evolving into the French design periodical Back Cover; and the founding of publishing project “Éditions B42.” Includes a foreward by Robin Kinross. Published by Éditions B42 #graphicdesign #typography #French #RobinKinross #B42 #deValence

Back in Stock! Back Cover (Issue 4) / Available at www.draw-down.com / Featuring Catherine de Smet, Robin Kinross, Metahaven, Jost Hochuli, Wim Crouwel, and Roland Früh. Content includes: A Conversation with Karel Martens, A Non-nostalgic Encounter with Modern Typography, Systematic Book Design?, and Writing Design. #graphicdesign #typography #magazine #backcover #Metahaven #WimCrouwel #RobinKinross #CatherinedeSmet #WritingDesign #Design

END OF SUMMER SALE / Get 10% OFF your ENTIRE order — enter code SUMMER10 at www.draw-down.com / A Book from deValence / The first publication about the work of the French graphic design studio deValence, this book examines their most recent works since 2012, as well as their long-term collaborations with artists such as Raphaël Zarka, Saâdane Afif, Mathieu Abonnenc, and Pierre Huyghe. Led today by Alexandre Dimos and Ghislain Triboulet, the studio’s work is notable in its intention to seemingly disappear in a process where form logically follows from content. By way of a thorough analysis of several of their designs, overlapping elements of both avant-garde functional aesthetics and an austere classicism emerge in their work. With a text (“Defying the image: deValence, Socrates and the question of design”) by Victor Guégan; an exhaustive visual overview of their design work, with photographs by Paul Lepreux; and an interview. deValence is both a design studio and a publisher, supporting research and reflections about the role and history of graphic design. Among their activities: the forum F7, an umbrella for bringing designers from across Europe to Paris; the magazine Marie Louise, whose first issue was made live during an exhibition of the studio in 2006, later evolving into the French design periodical Back Cover; and the founding of publishing project “Éditions B42.” Includes a foreward by Robin Kinross. Published by Éditions B42 #graphicdesign #typography #French #RobinKinross #B42 #deValence

Back in Stock! A Book from deValence / Available at draw-down.myshopify.com / The first publication about the work of the French graphic design studio deValence, this book examines their most recent works since 2012, as well as their long-term collaborations with artists such as Raphaël Zarka, Saâdane Afif, Mathieu Abonnenc, and Pierre Huyghe. Led today by Alexandre Dimos and Ghislain Triboulet, the studio’s work is notable in its intention to seemingly disappear in a process where form logically follows from content. By way of a thorough analysis of several of their designs, overlapping elements of both avant-garde functional aesthetics and an austere classicism emerge in their work. With a text (“Defying the image: deValence, Socrates and the question of design”) by Victor Guégan; an exhaustive visual overview of their design work, with photographs by Paul Lepreux; and an interview. deValence is both a design studio and a publisher, supporting research and reflections about the role and history of graphic design. Among their activities: the forum F7, an umbrella for bringing designers from across Europe to Paris; the magazine Marie Louise, whose first issue was made live during an exhibition of the studio in 2006, later evolving into the French design periodical Back Cover; and the founding of publishing project “Éditions B42.” Includes a foreward by Robin Kinross. Published by Éditions B42 #graphicdesign #typography #French #RobinKinross #B42 #deValence

Last Copy! Back Cover, Issue 5 / Available at www.draw-down.com / Featuring Peter Biľak, Richard Hollis, Robin Kinross, Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié, Norman Potter, Laura Forde, Victor Guégan, Conny Purtill, Paul Renner, and Joël Vacheron. Content includes: Cornel Windlin : The Designer as Artist ?, Meeting Fogelson-Lubliner, Happypets: Audio Tattoos, Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones (1944), Futura, the Font of our Time, and Irma Boom, Book Designer #graphicdesign #typography #magazine #backcover #CornelWindlin #Futura #irmaboom #Happypets #tattoos #PaulRenner #RichardHollis #RobinKinross #PeterBilak