Robert Brownjohn: Sex and Typography

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The design profession doesn’t produce many larger-than-life figures. Robert Brownjohn-BJ, to just about everyone who knew him, and everyone did-was one. His gifts were immense, as were his appetites. Enfant terrible and visionary, he was both. Mick and the Stones wanted to hang with him. Of course it couldn’t last. Robert Brownjohn was simply too big for this world. He died in 1970 at the age of 45, a victim of his own excesses. Today, he is best remembered for his … More >>

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What is Typography?

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Following the huge success of the Essential Design Handbooks series, What is Typography? is the ultimate compact guide to the discipline that lies at the epicenter of design and communication. This unparalleled handbook explores the formal structures and acceptable variations of type as fundamental disseminators of information. It also uncovers the various ways in which typographers, as well as linguists, psychologists, philosophers, and information designers, have … More >>

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Typography 23: Annual of the Type Directors Club

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Typography 23, the only annual devoted exclusively to typography, presents the finest work in this field for 2001. Selected from approximately 2,500 international submissions, the 158 winning designs displayed in this reference are models of excellence and innovation in the use of type. Winners of this latest competition come from books, magazines, corporate identities, logotypes, stationery, annual reports, video and web graphics, and posters. Special indices list … More >>

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