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Letterpress: Select Designs from San Francisco and New York / Miki Usui
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REF.PM.1176
191 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
2010
Letterpress printing, Printmaking, creating with the arts, Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.)
San Francisco and New York City are two centers where letterpress printing is active and studios producing custom-made cards, books, and stationery are becoming more prominent. This title attempts to rediscover the beauty of letterpress by young designers, introducing designers and studios located in these two cities. Featured includes the Dutch Door Press, Austin Press, Carrot & Stick Press, Hello! Lucky, ChewingTheCud, with Flydird Pres, Olive Route, Pancake and Franks, Small Square Design, Old Tom Foolery, Ensatina Pres, the San Francisco Center for the Book, Arion Press, Sesame Press, Moontree Letterpress, Hijirik Design Studio, Paper + Cup Design, Browne & Co, Stationers, and the Center for Book Arts (p. 182). Also includes interviews with Julie Holcomb and Daniel Gardiner Morris. Includes full-color illustrations. Text in Japanese. Also includes letter from the publisher to the Center for Book Arts.