#bram de does

[drawdownbooks]

The Kaba Ornament www.draw-down.com

Experiments with a #typographical #ornament and its mirror image in vignettes, #borders, and #patterns The Arabic word #kaba means "cube" when translated into English. The idea became the basis of a 30-year, sketch-based investigation into the seemingly endless combinations of this graphic form for the late #Dutch typographer and type design #Bram de Does. Many of these sketches are lovingly reproduced in this handsome publication. The collection of work presents a seemingly endless combination of patterns, ornaments, and borders built on a single abstract asymmetric form (and its mirror version) designed by de Does. Original notes documenting his construction method and approach to this multi-decade project accompany the abstract ornaments and original sketches.

Published by De Buitenkant, 2006 Bilingual, in Dutch and English

Hardcover, 400 pages, color and b&w image, 7 × 10 inches

[inktrapper]

bram de does tamil

[bobbytannam]

72pt Drukkerijproef.

[dhrubarc]

Spend few precious minutes with typographer and book designer Bram de Does.

[tienevos]

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