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Yearbook of Lettering No.1

Art Direction & Managing Editor : Tessa Breuer

Assistance Graphic Design & Editing : Juliane Nöst

Cover “Xesta” Hugo Moura (spine), “Yinglish” Ying Chang (front)

Slanted Pub., Karlsruhe 2023, 320 pages, ISBN 978949329034

euro 48,00

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Letters and typefaces not only transport information but also create a feeling and have a personality. Lettering takes this a step further—with its movement, artistic strokes, and variety, it has the potential to radiate a whole range of energies and tell stories of harmony and distortion, about positive and negative space. Words become drawings and pictures themselves.

Born out of the success of the concept of the Yearbook of Type, we have created a new book series: the Yearbook of Lettering. It presents a selection of lettering artwork created all over the world—from traditional calligraphy and hand lettering, street art and graffiti, to 3D digital lettering, showcasing the vibrant and wide range of different styles and techniques.

The book offers an overview of high-quality handcrafted typographic art and can help clients source the right artist for a project. It serves as a source of inspiration not only for people in the design world but also displays the contemporary world of lettering and the many different styles available—giving lettering, calligraphy, brush lettering, blackletter, hand lettering, graffiti artists, and more the platform, appreciation, and recognition they deserve.

14/02/24

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Patchwork  A World Tour

Catherine Legrand

Thames&Hudson, London 2023, 216 pages, 300 col.ills., 22.86 x 29.46 cm,   ISBN  9780500025819

euro 39,00

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What do Korean bojagi wrapping cloths, Cameroonian Bamileke boubous, Peruvian montera hats, and Hungarian cifraszür shepherd cloaks have in common? Each is made using the ancient technique of patchwork—the art of juxtaposing fabrics and motifs to create blankets, clothes, accessories, and more.

This volume follows Catherine Legrand as she sews together an ethnographic patchwork map. Legrand has spent many years traveling and researching textiles and has a deep knowledge of the techniques and traditions that characterize patchwork, enabling her to create an engaging fabric-inspired travelogue.

Pieced together much like the gorgeous textiles it portrays, Legrand’s beautifully illustrated history features over 300 dazzling photographsof patchwork from around the world and takes the reader from Europe and the Americas to Africa and Asia, where these ancient traditions survive, and patchwork is part of the fabric of everyday life. Textile artists, patchwork enthusiasts, and designers of all stripes will discover an endless source of inspiration.

Catherine Legrand worked as a graphic designer at the foundation of the Théâtre du Soleil and in New York and Paris before becoming a freelance textile designer. In the course of her many “textile voyages,” she has become a passionate collector of fabrics, outfits, jewelry, and accessories. She is also the author of Indigo: The Color that Changed the World.

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17/02/23

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On the Necessity of Gardening  

 An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation

edited by Laurie Cluitmans

Contributors: Maria Barnas, Jonny Bruce, Laurie Cluitmans, Thiëmo Heilbron, Liesbeth M. Helmus, Erik A. de Jong, René de Kam, Alhena Katsof, Jamaica Kincaid, Bart Rutten, Catriona Sandilands, Patricia de Vries

Valiz, Amsterdam 2021, 240 pages,  24 x 32 cm, paperback, ISBN  9789493246003

euro 35,00

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'On the Necessity of Gardening' tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries artists, writers, poets, and thinkers have each described, depicted, and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly powers and politics. The Anthropocene is forcing us to radically rethink the role we have given nature in recent decades. Through essays and an extensive abecedarium this book reflects on the garden as a metaphor for society.

On the Necessity of Gardening appears simultaneous with the exhibition The botanical revolution, on the necessity of art and gardening that will be on view from 11 September 2021 to 9 January 2022 in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (NL).

30/12/22

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Traditional Japanese Stencil Design 2 - Elegance

The Tabata Collection ‘Kokataezu - uruwashi-’

Mitsumura Suiko Shoin Publ., Kyoto 2015,  320 pages, ills. colour, 13x16 cm, pb, Japanese, ISBN  9784838105205

euro 38,00

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The long history of Japanese stencil design stretches back to the 8th century. Stencils have been applied across a wide variety of traditional garments, kimonos, costumes for the theatre, and even armour. This second volume, ‘Elegance’, reproduces more than 300 stencil designs covering a 200-year span from the collection of the Tabata family. It focuses primarily on geometric patterns, but also features patterns inspired by various flora and fauna, and natural elements such as water and air. These classic Japanese designs have withstood the test of time, serving as a source of inspiration for graphic and textile designers up to the present day.

05/02/22

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A yearlong research project, conducted by a Princeton economics student, both confirms and upends assumptions about bias in the playwriting business.

The piece (a college thesis from Princeton) that is being discussed in this New York Times article was a directly scholarly source for my research and provided hard, statistical proof of the fear that women often face in the work force. Despite the fact that theatre often comes with the stereotype of being “feminine”, it’s often found that men dominate more than a decent amount of the field and take their roles in furthering the problem of employment discrimination. Even some women who have worked their way up through the field have perpetuated discrimination due to the fear of competition or narrow-sighted goals, and this internal battle is ultimately allowing the rest of the world to treat females in theatre (particularly female playwrights) in such a way.

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"Creating Strong Women Characters" | Everyman Theatre's The World of the...

The inclusion of Everyman Theatre’s discussions of females’ roles in theatre had a significant impact on my progress of research due to the fact that this was a relatable application, something that I did not feel intellectually detached from just because I’m not at the direct center of activity in the discourse. The show Crimes of the Heart is a powerful piece about three women who stand together against stigma and face emotional turbulence in the midst of crime and abuse. Basing the discussion off this piece, I believe, set the stage (so to speak) for great things to come in relation to the women that are being portrayed on stage and how they reflect women in real life.