Absolutely love this quotes/rules from "Nineteenth Century Job Printing Display - The Poster", a little guide about typesetting/printing typeset with metal type and printed by Bowne & Co., Stationers in 1989 in New York. Clean instructions for being a good composer!
Read MoreBirth of a book
This short documentary created by Glenn Milner for the Daily Telegraph captures a book being created using traditional printing methods. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ 'Mango and Mimosa' published as part of the Slightly Foxed series. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England.
Ink. Balaji Lithographers
A short film by Smriti Mehra and Matt Lee, shot at Balaji Lithographers, Majestic, Bangalore. Originally shot for the City One Minutes foundation and Holland Doc 24/ VPRO.
"In City One Minutes life in each city is divided into 24 one-minute portraits, each depicting one hour of the day. Every film is a personal impression of the city in which the artist lives."
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Alles Moet Nieuw - Piet Zwart
Memphis Film & Television and AVRO presents the first film/documentary about Piet Zwart (1885 - 1977), directed by Sherman De Jesus.
"Alles Moet Nieuw - Piet Zwart" (Everything Must Change - Piet Zwart) tells the story of this influential designer.
Ambacht (Craft)
"Ambacht" (Craft) is a mini-documentary about craftsmanship created by Nano Media (NL). The third episode is a charming portrait of Evert van Ravensberg, a printer from a fifth generation family owned printing bussines. Founded in 1842 in Amsterdam 'Van Ravensberg' was initially an advertising agency, but became a printing house a couple of years later. The huge amount of posters produced in the beginning of the 20th century is what they are famous for.
found via drukwerkindemarge
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'De geur van drukinkt' article (in Dutch)
Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese
Russell Maret, designer and a letterpress printer from New York, has recently launched the kickstarter campaign to raise money to have Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese typefaces cut and cast as a new proprietary metal type family. If successful (and I hope it will), Micah Currier from The Dale Guild will convert these beautiful typefaces into a type family with over 185 different characters and ligatures.
more info about the project
Linotype: The Film
After being fully funded via Kickstarter the Linotype film is now fully edited and ready for the world premiere on 3rd of February at the SVA Theatre in New York. Afterwards the film will be shown in different cities (check the screening page). I'm looking forward to see the film and secretly hoping it would come to Belgium one day;)
"Once you get ink and type metal in your blood it never comes out" quote from the new trailer. How true!
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Clang, clang, clang" Went the Lino…" article about Linotype by Steven Heller