Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design

$51.73
by Robert Klanten

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Today's graphic designers, illustrators, and typographers are rediscovering oldprinting techniques and handcrafts. They are inspired by passion for the unique; the feel of different papers, press cuts, and embossing; the brilliance of printing inks; and the originality of book binding techniques. The book Impressive presents the results of this passion. Today's fascination with old-fashioned printing presses and techniques started with individual designers and smaller collectives that created one-of-a-kind printed material by hand for special occasions, such as weddings or birthdays. Impressive features these artists and their personal work as well as a broad range of business cards, invitations, stationery, and publications that are designed and produced in a way that is both nostalgic and contemporary. Historical styles from the Victorian grandeur of floral elements and adornments to the aesthetics of classical modernism are used and referenced as well as combined and Used Book in Good Condition

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