Furniture Design Blog | Maxine Snider | A portal to the design world » TYPOGRAPHY http://www.maxinesniderinc.com/blog Field Trip: A portal to the people, places, and objects of the design world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 INSPIRATION: Peter Koch http://www.maxinesniderinc.com/blog/general/inspiration-peter-koch/ http://www.maxinesniderinc.com/blog/general/inspiration-peter-koch/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:28:25 +0000 Maxine http://www.maxinesniderinc.com/blog/general/inspiration-peter-koch/ Though the Kindle II arrived to great fanfare this month, we’re still feeling romantic about books as objects–the smell, the size, and the feel of turning pages. Peter Koch Printers shares our enthusiasm for the book–and more. He uses old presses in combination with computers, and teaches both the history of typography and how to use an Albio hand press. We only wish we could head to Cali for our lessons right now.  

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 You can hear Peter Koch speak, here, in a talk he called “The Book as a Work of Art: a meditation on poetry, metaphysics and printing.” 

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The above is taken from the I LOVE TYPOGRAPHY blog. And if this site floats your boat, I have a feeling you will love this documentary, Helevetica, by Gary Hustwit–producer of Moog, and the soon-to-be released documentary on industrial design, Objectified.

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[stills from the film Helevetica] 

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