Book Review: Hand Job, A Catalog of Type
Though I have been working mainly on the computer for much of the last two years, I began my art education studying drawing for the majority of my student career. It is because of this, I believe, that I have been quite partial to the current movement of designers who are going beyond the graphics software and back toward the handmade.
Hand Job, A Catalogue of Type does an incredible job of surveying designers and typographers who are using the handmade in graphic design and typography. Though the Sagmesiter is included in this survey, the stars of the books are all the young designers who have taken the idea of the low tech to heart. The examples of approaches used are as varied as the artists profiled. There isn't one single style represented in Hand Job. That simply shows the diversity that is going on within this culture of the handmade. The book serves as a great resource for those looking for inspirations in creating handmade designs themselvers.
Some of my favorite designers from the book are the typographers Emily Anderson and Robin Cameron, the poster designs of Dan Black, and the works of Dan Funderburgh, Sparky Hardisty, and Human Empire, among many others.
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Hand Job, A Catalogue of Type does an incredible job of surveying designers and typographers who are using the handmade in graphic design and typography. Though the Sagmesiter is included in this survey, the stars of the books are all the young designers who have taken the idea of the low tech to heart. The examples of approaches used are as varied as the artists profiled. There isn't one single style represented in Hand Job. That simply shows the diversity that is going on within this culture of the handmade. The book serves as a great resource for those looking for inspirations in creating handmade designs themselvers.
Some of my favorite designers from the book are the typographers Emily Anderson and Robin Cameron, the poster designs of Dan Black, and the works of Dan Funderburgh, Sparky Hardisty, and Human Empire, among many others.
images via Amazon
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