Description: |
The purpose of this book is its purposelessness – superficially speaking.--SupplementLetterpress printed on a hand proofing press. Printed in four colors (blue, black, red and yellow) on paper towels. Approximately 190 Printing forms and runs. Sewn binding. Letterpress printed pastedowns and free end pages. In letterpress printed dust jacket. Edition: 65 numbered copies plus an additional 7 numbered copies made from proofs and superimpositions from selected printing forms, each page of these 7 books is unique. These are then available in two packages.--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed June 14, 2018)“Pictorial Supplement with Translation in American English”: Since the invention of script and the printed word, we have lost access to pictorial statements: we have become character devout. Nonetheless, we still read images. Fluent reading is based solely on prejudices. The knowledgeable rdeaer deos not pecie toghteer indaidviul chaearcrts to from wrods but peircvees wrod imeags in tiehr etitrney. However, when reading images, signs and symbols, we seem to struggle, even though they also represent a source of information with a simulatneous effect on various levels. Initially, our visual perception looks for symmetry and a human face….Page format [of typo bilder buch] was determined by the paper: Paper towels, maxi roll, composition: 100% oxygen-bleached pulp, wet strength additives, agents, roll length: 62.1 m +/- 2%, sheet size: 23 x 26cm, +/- 2%, paper from responsible sources [approved by the Forest Stewardship Council]….The design and sequence of the pages were intended to develop during the work process. The first printing forms were blue lines and linear frameworks at the bottom of the pages. New ideas developed during the unrolling and tearing off of double pages of paper towel as well as during composition, setup, printing, and removing of the type. The printing workshop represents the available raw materials: Lead characters, synthetics and wood, brass lines and signs, typographic sign and lead symbols. The typo pictures were composed from individual parts and printed on the hand proofing presssome of them were superimposed in several printing cycles. They are intended to mutually influence and merge into each other and to display an inner connection. The body of the book was bound by hand with thread. Overall production time was approx. 600 hours. This picture book would be delighted if it were used as inspiration to tell a spontaneously made-up story.--Artist statement from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed June 14, 2018)I-ART: I-ART: Library has copy no.50/65. |
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Origin: | 2012 |
Created By: |
Hänni, Romano |
Publisher: |
Basel, Switzerland : [Studio for Design], 2012. |
Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/1017 |
Collection: |
Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
In Copyright |
Subjects: |
Hänni, Romano. Artists books--Switzerland--Specimens. Picture books. Graphic design (Typography) sewn binding paper towels, dust jacket, |
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