We are pleased to announced that Nancy Campbell has joined the Book Patrol team where she will be covering the wide world of Book Arts.Campbell studied English at Oxford University and fine press printing and bookbinding at Barbarian Press in British Columbia. After working for several years in print studios in Britain and America she landed in London where she now runs the book arts department at Bertram Rota Booksellers.She has also published three books of poetry and her writings on book arts and illustration have appeared in a variety of journals.We are delighted to have Nancy on board and...
Letterfingers
Michell Romo decided to celebrate her 25th birthday by creating one art project a month for a year. Each month she features a different conceptual theme and each will be available in a limited edition of 25 copies. The end result will be 25 handmade books and an art show. One theme was Fonts and Typographyvia Neatorama
Type Measure
Do you know your P's and Q's?Do you have trouble remembering how many cups equal a pint?How many pints equal a quart?How many quarts equal a gallon?Well worry no more - through the power of typography your measuring skills can now be perfected.I think I'm going to print this one out and put it on the fridge.Thanks to swissmiss for the lead
The Enduring and Evolving Codex
Is the end of the book near? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer boldy claims in his talk with the Washington Post that "In the next 10 years, the whole world of media, communications and advertising are going to be turned upside down" and there will be "no media consumption left in 10 years that is not delivered over an IP network." Though talking particularly about newspapers and magazines there are many who would include the future of the book in his assessment. While I agree that newspapers in there current state are doomed, magazines less so, the book will continue its...
The Legacy of Tom Phillips’ HUMUMENT
In 1970, artist Tom Phillips published the first edition of his now-classic altered book Humument with London's Tetrad Press. "A Treated Victorian Novel," Phillips himself has described the project as combining "medieval illumination, experimental poetry and non-linear narrative with the procedures of modern art." As seen in this gallery of images from the first edition or this slideshow of the fourth (Phillips continues to expand and revise the project), the results can be breathtaking. The book's first trade edition in 1980 established it as a cult fave and it remains in-print to this day. Indeed, it is probably the most...