Free interpretation of The Beatles song. An idea of Bettina Arria who printed (in her first version) during a recent workshop in BunkerType and that we overtake in this new version in a four hand printing. A little outfit of 25 copies in gradient and other few in black, in 40×50 format. Available in the virtual shop of BunkerType. Also abaliable in ETSY.
In my workshop I am immersed in a universe of vintage objects. I do not mean only the typographic families that are filling the space (about 150 in lead and some 50 in wood), but also my collection of old Polariod cameras from the 1960s and 1970s, most of the artifacts that I am using to print or manipulate the paper, the old manual Boston from the 1930s and the newly acquired Adler Tippa from the 1950s, a German typing machine well known at the time for its lightweight design making it “ultra-portable”. Last weekend we celebrated the 50th anniversary…
What is the point of letterpress printing in the XXI century? Probably none, but still, we can find persistent printers and stubborn typographers using this ancient technique inherited from Gutenberg and his successors over five hundred years ago. Arcangela Regis, Joan Pujagut and myself gathered a small representative view of “some fighters of this noble lead’s profession” work to show in the Congress of the ATypI of Barcelona, in Bau School. The exposition title is “23’56. Moveable Type in the digital age” and will be open to the general public until teh 10th of October. *23’56: Continental type height according…
There is a significant agreement placing the origin of our alphabet in the evolution of the phoenician signs that, in one of its derivations, turned to greek and from there to the current system but, what would happen if the origin of our letters could be explained in a different way? What if – for example – the sign “A” could really be a steer’s head as suggested by Brossa? In that new story the “R” sign would be a “P” with a walking stick, or the “B” would be a “P” with a double hump (are we not confusing…
What is the meaning of printing in paper now a day? Why keep on printing using techniques from more than five centuries ago? What is the meaning of printing in paper now a day? Why keep on printing using techniques from more than five centuries ago? It is not always easy to explain what I am doing in BunkerType to those who are not in the design or printing field thus, as logical, generally are unaware of the history, techniques or procedures that surround the system devised by Gutenberg. In the field closest to design there is also who –…
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