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Typography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

?, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-14040-14345
Scope and Contents

The humorous poems are nonsense verses after the style of Lewis Carroll. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

21: Celebrating 21 Years, 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-52579-73712
Scope and Contents The book celebrates 21 years of the Archetype Press and relates to the legal drinking age of 21. Each page is a typographic recipe for an alcholic beverage. It was produced by undergraduate students at the Art Center College Archetype Press under the direction of Gloria Kondrup. The Sackner copy of the book is the hard cover limited edition version. The other copies are soft cover books. Interview with Gloria Kondrup, Director of Archetype Press in The Dotted Line, official blog of Art Center College of Design: Interviewer: What do you see in the future for Archetype Press? Kondrup: "Unfortunately, the foundry metal type will eventually wear out, become lost or destroyed. But as education continues the digital march forward, the process of letterpress printing will hopefully remain a valuable technology in the study of typography and language, and conventional printing process will continue through the integration photopolymer plates that are digitally created. I see us moving...
Dates: 2010

Ampersands, 1968

 Item — Folder 13: [Barcode: 31858069877920]
Identifier: CC-22038-22454
Scope and Contents

Design by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Brazilian Concrete & Visual Poetry from the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive , 1989

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-22449-22874
Scope and Contents

Lectures by Claus Cluver and Roland Greene were presented in conjunction with the exhibition. The header on theis poster reads "Advertising = Poetry." The Sackner Archive lent most of the works to this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Brazilian Concrete & Visual Poetry from the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive, 1989

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-22487-22912
Scope and Contents

Announces the lectures presented by Claus Cluver and Roland Greene in conjunction with the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Ein Ha Fur Kluge Blicke, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-06056-6170
Scope and Contents

The book is based upon a German translation of a Khlebnikov poem, viz. every other page has a line of poetry with two or three letters in bold type face, opposing a stylized, calligraphic-like rendering of these letters by Frenken. An original painted, calligraphic drawing by Frenken is present near the title page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Gangsta Penguin , 2005

 Item — Folder 64: [Barcode: 31858072537982]
Identifier: CC-48349-69374
Scope and Contents

This print was also published in a larger size, 30" x 18", in an edition of 100 copies. The web site of Silo-Design depicts the characters that portray the penguin image as interactive type. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Hendrix [Concert] , 1967

 Item — Folder 68: [Barcode: 31858072538022]
Identifier: CC-15983-16318
Scope and Contents

Highly stylized typography in the genre of the San Francisco "flower children" posters of the same period. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Imaging, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-07328-7472
Scope and Contents

This book consists of three booklets and a leaflet mounted within the hard covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Jade-Sound Poems (Second Edition) / Cobbing, Bob., 1984

 Item — Box 395: [Barcode: 31858072461597]
Identifier: CC-17557-17923
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of book first published in 1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

La Fee Chocolat, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-50095-71156
Scope and Contents

This book was illustrated by Berman and written by Frain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Ladies Typographic Union collection

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1279
Scope and Contents

Ladies Typographic Union (LTU) collection is comprised of yearly calendars from 2009-2023 designed and printed by members of the LTU. The collections is organized chronologically.

Dates: 2009-2023

Lapse and Collapse, 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-17968-18338
Scope and Contents

The colored text outlines a brandy glass. As the liquor level decreases, the empty part appears in green. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985