Feb 28, 2023
Scott R Ferris, is
a researcher, writer and specialist in the art of Rockwell
Kent (1882-1971). He has conducted many lectures on Kent and has
served as curator for a lot of Kent exhibitions.
Here's a thumbnail of Kent culled from
what Zoë Samels has written on the U.S. National Gallery
website:
He attended the...
Oct 24, 2022
Allan Fleming (1929 – 1977) was a Canadian
graphic designer best known for having created the Canadian
National Railway logo, for designing the 1967 book Canada: A
Year of the Land and for "revolutionizing" the look of
scholarly publishing in North America in the 1970s with his work at
University of Toronto Press.
Oct 11, 2022
I first became aware of the graphic
edition of Timothy Snyder's book On
Tyranny during a visit to the National Socialist
Documentation Centre museum in Munich about a year ago (revel in
the backstory here).
I bought and read a copy of the original edition shortly
thereafter. It's a powerful book, full of important,...
Feb 28, 2022
Jerry Kelly is a book designer, calligrapher and type designer. Before starting his own design business in 1998 he was Vice President of The Stinehour Press. Prior to this he worked as a designer at A. Colish. Jerry's work has been honored frequently; for example, his book designs have been...
Jan 1, 2022
Jaleen Grove is a Canadian artist and art historian whose area of focus is the history of illustration in the US and Canada. She teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design, has written monographs on illustrators Oscar Cahén and Walter Haskell Hinton and has served as associate editor for the Journal of...