September, 2008

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Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

There are those designers in the world whose idea of design begins and ends with typography. I’m obviously one of them: before founding H&Co, my graphic design portfolio included book covers with carefully worked lettering atop “illustration TK,” and editorial design in which main features were ignored in favor of type-rich pages like the table of contents, where I really got to flex my muscles.

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THE SECRET LISTENER

Illustration Art

The last king of the Ashanti empire, Assantehene Agyeman Prempeh , was surrounded by victorious British troops clamoring for him to come out of his palace and surrender. The gods had abandoned Prempeh and all hope was gone. But before he went out to face his conquerors, he commissioned one last work of art. Colonel Baden-Powell described the surrender in his memoir of the African military campaign.

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ARTISTS IN LOVE, part 15

Illustration Art

In 1886, Camille Claudel dictated a contract for her lover to sign. Claudel was only a young art student but her lover, the great sculptor Rodin, obediently wrote down every word: In the future starting from this day of October 12, 1886, I will have as my Student only Mademoiselle Camille Claudel , who will be my sole protege. I will accept no other students to avoid producing, by chance, rival talents, although I suppose that such naturally gifted artists occur very rarely.

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