• October 1, 2017
• Collections

Emigre #11  — Graphic Designers and the Macintosh Computer

Published in 1989, Emigre magazine’s eleventh issue, Ambition/Fear: Graphic Designers and the Macintosh Computer, contains vivid artifacts of a discipline’s first encounter with digital tools. From the aesthetics of bitmaps to the expressive interventions made possible by new access to typesetting controls, not to mention the self-publishing venture of the magazine itself, this issue combines modernist and postmodern agendas in a model construction of text-based community.

This is the first of many issues of Emigre to be digitized in its entirety by Letterform Archive and it coincides with the publication of “Inflection Point” a rigorously researched essay about Emigre #11 by writer/designer Emily McVarish. The essay takes a close look at Emigre #11, analyzing the technical, critical, and cultural production that would shape Emigre as a medium for typographic demonstration and discussion among peers. Presented in the format of a type specimen catalog, the essay can be downloaded in PDF format for free, or you can order a printed copy, on the Emigre website.

Letterform Archive houses a complete run of Emigre magazine among other archival material, much of which is in the process of being digitized and made available for viewing.

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Update: Apr 27, 2020 — Every issue of Emigre is now available in the Online Archive.